The Vidiot Reviews...

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2012)

The Hunger Games
Any game that you have to play hungry is going to be a game with a lot of decapitations.
And while this sci-fi film isn't about competing whilst hangry, it does have mounds of mutilations.
As retribution for a failed revolt, the president (Donald Sutherland) of a dystopian capital selects two children from each district and has them compete against each to the death.
Taking her sister's place in this year's games is Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence).
Along with her male equivalent (Josh Hutcherson), Katniss must learn to listen to her trainer/previous winner (Woody Harrelson) and stylist (Lenny Kravitz) if she hopes to sway the superficial fans and survive.
With a subversive script, an apt cast and an unconventional romance, this film adaptation of the teen-lit sensation has much more depth than others of its ilk.
Incidentally, if Hunger Game officials are anything like their Olympic counterparts they can be bought. (Green Light)
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