Meh.

Rating: 5/10 (28 August 2012)

Positives: *Jennifer Lawrence was brilliant and convincing to boot in this movie, but then again, she's brilliant in everything. *Nice futuristic style going on, good sets (love the beard on that one guy) *Concept is great (no i have not seen battle royale)
Negatives: *This movie's faults can be almost entirely put on the director Gary Ross. He clearly tried, at least, but the movie's screenplay is weak with mostly stock unmemorable characters and lame dialogue (especially from Hutcherson's character). The movie's major problem, though, is that its action scenes are some of the worst this side of a DTV Seagal vehicle, with poorly edited, choppy fight scenes and no sense of pacing or anything like that. *The cast members try their darnedest with the material they are given, most actually coming out okay, with the notable exception of Josh Hutcherson, who has an extreme lack of charisma and failed to position himself as a significant romantic rival to Liam Hemsworth's character, whether that whole thing was faked for the cameras or not. *The movie's ending is an extremely disappointing sequel baiting climax to a disappointing movie. So, my two cents. Later.