Action Packed and Different

Rating: 8/10 (1 August 2015)

The story of a young lady, that has to beat the odds and survive. Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, grew up in a rough life. Katniss has to learn to survive on her own. Peeta Mellark, played by Josh Hutcherson, helps her to survive when the odds are against her.
Katniss has to also deal with the elements of the environment. She is thrown into a game with other teenagers and kids. Although, she volunteered so her younger sister would not have to enter the game. It is a good thing Katniss knows how to use a bow and arrow. The other game players also have other talents, and there are some players that have no talent of survival.
A young Katniss Everdeen is taken from her family. She is forced to fight among good and evil. There can be only one winner in a game of survival, it is how a person survives that counts. In an environment of bad conditions good and evil usually does not matter, only survival.
The Hunger Games seems to be a typical fight to survive film, but there is also a good dramatic storyline. For the most part, the acting is very good. The story seems to be futuristic or even possibly someone's dream. The colorful clothing and hair make it seem like a dream or someone's colorful imagination.
A government or multiple communities are able to control an entire society. This control and survival is the theme of the movie. The control and survival puts action, fighting, love, noise, and emotion into the movie.
The movie is similar to the film "The Running Man". The "Running Man" stars Arnold Schwarzenegger who is wrongly convicted for murder. Arnold's character name is Ben Richards who is given a chance for freedom if he participates in the game show called "Running Man". The show is a gladiator style of fighting to the death that is based in the future. The Hunger Games and The Running Man are both futuristic and colorful films.
The film Hunger Games is an action packed and it is different from most films. The futuristic and colorful clothing and hair does make the movie different. It gives the viewer a sense of how it could be in the future.
In conclusion, the film is an action packed movie with a dramatic storyline. The plot of the film keeps the viewer's attention. The viewer typically wants to see how and who survives The Hunger Games.