The Hunger Games is thrilling,exciting,and Adventurous with its subject deeper than teenage romance.

Rating: 8/10 (9 May 2012)

The Hunger Games has an interesting story about the future of humanity that is seen through brave teenage girl whose played brilliantly by Jennifer Lawrence.beside top notch cast assemble,Ross witty direction in creating a dilemma between each character with serious tone and teenage romance which bring some comfort in term of story telling about the subject that is far deeper than teenage romance.
Set in the future,the once renowned and powerful country has changed forever after the rebellion that broke out in recent years.the result of the rebellion was a nation that has been divided into 12 district and tradition in which a boy and girl between the age of 12 and 18 are selected from 12 district to participate in a dangerous game where each of them are being forced to fight to death on live television where it is broadcast across the twelve district,the game that was named "The Hunger Games". The selection of the participant or "Tribute" are choose on the annual lottery known as " The Reaping".as the the next lottery for 74th annual Hunger Games begin in District 12,which is the poorest district among the whole district.Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is a 16 year old girl living in the district along with her little sister Primrose(Willow Shields) whose odd of being chosen as one of the tribute is close to impossible,However the odds are suddenly change when her sister Primrose are chosen to become district 12 tribute.Knowing that her sister didn't have any change of surviving the hunger games,Katniss Everdeen bravely substitute herself with her sister as the tribute of district 12 by becoming a volunteer for her sister sake. beside Katniss as the female tribute,another tribute that is chosen to represent the district is a baker's son named Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson).they are brought up into the capital with the well dressed Effie Trinket by riding Capitol fastest train,during their journey into the capitol, Effie introduce them to Haymetch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) that happened to be one of the winner of the hunger games and he is also take part as their teacher.what Lies ahead for Katniss and Peeta in the Hunger Games?and How they are going to survive the brutal and violent Hunger Games?
The Hunger Games has a strong start in the beginning especially during the scene where Katniss little sister Primrose are chosen to become one of the tribute,which emotionally showed the conflict and dilemma that is going to become her motivation in the future. After dramatic separation between Katniss and her beloved sister Primrose,we are showed the Capital which visually packed with lots of CGI and glamorous set of decoration.from the realistic district 12 into the imaginative Capitol as how the future Metropolitan City looks like was one of rules that The Hunger Games has quickly set up the rules of Fantasy and Science fiction which tell the audience that the movie has something more than just drama with its adolescent female as its main character.
But what makes The Hunger Games different than any others kind of similar movie is how the combination of serious drama and teen romance manage to capture the theme of the movie which is deeper than a young adult being forced into harsh reality when everything is controlled by rich people who didn't have any moral value nor sense of compassion.without over-the-top action sequence The Hunger Games flows naturally with the character development and solid acting from the cast of young actors and teen star like Josh Hutcherson and rising star Liam Hamsworth whose acting skill are far better than Pattinson and Lautner in Twilight has saved the movie from becoming another twilight rip-off.but all the credit should goes for Jennifer Lawrence whose captivating performance and method acting is what makes the movie looks more mature as a movie that primely aims for teenage audience.Lawrence acting credibility is proved when she got Oscar nomination in last year Oscar in Winter's Bone where she played similar character of an adolescent young adult who are being forced take responsibility as head of the family and surviving the cruel reality.to have played strong independent female character like Katness Everdeen is no difficult task for Lawrence since her past experience has definitely brought her own perspective when it comes to played this kind of character.her fans will be craving for more and audience may take more attention toward this promising young actress.
The Hunger Games delivers all of its promise,from exciting adventure to witty and dazzling heroine that take place in a gloomy future of United States in post-modern warfare which the visual effect that was used is not over the top so the fantasy world such the Capitol still has some of its realistic aspect as future metropolitan yet it is still imaginative.