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Anyone could have seen the vast cinematic potential in the story of a rural teenage girl plucked from her poor, simple life, thrust into repeated life-and-death survival competitions only to emerge as a star and, finally, becoming not only a symbol but an instrument of political revolution against a totalitarian regime. Looking back, and beyond the financial tsunami it created, The Hunger Games stands as a franchise that benefited equally from smarts, good fortune and arriving at a favorable moment in the zeitgeist, one that featured a young action heroine who could be embraced as a (reluctant) feminist fantasy figure. Read more ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2:’ New Trailer Focuses on Katniss and Prim’s Bond The Katniss we behold in the epilogue, set a few years later, is unquestionably an older, wiser person - and gratefully retired from public life. But many new pods continue to be added in unknown locations that quite efficiently reduce the commandos’ numbers.īut Katniss will not be deterred, not after all she’s been through, and at least the climax has been handled adeptly so that fans will be pleased and those who have never read the book might actually be taken by surprise. The rebels’ scope reveals the whereabouts of countless “pods” that have been hidden throughout the city and will explode or set off other nasty reactions when approached. Once the squad emerges from a long initial spell underground, a videogame vibe takes over as the group pushes through the largely vacated Capitol toward Snow’s palace.

Whatever the case, this great actor goes out with a whimper rather than a bang.Įven if Coin would prefer that Katniss stay behind to serve as a symbol rather than join the front lines of battle, the young warrior is utterly determined to kill Snow herself and shortly sets out with a little band of commandos that not only includes Peeta but Gale (Liam Hemsworth), who still doesn’t know quite where he stands with her, Haymitch (Woody Harrelson, now with mere scraps of dialogue), little sister Prim (Willow Shields), Finnick (Sam Claflin), damaged Johanna (Jena Malone), camera-toting Cressida (Natalie Dormer), squad leader Boggs ( Mahershala Ali) and others. He has very little to do here (also the case for Jeffrey Wright as another adviser) and it’s hard to tell if digital sleight-of-hand is at work in any of his scenes or whether his lines were spoken by him or finessed by other means.

The members of Coin’s inner circle seem well down the path to becoming mere yes-men, and here it must be noted that Mock 2 marks the final film appearance of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died last year before completing his role as Plutarch Heavensbee, a former Snow ally now serving as Coin’s right hand. Read more ‘ Mockingjay - Part 2′ Final Trailer: The Franchise Will Come to Explosive Close

Mockingjay hunger games book three suzanne collins