One of the many failures on the blockbuster market.

Rating: 3/10 (7 August 2012)

Technically, this could have been a good movie though. Given it's many, well tried angles of looking at it. Like deadly, old Rome type spectacles being shifted into a futuristic setting. Or the 1984 kind of healthy rural vs. decadent urban life style antagonism. "Apocalypto" type human sacrifice ceremonies, to tame the gods. And even some fashionable media critique - "it's only a TV show". A colorful collage to start with indeed. And still failing.
Two major reasons: shallow actors, presumably meant to appeal to "twilight" type teenie audiences. And shoddy production, likely because they spent too much money on a plethora of big names for supporting roles and had to save it elsewhere.
Look e.g. at what could have been a highlight of this film, a feast for the eye: the dance in the flaming dress. They cut that short though, and had to. Because it obviously looked fake, CGI. And in a poor - shoddy - way.
Most of the above critique addresses just the first half of the film, the build up, anyway. Because once the kids are down in the woods hunting each other, the film becomes about as original as some boring TV episode about amazons hunting rabbits in a dumbed down fantasy environment. Serious yawner alert certainly applies there.
Still two things may be taken away: Miss Lawrence is an actress sporting womanly features, which is rare these days and much appreciated. And Woody's the tutor you want, in any kind of situation, even if suffering from the worst hairdo of his movie career.
Bottom line: if older than 16 better bring a cushion to rest your head on.