The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) movie poster

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

"There is a world hidden within our own."
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πŸ‘ 59%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
🎬 23% (RT: 13%, MC: 33) ℹ️RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Runtime
2h 10m
Country
Canada, Germany, United Kingdom
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.4/10 (4,609 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
13%
Metacritic
33
Cast
Lily Collins as Clary Fray
Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace Wayland
Robert Sheehan as Simon Lewis
Kevin Zegers as Alec Lightwood
Jemima West as Isabelle Lightwood
Lena Headey as Jocelyn Fray
Aidan Turner as Luke Garroway
Jared Harris as Hodge Starkweather
It's divisive. Only 59% of audiences liked it based on 4,609 votes. Critics scored it lower at 23%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters β€” half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future. Wikipedia β†—
Fun Facts
  • Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Harald Zwart's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
  • During the filming of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Lily Collins improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
  • Harald Zwart originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
Audience Consensus

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is a 2013 Canadian-German fantasy action film directed by Harald Zwart, based on Cassandra Clare's 2007 bestselling novel. Lily Collins stars as Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary New York teenager who discovers she is a Shadowhunter β€” a member of a secret lineage of half-angel warriors who protect the human world from demons and other supernatural threats. When Clary's mother is kidnapped by a rogue Shadowhunter named Valentine Morgenstern, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Clary must navigate a hidden world of warlocks, werewolves, and vampires alongside the brooding warrior Jace, played by Jamie Campbell Bower.

The film was designed to launch a franchise to compete with The Hunger Games and Twilight but arrived as audience fatigue with YA adaptations was setting in. The Mortal Instruments earned $90 million worldwide on a $60 million budget, insufficient for sequels, though the property was successfully rebooted as the television series Shadowhunters.

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