I found myself disapointed at first as I rewatched RTWM. At the end of the first film, it had a really interesting premise lined out for a sequal. Their were other children separated from their allen clan who needed to make their way to Witch Mountain. Perhaps Tia and Tony would help to search for these children and there would be some interesting and deep science fiction themes explored and philosphied about.
Instead of picking up on this plot device they settled for a typical non-original Disney plot with a villian who wanted to use the children’s ablities for power and greed. Christopher Lee does what he does best and plays a villian who pits brother and sister against each other. The plot is not bad, it is just watered down from what could have been a more exciting film.
But the action sequences make up for the wimpy storyline. RTWM has some of the best chase sequqnces in any Disney film. Actually some of the action sequences stand up to some other non-Disney action films as well.
The sequal to Witch mountain may not as good as it should have been, but it is good enough to watch and have a good night out at the movies with your family.
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