Race to Witch Mountain demonstrates that Hollywood can make an exciting and intelligent film the whole family can enjoy! There’s plenty of action without nauseating violence! It was also a delight to see a powerful science fiction story suitable for even small children.
I like the underlying premise that an alien race, with tremendous technological and mental powers, can act in an ethical and selfless fashion. It's also interesting that there can be more than two sides to a story, in this case 4 sides - two factions of aliens and two factions of humans all with different agendas!
This is also a obviously anti-military, anti-military intelligence and anti-secret government story. Two opposing philosophies are made crystal clear: Might makes right, on one hand; and courageous ethical behavior is its own reward, on the other! I shudder to think what would happen to an extraterrestrial alien if they were ever captured by our government or any other major power! As silly as this may sound to some people, I really hope an International treaty is ratified and Federal laws are passed giving sentient extraterrestrials legal standing! Otherwise, why would they ever want to risk exposing themselves in this selfish, and violent, world of ours? As one of the arrogant bad guys in Race to Witch Mountain said, "they have no passport, they don't exist, I can do what I want with them!" May that someday not be true!
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