Continuation of the last one, after Katniss destroyed the domed battle ground.

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 2015)

By now just about everyone in the world knows the general premise of "Hunger Games" so that novelty is gone. In the last movie, the second of the series, the surviving victors are double-crossed by President Snow, instead of honoring the pledge to keep them free forever he made them fight, hoping to kill Katniss. But she not only survives, she shoots an arrow that along with lightning destroys the domed battle ground.
As this one opens, the first installment of two movies, with Jennifer Lawrence back as Katniss Everdeen, she is pegged to be the "Mockingjay" symbolic of the fight for freedom. All of the districts to overthrow President Snow and his regime.
So most of the movie involves conflicts and battles of various sorts, to set up the two-hour second movie. It is interesting, but not great.
Josh Hutcherson is also back as Peeta Mellark, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, Donald Sutherland as President Snow, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee, Julianne Moore as the rebels' President Alma Coin. (Where do they get these names??)
We will watch the part two movie, when our public library gets the DVD. The series are fun movies but my wife and I are not big fans.