going to keep this short and sweet

Rating: 5/10 (10 July 2012)

The movie reminds me of the Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger from the 80s or 90s only this time staring teenagers. Having not read the book I can only say that the movie sets up its premise in a matter that is not quite believable. Unfortunately by the end I found that I was not much more attached to the characters than I was at the beginning.
Bottom line: the acting is decent, the story somewhat predictable, the concept fairly novel to the mainstream audience (which seems to account for its success), and the movie is aimed at a teenage audience (who I believe would enjoy this more then me at my ripe old age of 28).
I'm pretty surprised the movie was rated so highly by both critics and people here on IMDb.