I watched this movie on a plane. I finished watching it mostly because I didn’t have anything more interesting to do. It seems like a story that could be very interesting. A vision of the future, underground city, power failures… But the plot just doesn’t keep you hanging on. There are characters and things in the movie that just have you going ‘what’s the point of this?’. Poppy, the little sister, is cute, but except from turning a key at some stage she seems to have no real purpose. Also all of a sudden there is some kind of giant mole which is clearly just created to be able to put in a chase scene of some sort.

The main characters also find traces of a giant bug. So there’s giant bugs and moles living above ground. We get this info, but except for the giant mole chase, there’s no point to us knowing this, cause the movie end with the kinds reaching the surface and being pretty happy (no giant creatures in sight).

I agree with the below entry: a good story painfully told.

I hadn’t read this but the rest of my family had so I was familiar with the story.

And it was/is a good story. The casting was incredible and the acting was quite good. However, the movie sucked. The effects were cheesy, the movie added superfluous giant bugs & moles. It was a good story painfully told.