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Las Vegas cabbie Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) finds himself stuck with two teenaged siblings—Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig)—who claim to be aliens running from the "Siphon" (Tom Woodruff Jr.), an assassin from outer space sent to kill them. They are also being pursued by Major Henry Burke (Ciarán Hinds) of the U.S. Defense Department. The only way Jack can think of aiding the two aliens is to ask for help from Dr Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino), a scientist who is presenting a lecture to a UFO Convention at Planet Hollywood. Together, the four of them race to Witch Mountain where their spacecraft is secretly parked.

Race to Witch Mountain is being billed as a "modern re-imaging" of Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) (1975), which was based on the 1968 novel Escape to Witch Mountain by American science fiction writer Alexander Key. The story was re-adapted for this movie by American screenwriter Mark Bomback.

Seth can vary his molecular density allowing him to pass through solid objects. Sara can read minds and move objects by telekinetic force.

The original actors who played Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia (Kim Richards) in Escape to Witch Mountain have cameos. Eisenmann plays a sheriff, and Richards appears as a waitress at Ray's, a roadhouse in Stony Creek.