Death Race on Steroids - Average watch

Rating: 4/10 (1 April 2012)

The hunger games was one of the most anticipated movies of the year, I was expecting this to be "Gladiator" meets "300" or so I gather from the limited synopsis of the book.
Alas, its nothing more than Death Race on steroids in a panoramic setting. Should one watch this - well its got all the odds in its favour of becoming a cult movie, so yes you should watch it but perhaps not at the movie halls but in your living room when it released on DVD. The box office numbers are mind blowing but then again, I too thought so till I actually viewed the movie. Perhaps the fans of the book would be able to identify more with the movie than I did. Its an average movie, deserves a 6 out of ten but the inability to live up the immense hype left me wanting more and hence the rating of 4.
rgds, Jinu Johnson, Doha, Qatar