“It’s all gone.”

From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has already done the impossible.  She lived through the 74th. Hunger Games and she managed to keep her District 12 companion, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), alive by pretending to use love as a survival tactic. Now, she is back home with her family (Paula Malcomson and Willow Shields) and friends (including Liam Hemsworth) trying to get past the horrors that she endured in the Games and get back to normal.  Katniss and Peeta’s final act of rebellion in the Hunger Games saved their lives, but also started something all across Panem: rebellion.  When the Capitol carts Katniss and Peeta across the various districts to reinsert power over the people, it only causes the rebellion to grow.  President Snow (Donald Sutherland) threatens Katniss and tells her that she must bring the unrest to an end or face terrible consequences.  However, Katniss is unable to stop the rebellion from growing and Snow delivers a horrible blow in return; for the 75th. Hunger Games, it will be a Games fought only by those who have won before.  Katniss and Peeta soon find themselves preparing to fight in another Hunger Games against brilliant, strong, and ruthless tributes.  Some enemies are introduced and some alliances are made before the Games begin as District 12’s tributes prepare with fellow tributes Finnick (Sam Claflin), Johanna (Jena Malone), Beetee (Jeffrey Wright), Wiress (Amanda Plummer) and many others.  Outside the arena, Katniss’ friends Effie (Elizabeth Banks), Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), China (Lenny Kravitz) fight desperately to find a way to once again save Katniss and Peeta.

This is the second movie in the dystopian series again follows young Katniss in her struggle to save the people she loves no matter the cost.  The action and intensity (and believability) are increased in this film, which makes it instantly more captivating than its predecessor.  Lawrence, Hutcherson, and Harrelson again bring their characters to life, but so do the new characters introduced with Claflin and Malone.  Catching Fire has several intense scenes, but evident through it all is one girl’s desire to risk everything to do the right thing.

| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time: 146 minutes |Genre: action/dystopian/sci-fi |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 3 of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 4 of 10

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