Hunger Pains

Rating: 1/10 (23 August 2012)

Despite the hype associated with the release of this movie having settled down to watch it I can only say what a bitter disappointment it turned out to be and I can only hope they don't intend to make a follow up. What's wrong with it you may well ask? Well pretty much everything, the story has no depth, the political regime and the daily struggle of the characters who find themselves the focus of the story are superficial. The action scenes are reminiscent of low budget TV series in the 80's and the interaction between the characters is also lamentable. Don't get me wrong its not badly acted it is simply a bad adaptation of the a world in which the political oppression makes it necessary to have this charade of youngsters in their teens running around the some woods attempting to kill each other badly. Having watched this movie without the benefit of reading the novels which by all accounts appear to have some depth and colour the rental fee for the movie would be better spent on purchasing the e-books and reading them instead.