The Hunger Games

PG-13 7.2
2012 2 hr 22 min Adventure , Fantasy , Science Fiction

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.

  • Cast:
    Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth , Woody Harrelson , Elizabeth Banks , Lenny Kravitz , Stanley Tucci

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Reviews

Cubussoli
2012/03/23

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Sexyloutak
2012/03/24

Absolutely the worst movie.

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RipDelight
2012/03/25

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

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Lidia Draper
2012/03/26

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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sonnygoten
2012/03/27

I remember loving this movie when it first came out to the cinemas in my early twenties. Now I'm in my late twenties and rewatching this movie, and it feels dull. Perhaps my perspective had changed with age; I'm no longer the target audience for this kind of fare. Perhaps this is a watch-once-and-forget type of movie; and watching it a 2nd time was my mistake. In any case, I recommend this movie only to the Young Adult and New Adult audiences and only for a one time watch on a lazy Friday night. It's not exactly a master piece.

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dex-72791
2012/03/28

This is a terrible adaption of the Hunger Games book. So many details are left out which makes the plot bland, boring and simplistic. Characters don't develop bonds and relationships, it just happens. When a character feels remorse it makes no sense because they haven't developed a relationship, they were just allies for 20 minutes. The first thing you see when the movie starts is boring text explaining what the reaping is and why the have the hunger games. So straight away they throw the rule of show don't tell out the window from the top floor. Its just so lazy. And its completely pointless anyway as it is explained again in short film that all the tributes watch. The pacing of this movie is also unbearable. Things just happen one after the other. Even the dialogue is lightening fast a lot of the time. Its hard to keep up with the conversations. The plot itself is somewhat interesting, but it is completely watered down to the bare minimum in the movie. Many key details are skipped over and ignored and I can only imagine this movie must be so boring and confusing for anyone who hasn't read the book.

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realdjleandro
2012/03/29

After watching The Hunger Games a few things come to mind :1) Jennifer Lawrence .... (Start drooling profusely) 2) such an unrealistic movie ... In which world does the 'super nice guy' get the hot girl ? 3) damn .... These kids be freaken violent as f&+k 4) Woody Harrelson is always a class act 5) Lenny Kravitz is one of the rare singer/actors who can actually act 6) it's got a bit of an artsy-fartsy flair which is awesome 7) it might be long, but you don't feel it 8 ) move over twilight and your bulls&+t 9) a kids novel turned movie made for adults 10) allot like a modern take on ' The Lord of the Flies' 11) You'll see Stanley Tucci doing his best Graham Norton Impression

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Johnny H.
2012/03/30

The Hunger Games has become a household name in pop-cultural life, and this film is an entertaining introduction to a broadly-appealing yet well done dystopia not too far off the brutality of Battle Royale or The Running Man. It's not Twilight (thank Christ for that) and thankfully it's got a better romantic triangle than any of that vampire hogwash had going for it.This series is like a millennial-appealing take on other sci-fi dystopias ranging from George Orwell's 1984 to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; where those stories explored totalitarianism in more subversive ways this one shows how extreme things can get when violence is thrown into the equation.Considering this came out in 2012 and people are STILL saying whether or not this ripped off Battle Royale I think that those addresses are fair, and that it doesn't suffer from the pre-established derivativeness of something like Divergent (which apparently carbon-copied the story so much the films themselves were distributed by Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment).Anyway, this film is an adaptation of a book that was craving a movie based on it, and it's a good action flick focusing on young men and women trying to survive the worst to-the-death scenario you could possibly imagine.

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