City of Ember

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Current Release: No
Watched With: Jordan, Amberly

This film was really overlooked when it came out, but I enjoyed it. Gil Kenan's second feature and his first live action, after the awesome Monster House. This one is also a great throwback to kids adventure films from the 80's. And it has Bill Murray.

I love my post-apocalyptic films and I include this one in the list. The underground city has an awesome retro design, like the Fallout games. Massive sets, I love the massive sets. Also massive moths and beetles. And Moles, hehehe.

But what's best about the film is the two kids following a mystery and piecing together this ancient puzzle, whilst on the run for treason. Old school adventure! It is awesome.

I wish there were more just plain fun kids films like this that don't need pop culture references, stupid comedic relief characters and bad jokes every 2 minutes. There's a sense of danger and also the possibility of the end of the world if they don't succeed.

The film is peppered with some great character actors in all the supporting parts, most of them don't have much to do other than offer some helpful advice or chase them down.

I think this film is really underrated. It's not the greatest film ever made but it's a damn fine entertaining film that is way better than most of the crap out there for kids.