The first round of reviews for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are almost unanimously positive, with most critics hailing it as a vast improvement over the first installment.
The Playlist's Todd Gilchrist even went so far as to proclaim it "the Empire Strikes Back of young adult adaptations", and "a monumental achievement". Here is where it currently sits on RT (obviously that could well change when more critics weigh in) and if you click on the image you can check out the reviews in full.
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens November 22, 2013 and stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee, Jeffrey Wright as Beetee, Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, Donald Sutherland as President Snow, Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith and Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair.
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