Beyond Witch Mountain |
USA • 1982 • 47m •
  • Directed by: Robert Day. • Starring: Eddie Albert, Tracey Gold, Andrew Freeman, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., J.D. Cannon, Noah Beery Jr., Stephanie Blackmore, Peter Hobbs, James Luisi, William Bassett, Eric Aved, Kirk Cameron, Gene Dynarski. • Music by: George Duning.  After news of a boy's amazing abilities surfaces, Tony and Tia are sent to go find him knowing that the lad must be from their world. They are joined by an old friend, Jason O'Day, and a black cat named Winky. Together they race to find the boy before their old nemesis Aristotle Bolt does.
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Review:
It's better than the other sequel from 1978 (which is practically ignored) because it at least acknowledges the ending of the 1975 production. It unfortunately doesn't delve too deeply into it due to the earlier mentioned reason, but there's at least some progress with the story.
It's nice seeing Eddie Albert return as Jason O'Day, though Tia and Tony have been (understandably, given the seven-year gap) recast with Tracey Gold and Andy Freeman, the former is fairly solid in her role. A few other characters reappear, but all have different actors - they remain forgettable.
Normally a low (48min) run time would work in favour of a film that's disappointing, but it actually works against this one - made worse that there's no follow-up series as well.
Review by r96sk from the Internet Movie Database.
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