Katniss becomes the poster girl for the rebellion against President Snow

Rating: 9/10 (28 April 2016)

After the events of 'Catching Fire' protagonist Katniss Everdeen wakes up in District 13; the underground rebel district that leads the fight against President Snow and his forces. The rebels want Katniss to be the 'Mockingjay'; their poster girl to help unite the districts against the capital. She is unsure until she sees what the Capital is doing; her home district has been destroyed and a hospital she visits is bombed just because she went there. She has some conditions though; she wants Peeta to be rescued from the Capital and pardoned for the broadcasts he has made condemning the rebellion.
This instalment is quite different to the previous two; there are no games and more significantly the story has been divided into two this does mean the story doesn't have a natural ending in this film. That doesn't really matter as the story we get has plenty of exciting moments the best being when Katniss brings down an attacking plane with an exploding arrow a little far-fetched perhaps but certainly spectacular. The film nicely shows us how Snow's hatred of Katniss and what she represents is getting increasingly personal. The cast does an impressive job; Jennifer Lawrence is great as Katniss, she even demonstrates that she has a decent singing voice when she sings the haunting song 'The Hanging Tree', and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman impressed as Plutarch Heavensbee, it is tragic that this was one of his last films. Overall I really enjoyed this and look forward to seeing how the Hunger Games story finishes in 'Mockingjay Part 2'.