This
is the second film in the Hunger Games series. One year after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss
Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark take a victory tour of the districts
while President Snow plots their downfall. Katness and Peeta want to tell the people what they
feel but they are supposed to follow cards written for them by Effie Trinket. Their first speech did not go very well
when they spoke from their hearts.
The districts seem ready for a revolution and especially unhappy about
the tributes they lost in the last games.
When they return to District 12, they learn that the Hunger Games for
this year will be a 75-year celebration and a Quarter Quell with different
rules. All of the victors of the
previous Hunger Games will meet again in a new game. Katniss is devastated that they will need to fight
again. She makes a deal with Haymitch
Abernathy that Peeta will be the one to survive.
The
director is different on this film, the first Hunger Games was directed by Gary
Ross. I couldn’t help but think of
the parallels in this film with other sources, Lost and Survivor from
television, Star Wars from film.
The darkness, grime and the dreariness of the inhabitants of the
districts are like many other post-apocalyptic films. I did enjoy everything about this film and I am looking
forward to seeing the next films. 4* (I really liked this movie)
146
min, Action directed by Francis Lawrence with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh
Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Jack Quaid, Taylor St. Clair, Sandra Ellis
Lafferty, Woody Harrelson, Paula Malcomson, Willow Shields, Donald Sutherland,
Elizabeth Banks.
Note: Blockbuster 4*, imdb 8.2 out of 10, 89%
critic 93% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
Special Note: There will be
two more Hunger Games installments, Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1 started filming on 12/3/13 and
will be released 11/21/14. Part 2
will be released 11/20/15.
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