Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) by Dbpirate1129 — 28 Nov 2015

Though a bit slow in the beginning, Mockingjay - Part 2 is a fantastic film that is both very emotional as well as very impressive special effects wise. There's great acting from across the board with standout performances from Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence. The final installment in The Hunger Games franchise manages to be scarier than most horror movies that we're surrounded by throughout the year, which while by no means surprising, is definitely a mark of great directing skills.

Mockingjay - Part 2 manages to surpass its book counterpart with its more uplifting and pleasing third act. The book's ending felt depressing and rushed, but the film's version is much better, despite having the same premise. My only small gripe with this film is that some characters weren't as featured as much as they could've been. Finnick and Prim (the latter more so) were barely in the movie, despite their deaths an essential part of the story. Don't get me wrong, the deaths of those two characters were still emotional, but they would've been EVEN MORE emotional if they were featured more. Plutarch also could've been in the film more, but because of the saddening death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, not much could've been done about that.

Overall, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 is a fitting and spectacular end to the Hunger Games saga. I couldn't've asked for a better book adaption than the one we've got.