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For generations a massive generator has sustained the needs of the underground city of Ember. But the generator was built to last only 200 years, and as its lights start to flicker and fade, it remains to two youths, Lina Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan) and Doon Harrow (Harry Treadaway), to follow a cryptic series of clues that will restore light to to the place.
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"City of Ember" is new wine in a very old bottle, and a vintage that wasn't nearly given time to mature. The film adapts Jeanne Duprau's novel with visual flair and vague, clumsy storytelling.
As usual, two high school kids are given the task of saving civilization. Doon Harrow (Harry Treadaway) and Lina Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan) realize that Ember, a subterranean city built 200 years ago, is running out of energy. (Full review)