Plot holes but entertaining

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2016)

Spoilers
I don't usually write reviews; but after reading many that compare this to Battle Royale, I thought it would be prudent to say a few words. In my opinion, comparing this series to Battle Royale is very irresponsible. It's like comparing American football to a game of catch.
Battle Royale was like the game of catch. It was a single aspect of the Hunger game series, elongated into a movie. The Hunger games is like a professional football game. Sure aspects of it bear similarities to the Battle Royale series, but there is a deeper and more engrossing story-arch.
The Hunger Games franchise isn't about the actual hunger games themselves, it's about rebellion. The Hunger Games are a single facet of a much larger, much more detailed story.
Both movie franchises are good, but they are very different. Please don't believe the people spouting off about plagiarism. They are flat out wrong.
In addition, the only real negative reviews, other than the people who don't understand what plagiarism is, are complaints about it "dragging on." This movie is about more than people running around killing each other. The people complaining about this issue should go watch Rambo movies. Not all movies are mindless action from start to finish. If you don't like to watch movies with an actual story, you will hate these movies.