Who can tell me about this Hunger Games movie? Is it just another Running Man?

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here's cliff's notes explanation from a review I just read:

“The Hunger Games” is a movie about an authoritarian postapocalyptic world in which unwitting children are thrust into a life-or-death, winner-take-all game that uncaring adults manipulate for their own amusement — and to reinforce their control.

The Capitol, whose wealthy residents favor plastic surgery and outlandish fashion, rules the 12 districts. The outer districts hold the Capitol’s semi-enslaved workforce, kept in line through forced poverty, a heavy police presence — and the annual games, each of which pits one boy and one girl from every district in a televised showdown to the death. (think Survivor meets The Truman Show)

the two “tributes” from District 12s, journey is aided by a drunken former games winner Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) and overseen by a pair of snide TV commentators (Stanley Tucci and Toby Jones), as well as the game master, Seneca Crane (Wes Bentley).

Maybe it’s a liberal story about inequality and the class divide. Maybe it’s a libertarian epic about the evils of authoritarian government. Maybe it’s a feminist revision on the sci-fi action blockbuster. Maybe it’s a bloody satire of reality television. There’s enough “relevance” here to power every cultural studies department in the country for a decade.

This may/may not help anyone that is expecting a pale, emotionless girl, vampires, and CGI werewolves with abs...

Screen Rant's 5 Reasons why Hunger Games isn't Twighlight

The very positive reviews from my favorite critics have swayed me to give this a shot.