Not terrible, but you could still do a whole lot better in this genre.

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 2012)

I struggled between 5 and 6 here.
I had a few problems with some of the effects, and the film just didn't have the huge epic look that I was expecting from such a blockbuster release. They really maximized the profit margin here. I swear they put half the average-to-meeger blockbuster budget in marketing. Hard to believe that Kurt Wimmer made a film that looked as good(or should I say as slightly fake) as Hunger Games with his nearly decade old release, Equilibrium. Only Kurt did it with a million bucks, and the movie was significantly better!
That said, I'm a little disappointed in this one. It's not terrible. It's not good either.
One of the films major flaws is the complete lack of chemistry between the leads. The way the two leads are written - you almost think they should hate each other. They do early on, but the "growing" relationship part of this story makes no sense whatsoever. Just no chemistry at all here. Peeta Malark comes off as a cold, heartless coward, and that just really belittles Katnis Everdeen's character when she starts to "Fall" for this nincapoop. I liked the fact that Katnis learned her media lessons throughout the film, but I was never sold on any attachment to Peeta. One minute Peeta is helping the others hunt Katnis down - the next minute they're kissing in a cave.
This was an alright passing of the time. I didn't reach to turn it off. The pacing was OK. I won't watch this again even if it's down the road on cable.
Significantly over-rated at it's current 7.4 here. Just thinking about a film like "Frantic" from Roman Polanski being .6 lower at 6.8 kinda makes me queesy.
This one made me feel like I did after watching "The Running Man" for the first time back in the 80's. It's a little cheesy, and a bit disappointing.
57/100 You MIGHT like this if you liked:The Running Man(slightly better or about even), Logan's Run(better than HG), Battle Royale(better than HG), No Escape(ever-so-slightly worse than HG), In Time(equally average)or Gymkata(much worse)