Leads us right into the third film

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2013)

Good acting, good special effects but not as gripping as the first one for me. I would have liked more action, more combat, more overt conflict. However it prepares us for the finale which, having read the books, I am looking forward to.
Sutherland does a magnificent job as the president. He is ever bit the brilliant, sinister, psychopath the book demands. He is a menacing specter. When Snow is on screen you know trouble is afoot and you also know you won't be able to predict where and on whom the hammer will fall.
Lawrence plays Katniss so perfectly I wonder if anyone else could have done the part as well. She's completely believable as the innocent sacrificial lamb who has the integrity, instinct and grit necessary to somehow frustrate Snow at every turn. She is good while Snow is evil. But will she always be able to outmaneuver Snow?