'Race to Witch Mountain' web reviews

Walt Disney this weekend unleashed the remake of "Race to Witch Mountain," a family adventure directed by Andy Fickman and starring Dwayne Johnson, Ciaran Hinds, AnnaSophia Robb and Carla Gugino. Here's what some of the Web's critics are saying:

• Josh Tyler at CinemaBlend: "Watching it is like being locked in the trunk of a car with The Rock, and he has a bad case of the farts."

• Cinematical's Eric D. Snider: "Johnson has emerged as an astonishingly charismatic performer in recent years, so it's a shame to see him so tamped-down and grumpy here, in the sarcastic, world-weary, "I'm gettin' too old for this" role."

• Chris Bumbray at Joblo: "Overall, 'Witch Mountain' is a perfectly fine way to spend 90 minutes, as long as you don’t go in expecting too much. My only real beef with the film is that it seems very little imagination went into the film."

• Ron Henriques at LatinoReview: "This sounds like the perfect popcorn movie that your kids may eat up. Well if they do, then your kids need a serious psychological evaluation, because there is little smart or heartfelt material in this movie."

• Kevin Carr at FilmSchoolRejects: "Instead of giving a slow burn from the kids’ point of view, 'Race to Witch Mountain' is a whiz-bang action flick for the family audience. It’s what might result if Michael Bay tries to make a kids’ movie."

• RopeOfSilicon's Brad Brevet: "As a matter of fact the film has no direction at all as random things happen here and there giving us useless character details just before the next chase sequence starts up."