The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Awakening from her hospital bed in District 13 Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) discovers she’s the intended lightning rod for the revolutionaries of Panem. Meanwhile Katniss’s partner in the Hunger Games, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), has been captured by the capitol and President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Pitted against each other, a war of revolution, propaganda, casualties, and democracy wages on. It’s up to the residents of District 13 lead by rebel President Coin (Julianne Moore) to see that freedom will reign– or will it?hungergames1 Directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) the tone and timber as previously established continues to darken as the story begins to draw to a close, and, from an acting standpoint the ensemble has risen to the occasion and put forward their best foot yet. Albeit, some judicious editing could have improved the pace and perhaps even eliminated the need for a part 2, but, all mighty dollar is calling and Hollywood wants to bilk this for all it’s worth, so it goes, we’re still left with an entertaining adventure. Furthermore, touching on not so subtle subtexts of slavery, propaganda, socialism, xenophobia, and revolution this installment is clearly the “thinker” before what is set out to be another big battle/showdown between good and evil. Entertaining none the less and worth your while if you’ve followed along thus far, The Hunger Games: Mockingly – Part 1 is rated PG-13.