Tuesday, December 16, 2014

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 (2014)


Genre: Science Fiction
Running Length: 2:03
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Elizabeth Banks, Jeffrey Wright, Natalie Dormer
Director: Francis Lawrence 

The film makers of THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 must be commended for taking the risk to divert this movie from the standard Hollywood blockbuster formula. MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 is more akin to a political commentary on the media's power to manipulate (compared to its fast paced action-heavy earlier entries of the series). With no Games this time around, there are no big action scenes but instead, the characters uses war of words, mind games and emotional blackmail to outwit one another. Indeed it is a valiant effort but by dividing the final book in the popular trilogy into two separate films, this film feels incomplete and more like a set-up to something better (hopefully, but we have to wait for a full year to find out *cough* *studio greed* *cough*)

Rating: 6/10

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