The Hunger Games - DVD [2012]

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of it's twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sisters place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared their entire lives. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived. She awakens from the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell deep inside the bunkered catacombs of District 13. Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as to whom she can trust, Katniss must help 13 rise from the shadows, all the while knowing that President Snow has focused his hatred into a personal vendetta against her-and her loved ones.

Generations before becoming Panem's despotic president, Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) was an 18-year-old scion of privilege chosen as a mentor for the still-young Hunger Games. However, the feelings he'd develop for his assignee tribute-the willful Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler)-might bring him to challenge his every belief. Epic and anticipated take on Suzanne Collins' prequel novel also stars Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis. 165 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.