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Film: The Huger Games: Catching Fire
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Phillip Seymour
Hoffman
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Duration: 2hrs 25 mins
Rating: * * * 1 / 2
Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games lives upto its
expectations – it slightly on the longer side in terms of its length, but the
build up to the finale is solid. As it has been happening with trilogies or final parts
lately, the last book Mockingjay will
be split into two films scheduled for a 2014 and 2015 release respectively.
Catching
Fire starts off where the previous film finished. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer
Lawrence) the winner of the games along with Peeta (Josh Hutecherson) are
quietly revolting against the system. The two are forced to make public
appearances as heroes but she takes every opportunity to show her discontent. That makes
President Snow (Donald Sutherland) very angry and he comes with an ingenious
plan, forcing all the previous winners of the games to compete with each other.
That is one easy way to quell the rebellion and ensure that all previous heroes
die in the contest.
Philip
Seymour Hoffman plays the game controller and designer while Woody Harrelson
returns as the alcoholic mentor. An almost unrecognizable Elizabeth Banks also
makes an appearance along with always impressive Stanley Tucci.
The story
builds up steadily, till the mid point the groundwork is being laid but once
the games start it gets engrossing. The structure of the story is as such that
in the end, you are asking for more.
The cast
has done a terrific job. Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland and Philip Seymour
Hoffman are all seasoned actors and play their roles with conviction. The film
is yet another triumph for actress Jennifer Lawrence who is clearly amongst the
best on the scene today.
Catching
fire is eminently watchable, the next two films hopefully will be even better.
Published in The Navhind Times on 8th Dec 2013
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