The Hunger Games

Tonight I have been to see The Hunger Games.

There can be only one teenage survivor in this thrilling televised battle set in a cruel future USA!

Following the collapse of the United States in the not-too distant future, the new nation of Panem has arisen. To keep its population under control, the government organises a brutal annual contest. Each of Panem's 12 districts selects a boy and a girl aged between 12 and 18 to participate in a televised fight to the death! Taking the place of her younger sister, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to become District 12's female 'tribute'. Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) is selected as her male counterpart. Training them for their ordeal is Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), a drunken survivor of a previous contest. Adapted by Suzanne Collins from the first book in her bestselling Hunger Games young adult novel trilogy, this compelling action-romance boasts another terrifically tough performance by 'Winter's Bone' star Jennifer Lawrence.