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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie poster

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

Fantasy Action
Rated PG-13
130 min.
Release Date
August 21, 2013
DVD Release Date
December 3, 2013 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Harald Zwart
Writer
Jessica Postigo, I. Marlene King
Cast
Lily Collins, Jaime Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West, Kevin Segers, Kevin Durand, Robert Maillet, Lena Headey, Jared Harris, Godfrey Gao, Aidan Turner, CCH Pounder, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Studio
Running Time
130 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy violence and action, and some suggestive content

"The Mortal Instruments" is a series of six young adult fantasy books written by Cassandra Clare and published by Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. In the series' first book, the #1 New York Times bestseller "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones," set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient... Full synopsis »

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is about a teenage girl who discovers she has powers because something something angels vampires werewolves love triangle something. The movie is based on yet another bestselling young adult fiction book series I haven't heard of and few, based on the box office results, seemingly care about. Maybe because it's just more of the same, only not as good. Full movie review »
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