Despite her best efforts to feign romance with her co-competitor and to keep posttraumatic stress at bay, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) fears that Katniss's defiant nature will incite rebellion, so he takes a tip from new gamemaker Plutarch (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and launches a Quarter Quell in which past champions, such as the hilariously bitter Johanna (Jena Malone) and the deceptively arrogant Finnick (Sam Claflin), will fight to the death.
Not all tributes are quite so young, like Mags (Lynn Cohen), a senior citizen who suits up for battle and establishes a touching bond with Finnick (Jeffrey Wright and Amanda Plummer play the craftiest teammates). Until the cliffhanger ending, director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) serves up an array of splendors, from killer baboons to the ever-amazing outfits of Effie and Caesar (Stanley Tucci). Most significantly, the script from cowriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) strengthens the bonds between Katniss and Peeta and Gale (Liam Hemsworth), who prove themselves more worthy than ever of Katniss's affections.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2014) details :
- Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
- Directors: Francis Lawrence
- Writers: Simon Beaufoy, Michael deBruyn, Suzanne Collins
- Producers: Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik
- Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Digital, Ultraviolet, DVD-ROM
- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: English, French
