The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (dir. Francis Lawrence).
Lawrence brings sharp action and direction into the relationship dynamics mirroring internal struggles with external threats fairly adeptly. The world building and visual construction of the dystopic districts and opulent Capitol City far out leap the first film as we feel the more lived in world. The most unsatisfying part is how it leads directly into next year’s two-part Mockingjay films without a sustained standalone ending of its own. Catching Fire successfully masks itself as a retelling of the original film while becoming a much more subversive experience structurally. It’s a more enjoyable and complex adventure far more grounded yet fatalistic in tone.
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