Story Line
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
“The world will be watching.”
Top Cast
Jennifer Lawrence
Katniss Everdeen
Josh Hutcherson
Peeta Mellark
Liam Hemsworth
Gale Hawthorne
Woody Harrelson
Haymitch Abernathy
Elizabeth Banks
Effie Trinket
Lenny Kravitz
Cinna
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
2012-03-12
Runtime
2h 22m
Genres
Science FictionAdventureActionThriller
Part of the Series
The Hunger Games Collection
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User Reviews (7)
tmdb87069603
7.5/10
•6/5/2012Very well made movie with quality writing, acting and cinematography.
**Pros**: strong performance from the star. Technically excellent.
**Cons**: Seems to me that the ending was premature but perhaps intentionally so - for a sequel? Character...
ltcomdata
8/10
•9/15/2012Stories about revolution can be quite good. But stories about why a revolution is needed are invariably great. The Hunger Games is such a story.
The movie (for the most part), closely follows the book, and does a good job of it. It also sets up...
Dark Jedi
5/10
•8/26/2014I had not really bothered to put this movie on my to-watch shelf since I felt it was not really my cup of tea but when my wife and oldest son wondered why we did not have it in our collection I thought, well, okay let us get it then. Actually I got t...
Andres Gomez
5/10
•2/10/2015I don't really know what's so special about this movie. I found "The Running Man" or "Total Recall" much more deep thought than this. Is it maybe that the main character is a female?
Still, it is entertaining and, in this regard, it does its job.