The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013 • 130 minutes

About this movie

Clary Fray (Lily Collins -- Abduction) thinks she is just an ordinary teenager living in Brooklyn, but everything changes one night when in a downtown club she encounters the mysterious and charismatic Jace (Jamie Campbell Bower -- The Twilight Saga), and witnesses a shocking murder. Drawn into a dark and dangerous new world where half-angel warriors battle to save humanity from demonic forces, Clary learns the extraordinary truth about her family and the part she must play to determine the fate of the world. 2013 Constantin Film International GmbH and Unique Features (TMI) Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

"Remember when I said I never saw an angel?... Well, I lied". Bust a gut laughing at this line as it was probably the only emotional scene in the film. Dull characters, even worse action where it's either too dark or too fast to see whats happening plus character reveals which lack any real emotional punch. Simon is a sulky idiot whose love is rejected and works his puppy dog eyes too much, a mentor whose betrayal isn't recognised by other characters - just a couple examples of poor characterization. Urgh.

At least the dialogue doesn't make you cringe. I've seen many worse movies but i've also seen lots of better ones. There were some good moments the demon dog was pretty cool and i'd be lying if i said that seeing an evil mrs frederick didn't make me jump. Worth a watch but don't expect too much

This film was amazing, but it was nowhere near as brilliant as the book. I understand that it would be difficult to film on private property on an island in the middle of the manhattan river, but that is no excuse for claiming you can summon deamons on concecrated ground, or trying to fit nearly a week into two days and cutting out one of the best scenes OR making the 'bad guy' die at the end instead of what actually happened, etc. If they had stuck to the book, I would be less infuriated.