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Synopsis. PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Action|Some Thematic Material) In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Realizing the stakes are no longer just for survival, Katniss ...
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Nov 20, 2015 · Leading up to that climactic moment at the Capitol are a lot of dreary strategic conversations in a lot of poorly-lighted, underground hideouts. For a movie about a society that’s on the brink of destruction, “Mockingjay – Part 2” features a lot of hurry-up-and-wait. It picks up at the start right where “Part 1” left off, with ...
Nov 18, 2015 · At the same time, the Hunger Games movies have always been about action and empowerment, ... But together, they form a single arc. As wobbly as Mockingjay - Part 2 is, it's powerful because its ...
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By Terri Schwartz
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:04 pm
Posted: Nov 19, 2015 2:18 am
It's war in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, and the movie feels the weight of taking the battle to the Capitol in every minute of its 137 minute runtime. The story picks up immediately after the conclusion of Part 1 and doesn't waste much time with catching any newcomers up. While Mockingjay, Part 1 explored the use of war propaganda and the politics around a rebellion, this is a full-on war movie. Part 2 feels burdened by its need to give gravity to that content, and though it is a solid film, it's also the most flawed in the series.
The story is pretty straightforward: Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is ready to take down the Capitol by killing its leader President Snow (Donald Sutherland), and she will do it by any means necessary. Snow's torture of Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) that muddied his memories and turned Katniss into a trigger is the latest and greatest burden on our heroine's shoulders, and highlights her need to do something. Katniss has reminded audiences again and again that she is not a leader, and with Part 1 already having dealt with her difficulty wrapping her mind around being the symbol at the heart of President Coin's (Julianne Moore) war propaganda, she very quickly decides to not play for the team and instead be the one to kill Snow. She heads to the front lines against Coin's wishes, but quickly gets swept back up into the political scheming of District 13's leader.
Snow, meanwhile, knows that the Districts rebelling against the Capitol means the end of his time in command. Ever since Katniss won the first Hunger Games the fight has been personal between these two, and so he sets out to make the taking of the Capitol a painful one, specifically for the Mockingjay. He uses the Capitol's gamemakers to set traps through the city and essentially turn it into the "76th Hunger Games," as Finnick (Sam Claflin) puts it.
Mockingjay, Part 2 gets solid performances from its impressive cast, but feels too burdened by the gravity of its story. The film focuses on Katniss as a way to depict the horrors and damages those living through a war suffer. Because of the focus on the darkness, some of the emotional scenes that aren’t hinged around grief feel out of place. The s...
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 14, 2023. Jordan Brooks Vague Visages. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 may not be remembered for its quality as a film, or even its promotion of ...
Nov 18, 2015 · As Mockingjay: Part 2 shows us, in rich and bracing fashion, ... At their best, these films show us how good blockbuster movies can be. And they beseech us, in their earnest way, to be better ...
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Nov 20, 2015 · Dostoyevsky3. Returning to its gripping roots of peril for the epic conclusion to this deeply and emotionally rich film series. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 brings the series using very well crafted twists to a close giving a sad yet still bittersweet and satisfying finally to the story and characters.
