yeah that summarise what i have to say . the plot if any be ( now please do not hate me for reveal it ) at the end of mankind on earth and the scientist build a self sufficient underground city for a few people in order to preserve the human race for two hundred year . they leave also instruction for the future generation to return to the surface of the planet in a steel box that should be keep by the mayor through the generation . however and the instruction be lose and the inhabitant stay in the city that be completely deteriorate . the power generator have problem and the blackout be long and more frequent and the city be run out of food that need to be ration . on the assignment day and the teenager lina mayfleet and doon harrow be assign to work with the pipework and a messenger and but they swap their job position . lina and who be the descendant of the seventh mayor and find the box of instruction in the house of her grandmother and show it to her friend doon . they decide to explore the way out of the city and they discover that the corrupt major and his henchman be steal food from the population . when they be hunt by the major hoodlum and they have to find the way out of ember to survive and save the population from the imminent darkness and the end of the city . now a city build underground wouldn not last for 200 year . what kind of government tell kid to pick job out of a hat . a # # # # ing horrible one if you ask me . to all people who like the shawshank redemption and people think that tim robbins actually save his career with shawshank redemption ( even though i have never see the film ) represent tim robbins # # # # ed up his career with this moviethe only reason i give it a 2 be because unlike most book movie it didn not spawn 8 sequel ( i be talk to you harry potter ) .