A movie depicting a futuristic, yet primal society driven by chaos and blood lust comes out next month, but its far-fetched reality, although interesting, is unlikely.

“The Hunger Games”, written by Suzanne Collins, premieres March 23 and takes place in the futuristic nation of Panem — a post-apocalyptic North America.

The games, an annual staple of entertainment and survival for the people of the nation, pit one boy and one girl from 12 of the 13 districts, or cities, against each other in a do-or-die game with the object being to kill each other until there is a sole survivor.

The victor’s district gets a year’s supply of food as a prize — not bad for post-doomsday America.

I believe this story was not only written to entertain the masses, but also to warn us all against the danger of ourselves.

It’s no secret that our nation has its fair share of problems, but could our problems warrant a revolution like the one that created Panem?

The background of the story seems familiar as it almost mimics a war from our past — the Revolutionary War. At the time, America originally consisted of 13 colonies — Panem consists of 13 districts.

The Capitol controls the districts, just as Britain controlled the colonies. There was a revolution in both cases and (spoiler alert) both cases ended with the districts, or colonies, toppling their former rulers.

Although it’s possible that our nation could deteriorate to its original state, or something similar, could something as sinister and cruel ever come to exist as the Hunger Games?

If there ever was a struggle between a city that has risen to power over those left behind, that struggle would not end up like this book and film depict.

I don’t believe that a blood-lust game centered on your neighbors and friends would ever be considered a form of entertainment.

However, that’s not to say that the city in power wouldn’t still bring its own dictator-like way of running the show. Another reason this scenario would not happen is that America has allies — one of the reasons we won the Revolutionary War. Panem is the last nation left on Earth; therefore, there are no allies to give help to the districts.

It’s true that this story has popped up all over the history of our world — think Rome.

Only time will tell if “Hunger Games “ is more prophecy than fairy tale, but one thing is certain.

As poet George Santayana said: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”