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Here ’s a story retread forThe Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 1 . The 2010s was a busybodied era for adaptations of YA novel , peculiarly in the dystopian sci - fi category . This includesThe Maze Runnertrilogy star Dylan O’Brien , The Giver , andThe Divergent Series . There were also huge , non - apocalyptic hits likeThe Fault In Our Stars , but the literary genre seemed to combust out in popularity due to overexposure . This is best ascertain withDivergent : Allegiant , which was supposed to be the first of a two - part finis ; the final sequel was invalidate due to the low returns ofAllegiant .
doubtlessly the biggest of the dystopian YA movie trend wasThe Hunger Games . base on the novel trilogy by source Suzanne Collins , this series focused on Katniss , a teenager forced to take part in a televised game of death in the country of Panem . After winning the first game , she becomes a symbolization of Leslie Townes Hope to the hapless Districts of Panem , marking her as dangerous by President Snow . The first movie helped make Jennifer Lawrence a star and three sequel survey . Even this franchise was n’t immune to the YA downturn , with the final chapterThe Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 2being the lowest - grossing .
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The Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 1picks up quickly after the cliffhanger ending ofThe Hunger Games : Catching Fire . In that entry , Katniss and love interest Peeta ( Josh Hutcherson ) were forced - alongside other Hunger Games victor - to contend in the seventy-fifth Hunger Games as a special event . The movie coming with Katniss shattering the dome fence in the arena ; she ’s find by rebels who reveal their program was to rescue her and make her a symbol of the rebellion . Unfortunately , Peeta was n’t saved and was lease surety by the Capitol and Katniss ' household District 12 was bombed by Snow in revenge .
The Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 1sees Katniss necessitate to District 13 to meet Alma Coin ( Julianne Moore ) , who is take the rebellion . Coin is only really interested in Katniss as a propaganda tool and task her with seduce videos for the rebellion to pep up the rising . After seeing Peeta used by Snow for a propaganda interview on TV , she agree on the condition Coin finds and rescue him . Her other love interest Gale ( Liam Hemsworth ) becomes a escort and so does Coin ’s right - hired hand man Boggs ( Mahershala Ali ) . While Katniss does n’t bank Coin , she and Boggs eventually mould a bond .
Later inThe Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 1 , Katniss shoots down aircraft attack a District infirmary while filming a propaganda video , and her ferocious response to Snow is enchant on - camera . Of course , Katniss is still shin with PTSD follow the case of the two previous movies , and the melody of being a symbol of rebellion is drive a toll . After the Capitol ’s hydroelectric dam is shut down by Johnny , another interview with Peeta - who is looking increasingly bewilder and wither - run into him warning of an attack on District 13 , leading to the freedom fighter and civilian seeking protection underground as the bombs go off .
The finale ofThe Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 1has Gale leave a rescue mission to save Peeta and the other captured victor . It goes amazingly smoothly , but Katniss ' excited reunion with Peeta is thin short when he brutally tries to cramp her , leading Boggs to knock him out . It ’s revealed Peeta was brainwash into the effort on her life , which is why the evasion went so well .
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