HARALD ZWART

MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: THE CITY OF BONES (2013)
Starring Lily Collins - Clary Fray, Lena Headey - Jocelyn Fray, Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Valentine Morgenstern, Robert Sheehan - Simon Lewis, Kevin Durand - Emil Pangborn, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zegers and Aidan Turner. Directed by Harald Zwart.

When Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing - not even a smear of blood - to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel but is very hot-headed. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...

REVIEWS The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones