City of Ember (2008)

This is a movie about a civilization of people who have been living in a city underground have lived in a city of glittering lights powered by a large generator. But they have been experiencing black outs because the generator is failing. Now some young people are fighting to fix it before it is too late and they are stuck in blackness.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, Brooklyn, Atonement, The Lovely Bones) as Lina Mayfleet, the late David Ryall [1935-2014] (Around the World in 80 Days, Automata, Hysteria, Call the Midwife) as Chief Builder, Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger, Honeymoon, Cockneys vs Zombies, Halo of Stars) as Doon Harrow, Mary Kay Place (Being John Malkovich, Youth in Revolt, The Big Chill; Girl, Interrupted) as Mrs. Murdo, Tim Robbins (Mystic River, The Shawshank Redemption, The Player, Dead Man Walking) as Loris Harrow, Bill Murray (Lost in Translation, Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) as Mayor Cole, Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean movies, The Office, Britannia, Warship Down) as Looper, Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Mist, The Painted Veil, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) as Barton Snode, Lucinda Dryzek (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Vital Signs, Five Days, Us) as Lizzie Bisco and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies, Spy Game, Without a Trace, RoboCop) as Clary.