Join us as we delve into the dystopian world of The Hunger Games, a 2012 American action film directed by Gary Ross and based on the 2008 novel by Suzanne Collins. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where a boy and a girl from each of the nation's 12 districts are chosen annually as "tributes" and forced to compete in the Hunger Games, an elaborate televised fight to the death. We discuss the film's themes of survival, sacrifice, and rebellion as well as its performances, direction, and overall impact on the action movie genre.