Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Director: Francis Lawrence
Genre: Action, adventure, sci-fi
Running time: 146 minutes
Certificate: 12A
The Hunger Games was the runaway success of 2012 making an instant icon of Jennifer Lawrence's
incarnation of the already iconic character, Katniss Everdeen. The movie of the second book in The Hunger Games series has been hotly awaited, and now it has arrived, how does it measure up?
In truth it is good, but not as good as the first. As with all 'second in the series' movies it suffers a little from not being a stand-alone film, and there is a lot of plot exposition that is somewhat cumbersome. However, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is produced to the same high quality with excellent acting from the whole cast. As expected, this movie picks up where The Hunger Games finished. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are living in the Victors' Village dealing with the aftermath of their experiences in The Hunger Games, but as a rebellion is rising, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) has new plans for Katniss.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire certainly keeps the same pace as The Hunger Games and is entertaining throughout. Plenty of plot twists are partnered with lots of action and tortured decision-making to help while away the time. The same cast return for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with the addition of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who incidentally is the only one to wear ordinary clothes throughout the movie. It is almost as if he refused to join in with the rest of the cast, but hey, it's Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He can pretty much do what he wants and remain awesome.
The action is much as the first movie, but new twists and a different emphasis give enough plot and character development to make the movie worth a watch. As there are two more films, and yes, there are going to be another two films from the last book in the series (on a personal level, why do they keep making two movies out of the final book in every series? Oh yes, money. Excuse the cynicism), this film is obviously the middle of a wider story arc but it holds its own in spite of this. The film looks amazing (the Director of Photography has done a beautiful job) and it is seamlessly directed. On the whole, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a well executed, fun movie with a kickass heroine and a riveting plot.
Three and a half stars: The Hunger Games is a four star movie and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is pretty close but no cigar. If you liked The Hunger Games then go check it out, you won't be disappointed.
For more information on The Hunger Games Catching Fire visit here.
incarnation of the already iconic character, Katniss Everdeen. The movie of the second book in The Hunger Games series has been hotly awaited, and now it has arrived, how does it measure up?
In truth it is good, but not as good as the first. As with all 'second in the series' movies it suffers a little from not being a stand-alone film, and there is a lot of plot exposition that is somewhat cumbersome. However, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is produced to the same high quality with excellent acting from the whole cast. As expected, this movie picks up where The Hunger Games finished. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are living in the Victors' Village dealing with the aftermath of their experiences in The Hunger Games, but as a rebellion is rising, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) has new plans for Katniss.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire certainly keeps the same pace as The Hunger Games and is entertaining throughout. Plenty of plot twists are partnered with lots of action and tortured decision-making to help while away the time. The same cast return for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with the addition of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who incidentally is the only one to wear ordinary clothes throughout the movie. It is almost as if he refused to join in with the rest of the cast, but hey, it's Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He can pretty much do what he wants and remain awesome.
Three and a half stars: The Hunger Games is a four star movie and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is pretty close but no cigar. If you liked The Hunger Games then go check it out, you won't be disappointed.
For more information on The Hunger Games Catching Fire visit here.
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