Jennifer Lawrence has won a game of death amongst children and now lives in a big mansion next to Woody Harrelson and Josh Hutcherson who also spent some time killing teenagers. As a prior winner Jennifer gets to travel round and rally all the people who live in poverty in the various trade based districts that make up her world. As she travels round people keep flipping her the bird which Donald Sutherland reads as a revolution amongst the underclasses. As a result of this Donald hires Philip Seymour Hoffman and sends everybody back into the arena to kill not only teenagers but older people aswell. Is Donald right about revolution or is he just a big paranoid white haired mess?
The Hunger Games is very well established in culture nowadays with pretty much everyone having read or at the very least heard of the books. When the first was translated into film world many had their doubts but it turned out to be a pretty decent effort. As someone who has read the books, the first two anyway as Sara won't let me read the third before reading it herself even though it has been YEARS since she started it, I found some flaws in the first but still very much enjoyed myself. The second does a similarly decent job but just isn't quite as good. The same could be said about the books with the second hunger games event just feeling a little old hat. That being said the story does develop well in this second instalment with politics being focused on a little more and kids killing each other a little less. The acting is just as good as it was first time round and the addition of the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman adds bucket loads to the talent. Overall it is well worth a watch and I will be seeing the third and (yawn) the fourth film.
Verdict: 3/5
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