# The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

> A teenager discovers her supernatural heritage and enters New York’s hidden Shadow World to find her missing mother.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/80541

## Facts

- Runtime: 130 min
- Genres: Fantasy, Action, Mystery
- Director: Harald Zwart
- Cast: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers, Jemima West, Lena Headey, Aidan Turner, Jared Harris
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1538403/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: gothic, dramatic, tense, teen movie night, fantasy marathon

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- [The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/3981)
- [Mortal Kombat (2021)](https://ember.film/movie/313746)

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