When Katniss Everdeen’s sister is chosen to represent one of the twelve districts of Panem in a fight to the death, Katniss has no choice but to volunteer herself to take her place.
Movies in the vein of 'Hunger Games': YA sci-fi adventures set in dystopias that are often weirdly concerned with the romantic affairs of tweens. Well, to be fair they do seem to be the ones regularly taking down governments.
Be whisked away from that teenage angst to a cool dystopian world, a vast spaceship or a world in which you have super powers! (for all of about 90 minutes...)
Punch like a girl will take on a whole new meaning after you watch these badass female leads do their thing. Includes everything from grindhouse classic 'Coffy' to modern YA blockbuster 'The Hunger Games'. See what happens when you tell little girls they can grow up to be anything!
Sci-fi movies produced by Hollywood, which question the very systems that underprop Hollywood? We don't really understand it either... but there you have it. Snowpiercer, District 9, The Purge, etc.
Action-packed movies where the contestants (typically unwilling) are forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of twisted spectators. Includes YA blockbuster 'The Hunger Games' right alongside cyberpunk classic 'The Running Man'. So, who are you betting on?
Thanks Obama! Ponder what society could be if controlled by a government who hated free-speech, listened in to your conversations at all times, and patrolled the skies with unmanned robots. Oh wait...thanks Obama!
Ever wondered what $160 million could buy you? Only the very cheapest of these films, for starters. If you like eye-popping CGI, star-studded casts, and characters that are just begging to be made into action figures, then check out this collection of the biggest sci-fi blockbusters Hollywood has to offer.
With 'The Dark Knight', 'Dredd', and 'Chronicle', nobody was left wanting for dark superhero movies in 2012. Even 'The Amazing Spiderman' was a bit of a jerk. Enjoy!
As 2012 was predicted to be the end of the world, many films featured post-apocalyptic content. How very unusual for the Sci-Fi genre. Will life as we know it survive? There’s only one way to find out.
