![]() ![]() Katniss has become a symbol of hope for all the 12 districts. It soon becomes clear that their bravery and supposed love is sparking a revolution. The announcement of the new Hunger Games devastates Katniss and Peeta, who simply want to go about their lives and keep their separate families safe. His plan is, at the 75th Hunger Games event, to choose past hunger games winners and have them re-compete for their lives in the deadliest Hunger Games ever conceived. So, his head game-master devises a plan to destroy Katniss’s image before tension in the district goes out of control. However, the citizens are so in love with Katniss and Peeta, that any harm Snow does to them would cause a revolution. Katniss’s act of defiance in the games against the Capitol and its leader President Snow has marked her as an enemy of the state. Along with them is their drunken, but decent-hearted mentor, Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), and the over-privileged Capitol born chaperone Effiie (Elizabeth Banks), who is also caring, but in her own way. Now, as the beloved winners of the games, Katniss and Peeta must embark on a “Victory Tour,” where they will speak at each of the government-oppressed 12 districts.Īs Katniss and Peeta travel and pretend to be the couple that everyone wants to see, a divide grows between them of broken hearts and lost hope. Peeta’s love for Katniss is real, but she doesn’t feel the same way about him. Both survived a last-man-standing gladiatorial event by pretending to be in love and defying the Capitol’s command to kill each other. Superior in both artistic quality, entertainment value and worldview, CATCHING FIRE is sure to appease the appetite of the biggest fans, but that’s not without ample caution.ĬATCHING FIRE takes place after the safe return home of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE is the science fiction sequel to the novel and movie THE HUNGER GAMES, which turned into a worldwide hit. ![]() (BB, C, ACACAC, CapCap, PP, Ro, L, VV, S, N, AA, M) Strong moral worldview with light redemptive content and Christian values of self-sacrifice, fighting evil, fighting for liberty, teamwork, protecting the elderly, and even a pro-life sentiment is made, along with strong anti-socialist, anti-big government and pro-capitalist content honoring Pro-American values in a fight against a tyrannical big government trying to destroy freedom and the free market, mixed with some light Romanticism relating to a love triangle between three characters 4 obscenities, a few light profanities, and two bleeped “f” words strong violence includes a man getting whipped with back exposed, people getting shot point blank, gladiatorial games where contestants are shot with arrows, stabbed, electrocuted, speared, and drowned, a poisonous gas infects several characters’ skin and produces large grotesque boils, many wounds and scars are visibly seen, scary man eating monkeys attacks contestants in the arena characters kiss passionately several times, and Katniss has bad nightmares and asks Peeta to sleep next to her, but nothing sexual happens a young woman walks into an occupied elevator and to everyone’s shock undresses in front of them, the men do ogle her, but only her bare back is seen, upper male nudity on a few occasions one character is always drunk and/or drinking no smoking or drug use and, some characters act selfish and angry, but it’s not shown positively. The violence, some scary images, brief foul language and one indecent scene warrant strong caution for THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE. Finally, the violence is extremely intense, with some brutal moments, but it’s not as graphic as the first movie. Also, moral values like self-sacrifice and protecting the elderly are extolled. For example, the fight is against a tyrannical big government stifling liberty and the free market. Nevertheless, the movie has a strong moral worldview. However, while the characters are engaging, the story structure is episodic and sometimes repetitive. THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE is more engrossing than the first movie. ![]() Things go from bad to worse when they are included in a new Hunger Games against other trained killers. Katniss and Peeta must face the challenge of figuring out their feelings for each other during a political revolution that puts them at the center of a fight for liberty. The story takes place right after the first movie. THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE is the sequel to the novel and movie THE HUNGER GAMES, a worldwide hit. ![]()
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