'Mokingjay Part 1' Continues The Good Fight

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2014)

If you were a Hunger Games fan already, then you will continue to be one after watching 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1'. Jennifer Lawrence is yet again a fantastic Katniss Everdeen, supported by a great cast which includes the late Philip Seymour Hoffman - who adds humour to an otherwise dark outing.
The story continues the build up/formation of a rebellion against the Capital and President Snow, who captured Peta and the other surviving tribunes and destroyed District 12 at the end of 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'.
Katniss is reluctant at first to be the face of the rebellion but quickly changes tune when she sees what remains of District 12. Mt favourite part of the film is the message Katniss sends to Snow: "If we burn, you burn with us". However becoming the Mockingjay does not come without it's back-lash, as the Capital resort to drugging and using Peta as a weapon against Katniss - which also produces another great quote, this time from Snow: "it's the things we love the most that destroy us". My favourite scenes in each film comes in the form of the back and forth between Katniss Everdeen and President Snow.
Just like 'Catching Fire', the film is left on a cliff-hanger with the captured tribunes free and with Peta restrained in what appears to be a psych ward. I for one can't wait to see how this whole thing ends! (I've avoided reading the books to keep myself in the dark).