Review: ‘Mockingjay Part 2’ ends series well

Book is accurately brought to life on big screen

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‘Mockingjay Part 2’ keeps viewers on an emotional roller coaster. Photo courtesy of Southgate Cinemas.

The Hunger Games movie franchise comes to an end in its exciting but emotional fourth installment, “Mockingjay Part 2.” In this dystopia, the “Capitol” creates the Hunger Games to control Panem. Panem is made up of 12 districts, where a boy and girl are chosen at random to compete in a bloody fight with only one winner. The Capitol projects the games to the fellow districts, forcing parents to watch their children get killed. After Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) survive the games, which was an unthinkable outcome, it is the spark of rebellion.

“Mockingjay Part 2” continues from the last scene of “Mockingjay Part 1,” where Peeta attacks Katniss. The opening scene may be confusing to those who don’t remember how Part 1 ended or those who have not read the book, but emotion dominates confusion as the movie progresses.

Hutcherson’s portrayal of a tortured, emotionally distraught Peeta will make you wish you brought a box of tissues, as will the heart-wrenching relationship between the three main characters. Though some may despise the tense scenes between the star-crossed lovers and Katniss’ best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth), the action packed movie will have you on the edge of your seat.

While some book to movie adaptations are considered horrible by fans, most die-hard fans of The Hunger Games couldn’t disagree more. Producer and director Francis Lawrence did a great job bringing the book to life and accurately projecting the depth of the book to the big screen. Whether having read the book or not, the audience is thrown into an emotional roller coaster. Some important characters fans have grown to love, regretfully, don’t have a happy ending. Just when the scenes calm down, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) has something up his sleeve. Katniss realizes Snow might not be her only enemy all along.

The mutual agreement was that this movie is worth paying for. It is a good watch for the girls who fawn over attractive fictional characters and love triangles, along with the boys who love their action. An overall rating given is a 4 out of 5 Peeta breads.