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Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2012)

"The Hunger Games" is a promising beginning in what looks to be, hopefully, another successful movie franchise and a most welcome antidote to the dreadful "Twilight" movies...
This opening salvo works on all cylinders. A good job was done by all parties involved given the movie's modest (by today's standards) budget. Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz and Woody Harrelson round-up a good cast.
Jennifer Lawrence though, truly is the centre piece of this movie. Without her in the lead role, I doubt that the movie would have been as good as it ended up being.
I have not read the books, so this review is solely based on the movie itself. I found it strange that a lot of people bring up "Battle Royale" as the movie they most compare "The Hunger Games" with, but fail to also bring up George Orwell's novel "1984" or Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World". I rather think that "The Hunger Games" has undertones of those stories, and that is a positive thing!
Based on this first instalment, I will be in the theatre when the next chapter comes to the big-screen. I am not a huge fan, or an established one, since I have not read the books, but as a moviegoer, I was not disappointed!