Not as good as the first

Rating: 6/10 (6 December 2013)

The second installment of the Hunger Games Trilogy was really a bit of a letdown. I was anticipating a really good movie after reading all of the rave reviews on IMDb but was sorely disappointed. The first half of the movie moves really slow and by the time you get to the action scenes at the end of the movie it feels rushed. The movie probably needed an extra 30 minutes or so in order to give you a better feel for the new characters introduced in this movie. They deviated from the book in several scenes but nothing that was too horribly distorted. The acting in this movie also took a step back. The characters didn't seem as believable in this film and you don't get enough time for this movie to develop the supporting roles. Overall it was okay but it was by far the best book and unfortunately it fell way short of expectations.