The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Sam Claflin, Mahershala Ali, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, and Elizabeth Banks
Directed by Francis Lawrence
The thought that kept running through my head while watching this final chapter of
The Hunger Games saga was that I'm not sure if there's been a more depressing film franchise placed to have such enormous monetary success. While I rather enjoyed the first part of
Mockingjay as it took a spin away from the titular fight-to-the-death battles set up by the tyrannical President Snow (Donald Sutherland), stretching what is a political flick across two over-two-hour films becomes a little tedious. Everything heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) was striving to achieve in
Part 1, she's still striving to achieve here. That isn't to say that there aren't some nice moments as director Francis Lawrence has a good eye for crafting action set pieces, but
Mockingjay Part 2 feels like a bit of a letdown for a series I rather enjoyed.
I could go on further in this review, but I'll leave things rather simplified. It's not that
Mockingjay, Part 2 is bad, but it's disappointingly bland considering what has come before. Emotionally, I found myself rather disconnected at its conclusion and it's just a bit of a shame that the series couldn't end on a better note given all the positives that came before.
The RyMickey Rating: C+
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