The Hunger Games Review

The Hunger Games

Release Date: 22nd March 2012 - Australia

Production Companies
Color Force

Lionsgate

Distribution 

Roadshow Distribution

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M

Runtime: 142 minutes

Budget: $78,000,000

Box Office Gross: $694,394,724
(Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Katniss Everdeen, 16, lives

in what remains of North

America in the future. She

lives in one of 12 districts,

all run by the Capitol. When

her father dies, she struggles

to keep herself, her mother

and her little sister alive. 

Even thought she learns to 

hunt and trap and which 

plants are edible, they're 

always on the point of 

starvation. Annually, one

boy and one girl between
the ages of 12 and 18 are
chosen by lottery from each
district to participate in the
televised Hunger Games, in
which the 24 children try to
kill each other. The last one
left alive is honoured by the

Capitol and his or her family

is rewarded with plenty of

food. When her sister's name

is drawn, Katniss steps up to

take her place in the

competition. (Source - Metro Cinemas)

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence - Katniss Everdeen

Josh Hutcherson - Peeta Mellark

Liam Hemsworth - Gale Hawthorne

Woody Harrelson - Haymitch
Abernathy

Elizabeth Banks - Effie Trinket

Lenny Kravitz - Cinna

Stanley Tucci - Caesar Flickerman

Donald Sutherland - President Coriolanus Snow

Wes Bentley - Seneca Crane

Toby Jones - Claudius Templesmith

Alexander Ludwig - Cato

Isabelle Fuhrman - Clove

Paula Malcomson - Mrs. Everdeen

Willow Shields - Primrose Everdeen

Jacqueline Emerson - Foxface

Dayo Okeniyi - Thresh

Amandla Stenberg - Rue

Jack Quaid - Marvel

Leven Rambin - Glimmer
Paula Malcomson - Katniss' Mother
Sandra Ellis Lafferty - Hob Vendor
Raiko Bowman - Peeta's Mother
Dwayne Boyd - Peacekeeper #1
Anthony Reynolds - Peacekeeper #2
Judd Lormand - Peacekeeper #3
Kimiko Gelman - Venia
Nelson Ascencio - Flavius
Bruce Bundy - Octavia

Crew

Screenplay/Director - Gary Ross

Based on Novel "The Hunger
Games"/Screenplay/

Executive Producer - Suzanne Collins

Screenplay - Billy Ray
Executive Producer - Robin Bissell
Executive Producer/Unit 

Production Manager - Louise Rosner

Producers - Nina Jacobson & Jon Kilik

Co-Producers - Diana Alvarez, Martin Cohen, Louis Phillips, Aldric La'auli and Bryan Unkeless

Casting Director - Debra Zane

Production Designer - Phillip
Messina
Set Decorator - Larry Dias

Costume Designer - Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department Head/

Designer - Ve Neill

Director of Photography - Tom Stern

Second Unit Director/

Additional Visual Effects
Supervisor - Scott Farrar
Second Unit Directors - Jon Kilik, Peter Rodger, Steven Soderbergh & Chad Stahelski

Stunt/Fight Coordinator - Allan Poppleton

Fight Coordinator - Jon Valera
Special Effects Coordinator - Steve Cremin

Visual Effects Supervisor - Sheena Duggal

Visual Effects Supervisors: Rhythm & Hues Studios - Victor Grant & Betsy Paterson

Visual Effects Producer - Jacquie Barnbrook
Visual Effects Art Director: Rhythm & Hues Studios - Mike Meaker
Animation Director/Supervisor - Dino Athanassiou

Film Editors - Christopher S. Capp,

Stephen Mirrione & Juliette Welfing
Sound Designer/Supervisor - Lon Bender

Music - T-Bone Burnett & James

Newton Howard

Review
The movie 'THE HUNGER GAMES' is a little bit frightening, but manages to bring action, cleverness and drama. To be fair, I never read the first book, but I find its premise of teenagers hunting and killing each other on a televised arena to be a bit interesting and brutal for a post-apocalyptic/dystopian action thriller. The well-acted performance by Jennifer Lawrence does work in the movie, but the only thing that I criticise is the shaky camera-style which I think is in most scenes.

The film adaptation of 'THE HUNGER GAMES' may be a little overrated, it certainly will be appreciated by teens who might be fans of the book series. 

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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