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In the future, when everyone is fabulous, Victors Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence ) and Peeta Mellark ( Josh Hutcherson ) must now travel throughout the country on their Victory Tour of surviving the 74th Hunger Games. In Catching Fire , Panem President Snow ( Donald Sutherland ) has ordered the District 12 tributes to convince the people that the love exhibited between them is real, and not just a front to survive the previous Games. Katniss and Peeta are forced to read from cards that District 12 escort Effie Trinket ( Elizabeth Banks ) writes for them, unable to speak their own thoughts without the threat of backlash from The Capitol. Katniss suffers with flashbacks from Hunger Games, as her and Gale ( Liam Hemsworth ) wait for the hovering doom to return. The opening scenes of director Francis Lawrence's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are cut too fast. Where Gary Ross' vision in The Hunger Games was to take his time with these scenes, building the suspense and e...

From the very beginning, The Hunger Games had me enthralled with its eccentric storyline. The Fifth Element 's spawn, The Hunger Games is set in a future where the Capitol (the rich) pick boys and girls from one of the twelve Districts to fight to the death, while broadcasting the game on live television for all to see. The film critiques our reality obsessed nation, taking it further with spectators being engrossed with a game where young people are forced to kill each other. 24 will fight, and only 1 will come out alive and be able to return home. The filmmaker produces a raw tension that can cut like a bow-n-arrow. Don't be swayed by the reviews about the excessive shaky camera ala Blair Witch - because it is utilized only during tension-filled scenes, drawing you further into the action. You've seen Jennifer Lawrence kick ass before in 2010's Winter's Bone , and she's back with a vengeance as Katniss (the coolest name for a female heroine ever). Shown ...