what the humanist among u be think be vary and deep . among those same great thinker be a group dedicate to the thought of what would happen to mankind child if the ultimate disaster should strike the population of the earth . here be one movie which be straight out of a science fiction novel . the futuristic film be call city of ember and purport to suggest what futuristics plan to insure survival . in this story and a group of future planner conceive and design and implement the construction of an underground city which accept a sample of people to safeguard for a period of 200 hundred year . a always and not every contingent have be prepare for . to insure the people return to the surface of the planet and the instruction for say return be store within a small metal box . then the box be give to the mayor of ember and be thereafter pass on down through the generation . like all good plan a flaw be discover when a succeed mayor dy without pass on the box . after two hundred year and the information stand lose and it fall to two youngster doon harrow ( harry treadaway ) and lina mayfleet ( saoirse ronan ) to save their town . not trust the corrupt mayor ( bill murray ) doon seek his father ( tim robbins ) advice and help from an age plumbing worker ( martin landau ) . the movie be an excellent vehicle for entertainment and with the addition of landau and murray and they accomplish that . although the film be slightly flaw in several place and the overall movie be dramatically cohesive . easilly recommend for adult and youngster alike . .