City of Ember (2008)

Name: City of Ember
Released: 2008
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, David Ryall, Tim Robbins

• Movies, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

• 90 min

6.3

Escape is the only option

Directed by: Gil Kenan
Casting: Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, David Ryall, Tim Robbins, Mackenzie Crook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones, Lucinda Dryzek, Martin Landau, Ian McElhinney, B.J. Hogg, Matt Jessup, Lara McIvor, Myles Thompson, Rachel Morton, Conor MacNeill, Lorraine Hilton, Eoin McAndrew, Liz Smith, Mark Mulholland, Heathcote Williams, Liam Burke, Maureen Dow, Simon Kunz
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2008-10-07
Status: Released

Tags: underground world, dystopia, mayor, post-apocalyptic future, puzzle, steampunk, box, pipeworks

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.