JBang Reviews presents "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." Catching Fire is a deep work of art. Personally, I have never read the books, but to be honest, that was a good thing for me because I was more surprised at events that occured during the film rather than expecting them because it happened in the book. The movie brings back Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, the 2 victors from the 74th Hunger Games, as they continue to live life after the traumatic events that occured in the first film but what they don't realize yet is that Katniss's actions from the first film has inspired a revolution among districts in a plot to overthrow the Capitol, the official government of Panem, in the mist of another annual Hunger Games. Although different, Catching Fire is better than the first film and is one of the best films I've seen all year. The special effects in this one is better than the first one. Where as the first film's CGI felt like something created in a movie maker application on a Macbook Pro labtop, this film's CGI looks more professional and realistic. I was also surprised that this movie wasn't as gory as the 1st one. Sure there might be one or two scenes that might be "hard to watch" but nothing extreme enough to make it a Rated R movie. Plus, my favorite thing about this movie is that it makes the characters that have no choice but to participate in the Hunger Games "likeable." In the first one, besides Rue and Katniss, all the characters seemed merciless and unforgiving and it was hard for me to like them because their intentions were unclear or they were just mean-spirited. But in "Catching Fire," I enjoyed characters like Finnick, Beetee, Johanna and others. Some were sarcastic and some were snarky, but each of them had a likable characteristic. Now, that we're down with the compare and contrast, I must say the most important thing I liked about this movie though was that it puts desperation in a fight with morals in a title match where a chance to change the world and a chance to fight back against the system is on the line. I love rebellion movies as well as underdog movies and the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, to me, has become one of those inspirations movies that might inspire underdogs to fight back against the system and I applaud that, but just like any good sequel in a saga, the second one always leaves us with that question mark and rest to sure, this one does not disappoint. I give "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and 4 out of 5.