CITY OF EMBER Film Review - 18/1/09

An interesting tale of two children stuck in an underground city where time has past by and no one realises what is on the outside as the city is all they know. After being left a mysterious box by her Grandmother one of the children figures out that it was left by the original Builders of the city and that it provides a clue to actually being able to escape their underground complex. Having set the box to open in 200 years, centuries have passed and the city and it's power generator are slowly falling apart. The current Government of the city is corrupt and cares little for it's denizens. Cue an escape from the city's officials and a flight to danger in the outside world.