Another trilogy....Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games is another trilogy following in the footsteps of the hugely popular Twilight series. It manages to keep the audience entertained for it's a two and a quarter length and make us want to see it's two sequels immediately. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, a character very unlike Kristen Stewart's bland Bella Swan. Courageous and kind-hearted she puts a huge amount of character into Katniss and acts it very well. She lives in a futuristic dystopian sc-fi world called Panem, which rules under President Snow's (a slightly under-used Donald Sutherland) iron fist. It has twelve "district's" and every year they have a "pageant" called The Hunger Games where two people are selected from each district to compete with others in a televised battle to the death. Obviously Katniss is one of the "tribute's" from her District and her male companion is Peeta Mellark (played rather well by Josh Hutcherson). Together they travel to compete in the games. It's hugely entertaining and Elizabeth Banks plays a great Effie Trinket with Woody Harrelson chipping in as Peeta and Katniss' mentor. It's length plays to it's weaknesses and the music tells you when to cry and whoop. What looks to be an enjoyable series.
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