The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), rescued from the aborted Quarter Quell Games, winds up in the rebellious District 13, where leader Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and Plutarch Heavensbee (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman) lobby her to become the face of the revolt. Supposedly based on the first half of the last volume of Suzanne Collins' wildly popular trilogy, the movie is sluggish, with very little happening. In fact it's a cheat, a shameless ploy to squeeze another $600 million dollars out of moviegoers. The fans probably won't complain because, after all, it does have Lawrence and her strong supporting cast (most of them reduced to cameos); still, the smarter ones (if they haven't already taken the bait) will put this one in their Netflix queues and wait till next year, when the story actually gets rolling.