Final 'Catching Fire' trailer pulls out all of the stops

Posted Monday, October 28, 2013 at 3:07 PM Central

by John Couture

Really, all you had to do was announce the day it was opening up in theaters and I'd be there. But Lionsgate knows that the best way to get an inferno, or for lightning to strike twice, is to stoke the fire.

Consider the fire thoroughly stoked. With the latest and last trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, they didn't leave much on the table by choosing to focus almost exclusively on their time back in the arena for the 75th Hunger Games. Well, I mean it is called The Hunger Games after all.

We get our first look at the unique arena for this special quarter quell edition and it's everything that I imagined it would be and so much more. Speaking of the arena, we get up close and personal looks at the tidal wave, mist, monkey muttations and Jabberjays traps.

If you're read the books, I think you'll really get excited by these fleeting glances as it looks like the filmmakers got everything right. And if you haven't read the books yet, what are you waiting for?

Seriously though, I think if you're coming in cold from the first movie, I think you'll be intrigued and they did a good job of not even hinting at some of the more interesting plot twists and turns. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire hits theaters on November 22 and it looks to be massive as The Hunger Games did over $400 million at the box office.