This has to be the strongest movie out of the entire series. We get a much needed background of how the players are chosen (because up until this point I believed it was completely random/ the characters wanted to participate) and we also get a background story about the main character as well. After watching these movies nearly back-to-back it gets boring with the same story over and over so it's nice to see some new things added to make it a bit fresh.
The acting in these movies are never the best- no exception here but they did well with the story they were given. The only music in these movies are the end song and this one was nice. I feel like in the distant future when I've forgotten about this I would watch it again. You don't have to watch the movies in order as they don't really relate to each other but if you want to watch them all then I suggest watching this last as it's really good. If you're not interested in the entire series then I suggest just watching Beast Side, Prison Break, then this last as those are the best ones (imho) in the series.