# The Hunger Games (2012)

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**Runtime**: 142 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Thriller
**Directed by**: Gary Ross
**Written by**: Gary Ross, Billy Ray, Suzanne Collins
**Starring**: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz

> *The world will be watching.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

District 12, spring, a rusty cornfield gate. 
Children gather, two will be chosen, their fate sealed in a televised bloodbath. 
Ross shoots the arena with a visceral urgency.

**Mood tags**: dread, raw, unhinged

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.2/10 (1074757 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 84% · Metacritic 68/100

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