A trip to the second-run theatre brings you a review of one of the best from last year. Ordinarily this review would've waited until the Blu-ray was released, seeing how most of Mike's Cinema exclusives are already on disc, but I enjoyed this one enough to give everyone a heads up ahead of time. If you're a collector of film, please show as much support to your small business video stores as possible. In the meantime, connect with Mike's Cinema on Google and follow along with the preservation of movies on disc. Moving on...
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| "Catching Fire" - Not your typical over-dramatized book adaptation |
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson
Runtime: 146 Minutes
Theatrical release: November 22, 2013
BLU-RAY RELEASE: MARCH 07, 2014
Synopsis:
Following the 74th annual Hunger Games, the current victors Katniss
Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are
catching fire from all the fame. President Snow (Donald Sutherland) is
getting less control over the districts, and needs to act fast to make
everyone fear him, before they rebel. To do this, he must kill their
leader of the rebellion and so he decides to create a "quarterly" Hunger
Games amongst past victors, including some of the toughest and ruthless
competitors Katniss and Peeta have ever seen.
Review:
I'll begin with saying I really enjoyed the first Hunger Games,
although I hadn't read the book it was based on-nor did I even know
there was one at the time. It was no surprise that I wanted to see the
sequel: Catching Fire. My original thought was to wait for the Blu-ray
to be released but when I saw it advertised on the marquee of a small,
second-run theatre nearby I decided the best way to see what may have
been one of the best movies of 2013 is on the big screen.
Soon after the opening scenes, we see an appearance by president Snow
who blatantly threatens to have Katniss and anyone close to her killed,
if, she doesn't somehow prove to him that she and Peeta are truly in
love. As the 74th hunger games victors are on tour to gain support of
the games, we see Katniss experience a form of post-traumatic stress
disorder. President Snow, quickly losing the intimidation he has
accustomed to, then introduces a twist in the Hunger Games by choosing a
past victor to represent each district for a quarter battle.This angers
everyone who had ever won the Hunger Games, as they were promised
freedom after they won the games. Katniss Everdeen is now leading the
rebellion against the peacekeepers.
Overall this movie kept my entertained for the entire run time, and I
anxiously await the next sequel as this ended on a cliffhanger. Will I
buy it on Blu-ray upon release? Most likely not on release week, but
when the price drops to below $10 I will definitely pick it up.
Rating (4 out of 5 shiny/gold discs):
(Currently: 8.0/10 on IMDb.com)
I look forward to reading your thoughts on this movie, leave a comment below.
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