Hunger Games Review: Family Film Guide - Parent Concerns: There is definitely violence in this film. The central Hunger Games may not be as bloody and e brutal as author Suzanne Collins describes in the novel, but there's a visceral reaction to seeing the kid-on-kid violence Ca rather than conjuring it in your own imagination. The tributes kill each other in a host ofways, from spear, knife and arrow wounds to hand-to-hand battles that leave teens with their heads smashed in or necks snapped. The editing is quick and the shots never linger on anything overly graphic, but a there is blood and twenty-two adolescents, aged 12-18, die in the annual blood sport pageant.Immature teens, even if they've read the books, may not be ready to handle to the film just yet.A good rule of thumb: if theyre not old enough to be reaped into the Hunger Games, they're probably not mature enough to see it. *​