Reviews
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

February 20, 2025
7.0
With the future of the planet in grave danger, some far-sighted builders decide that it’s best for humanity to build a subterranean city into which they can retreat. It’s got to be something self-sustaining as they are going to be down there for a couple of centuries. They do provide exit instructions, but over time they get lost and so nobody knows that maybe it’s time to resurface. Now, though, the engineering is starting to give up the ghost and that means power and food are becoming rationed. The mayor (Bill Murray) is hopelessly out of his depth/obsessed with his own position and the chief electrician “Sul” (Martin Landau) is running out of ideas so it falls to the unlikely pairing of youngsters “Lina” (Saoirse Ronan) and “Doon” (Harry Treadaway) to rekindle the population’s appetite to get some fresh air. Luckily, she has a box left to her by her grandmother and as their jobs involve them clambering around the city’s gubbins, they can begin to explore in earnest. This isn’t something they can advertise - the mayor and his thugs will not brook any disenchantment in their city, even if the lights are all about to go out. Now having to fight a rearguard action too, can they discover a way out - and even if they do, is there anything left? I liked the creative style of this film and the fantasy is well explored and unravelled by the engaging partnership of Treadaway and Ronan amidst a city of colourful visual effects. Murray hams up nicely and there’s just the hint of menace from the Dickensianly monikered “Barton Snode” (Toby Jones) to keep the adventure moving along quickly for a ninety minutes of passages, pipe works and grand scale machinery. If you’re looking for complex psychology here then don’t bother, it’s all simply presented family fayre with a cast that look like they are enjoying telling us a story that looks great and vibrates when it’s meant to.

Recommendation Movies

7.5
Drama
View
7.5
Running on Empty
Running on Empty1988
7.5
Fantasy
View
7.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988
6.3
Drama
View
6.3
Great Balls of Fire!
Great Balls of Fire!1989
6.5
Drama
View
6.5
East Is East
East Is East1999
6.5
Comedy
View
6.5
This Christmas
This Christmas2007
6.5
Drama
View
6.5
City of Joy
City of Joy1992
6.8
TV Movie
View
6.8
Seventeen Again
Seventeen Again2000
6.5
Science Fiction
View
6.5
2149: The Aftermath
2149: The Aftermath2016
6.2
Action
View
6.2
Ring of the Nibelungs
Ring of the Nibelungs2004
6.2
Adventure
View
6.2
Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island
Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island2016
5.6
Comedy
View
5.6
Good Boy!
Good Boy!2003
6.3
Documentary
View
6.3
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator2019
5.6
Comedy
View
5.6
Mountain Men
Mountain Men2014
5.8
Comedy
View
5.8
A Midsummer Night's Rave
A Midsummer Night's Rave2002
6
Comedy
View
6
Intercourse
Intercourse2017
6.8
Action
View
6.8
Blank
Blank2019
5.1
Adventure
View
5.1
The Mole
The Mole2007
6.2
Drama
View
6.2
Come See the Paradise
Come See the Paradise1990
5.9
Comedy
View
5.9
Carry On Up the Jungle
Carry On Up the Jungle1970
6.5
Documentary
View
6.5
Operation Filmmaker
Operation Filmmaker2008
© 2025 MoovieTime. All rights reserved.Made with Nuxt