A teenage version of the Running Man perhaps?

Rating: 3/10 (25 March 2012)

OK so let me start off by saying that, This movie was hyped beyond belief. It has been touted as the next twilight killer. Whilst I didn't really like Twighlight (because of the main girls wooden acting)it at least had interesting characters and focused on a war between vampires and wolves.
The Hunger Games starts off well enough and did present some cool characters (WOODY and BANKS) set in a depressing future world. However as I watched I soon realised that this movie was utter crap. The premise of a game show setting did not fit in with the depressing world on the outside. This is like a teenage friendly version of Arnold Shwarzeneggers Running Man! (Now that was an awesome movie!) The action was poor and the camera shook way too much. Seriously it was that bad. I almost fell asleep. The special effects are quite bad (those hounds at the end??? like 1990's FX) There was almost no suspense and the ending was anti-climatic at best. No twist or surprise at all. How lame!. If this is based on a book, I certainly would never waste my time reading it. YAWNFEST at best.