The Vidiot Reviews

Rating: 7/10 (7 March 2014)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
When you catch fire in a dystopian future, survivors don't extinguish it; they gather around your body for warmth.
Fortunately, the conflagration in this sci-fi movie is a controlled burn.
Motivated by district uprisings resulting from the game's most-recent winners, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), President Snow (Donald Sutherland) announces an all-star Third Quarter Quell.
When Katniss and her mentor's (Woody Harrelson) names are drawn, Peeta volunteers to take his position.
Meanwhile, the other tributes (Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone, Amanda Plummer) are just as upset over their reenrollment, and conspire to topple the affluent Capitol.
The second film based on in the teen Lit series, Catching Fire is darker than its dour predecessor, but for good reason.
Tonality aside, the eclectic cast continues to grow and excel, while the seditious story starts to take root.
Incidentally, the Hunger Games are impartial, unless, of course, there's a Russian judge.
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