Director: Gary Ross
Genre: Adventure/
Action/ Dystopia/ Science Fiction
Runtime: 142
minutes
Year: 2012
Starring: Jennifer
Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks,
Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bently, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones
Description: Katniss
Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in
the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of
the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
Review: The plot of the by Suzanne Collins written book is promising. Lead
character is Katniss Everdeen, who lives in Panem, the new name for the
completely destructed North America in a near future. Panem is divided in
districts, where the 13th district is already gone. As a punishment, the twelve
districts have to deliver one boy and girl to attend the Hunger Games. In this
battle only one will come out alive, everyone will literally fight ‘till the
death. When Katniss’ sister Primrose is the chosen one for the 74th
Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to go herself.
All the tributes are dropped
in a forest and the people of Panem are watching them every move. The Hunger
Games are a big event. It all starts even before the games, where all the
tributes have to win over the audience in order to get sponsors.
Jennifer Lawrence is a
worthy leading lady and she carries this film easily. She is an underdog, yet a
fantastic heroine. Katniss doesn’t want to be a hero though, she is just as
afraid as everyone else. But she chooses to fight for her life, without having
to kill everyone in sight.
The plot is pretty cruel,
but it’s softened a bit to make it more appropriate for a broader audience.
That’s okay, because the film’s story is still pretty disturbing.
“The Hunger Games” is a good
book to movie adaptation and a great start to a strong franchise.
Rating: 4,5/ 5
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