A cute little girl is put into a survival situation and comes out on top.

Rating: 2/10 (17 February 2013)

The title for this review is exactly what I thought when I first saw the poster for this movie before ever seeing it. Hollywood's predictability did not leave much to the imagination and it turns out I was dead on target. The plot basically centers around a female descendant of Rambo who is put into a modified version of the Running Man games, but with a twist. In this version kids brutally slaughter each other for the enjoyment of the masses – including you the movie goer. Now that's entertainment!
The story starts off in some bizarre post apocalyptic future where the powers that be hold an annual contest that pits children of various ages against one another in a battle to the death. Many of them are violently killed right at the beginning with several being viciously beaten to death by their larger opponents. But being in Hollywood's era of girl-power, our pretty little protagonist makes her escape, at which point the rest of the competitors should have just given up. And despite being in the wilds for at least several days, she manages to never look more than a little tired and maintains her fragile beauty as if she just stepped out of a shower and dressed in clean, but wet clothes.
But nonetheless this movie is a blockbuster, mostly because male viewers are aroused by the main character and female viewers actually think that she is somehow a realistic vision of what girls can do. And for these reasons, audiences will ignore the fact that they are watching a story - with a rating that allows any age to see it - about children killing children and never once wonder why society is so screwed up today.
On a final note, I have to wonder how IMDb has such a high rating for this movie considering the staggering amount of negative reviews that have been posted. Unfortunately, I think the rating system here has become somewhat compromised as it seems pretty easy for anyone to stack the votes early on.