For those wondering...

Rating: 9/10 (22 November 2013)

..if this is better than The Hunger Games? Yes, oh yes it is. The Hunger Games was a fantastic opening to this epic franchise and Catching Fire wastes no time in going bigger while taking advantage of its massive $140 million budget.
The games themselves seem so much more intense this time round, where danger is literally right around every corner. The budget has gloriously afforded Panem and all the districts to be fleshed out in both colour and scale.
Jennifer Lawrence goes above and beyond in her role of Katniss. She has rooted herself firmly in this franchise as the star player and makes precious every moment of screen time she is given.
While Josh Hutcherson has come into his own playing the more underlining emotions of rejection and his acknowledgment of it.
A very welcome element to Catching Fire is the humour. As the plot is quite dark, these moments allow the audience to relax a bit!
Catching Fire is very slick in terms of building tension. It always feels as if it is going somewhere, and the climax echoes this nicely, which left me reaching for a copy of Mockingjay, desperate to find out what happens next!