Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
2
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
Entertainment Weekly - A muscular, honorable, unflinching translation of Collins' vision. It's brutal where it needs to be, particularly when children fight and bleed., New York Daily News - As tough-spirited as fans would hope for - and exciting and thought-provoking in a way few adventure dramas ever are., Boxoffice Magazine - As action, as allegory, as cinema, THE HUNGER GAMES is the best American science-fiction film since "THE MATRIX," and if Ross and his crew stay with the series for the next two books, we may get that rarest of things: a blockbuster franchise that earns our money through craft, emotion and execution, not merely marketing and effects.
Author
Suzanne Collins
Consumer Advice
Contains intense threat, moderate violence and occasional gory moments
Additional Information
Based on the best-selling young-adult novel by author Suzanne Collins, THE HUNGER GAMES tells the dark tale of a 16-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who is selected to compete in a vicious televised tournament in which 24 teenagers from a post-apocalyptic society fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses. In the future, North America is no more. In its place has risen Panem, a divided nation split into 12 districts. Every year, each district selects a teen of each gender (called 'Tributes') to test their worth in a competition known as the Hunger Games, which are broadcast across the nation as entertainment, and to reinforce the government's total power. When her younger sister is selected as District 12's latest 'Tribute', Katniss volunteers to take her place, and trains under hard-drinking former Hunger Games champion Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) to sharpen her killer instincts. Now in order to survive the game and emerge the victor, this young combatant must put all of her skills to the ultimate test. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth co-star.
Movie/TV Title
The Hunger Games
Composer
T-Bone Burnett, James Newton Howard
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray
