The Hunger Games

Based off the best selling board game called "Hungry Hungry Hippos", The "Hunger Games" is a story about games and... hunger?  And oh how hungry these kids are... for BLOOD!!  In giving the summary of this story, I'm afraid that if I get ANY part of it wrong, then some nerd without a girl/boyfriend will rip my kidneys out, and then proceed to do the scouts honor sign over my corpse.  Here I go.  There was apparently a lot of turmoil in futuristic United States, and because of the oppression the poor districts received from the capital, they decided to rebel.  It was a violent battle that had a lot to do fashion.  The "non-capital" people wore a traditional crap-outfit for the battle, while the Capital people went for the Drag-queen look with a hint of douche-bag.  Obviously the Drag-queens killed the hobo-fashion in the other districts, and to remind them of who their masters are, people are gathered from each district to participate in an annual reality-show. As entertaining as it may sound, the show is less like Jersey Shore, and more like a kids version of Gladiator.  Named after cat marijuana, Catnip is the hero of the story, and volunteers to be put into the death-match so that her sister will be spared.  Along side her is another boy selected from her district named Pita-chips, and eventually the two become friends, which is cute because they have to kill each other later on!!

Besides the fact that this movie is propaganda for people to join the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, I actually had a creepy fun time with it.  The thing that I find strange is that I'm an avid Horror film fan (if you couldn't tell), and yet the idea of children killing other children for entertainment disturbs me more than most slasher films, especially since the victims in slasher films are for the most part idiots who deserve their fate.  That isn't to say that I didn't enjoy it, because much like Twilight, Iron Chef, or Mob Wives, this film kept me at the edge of my seat the entire time.  I was also alert because I was surrounded by a bunch of nerdy High school kids, and it's common knowledge that when they get hyper people die.

31/2 out of 5