predictable

Rating: 3/10 (18 April 2014)

There is a spoiler warning, although it might not be necessary.
Anyhow, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire follows the structure of its prequel. There was an introduction into social and political background of the society we've seen before. An endless action sequence of the Hunger Games follows although we've known from the beginning that the good guys would outsmart the villains. Eventually, we're left lingering until the last installment of the trilogy, which would actually be one movie separated into two parts.
But this is still alright. What is not alright is the media frenzy about a message of the movie, as if there were one. Donald Sutherland even gave an interview wishing Hunger Games would stir up a revolution (Guardian, Tuesday 19 November 2013). I'm not sure with which audience this should have resonated, probably angry Twitter users and Facebook renegades. In this sense MTV Jackass had more impact on contemporary youth than effort of all NGOs combined.
This movie isn't bad in itself, yet it is nothing more than a repetition of the first movie in the series.