MOVIE REVIEW as published at www.ocregister.com on March 20, 2012:
Deservedly 2012's most anticipated film, Gary Ross' "The Hunger Games" delivers a raw tale of demoralization through destruction, courage through fear, and finally, in tampering with the innocence of youth, unearths fresh-faced hope for the future in an otherwise hopeless world.
In case you haven't glanced at the New York Times bestsellers' list in the past 180 weeks, here's the set-up of Suzanne Collins' post-apocalyptic world: In the ruins of what was once North America, Panem has emerged as a nation of twelve destitute districts, all held subject to their opulent Capitol city. As a punishment for a past uprising, every year each district must sacrifice one boy and one girl as tributes to compete in the nationally televised Hunger Games – a fight to the death in a "Gamemaker"-controlled arena of unfathomable forces.
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Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in 'The Hunger Games,' which opens in theaters March 23.
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