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Witnessing what tyrannical Capitol President Snow (Donald Sutherland) has done to her partner Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), two-time Hunger Games champion Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) agrees to serve as the Mockingjay, the symbol of the Panem districts' rebellion against the Capitol. As District 13 President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) makes plans for uniting the districts in the upcoming war, Katniss acts on her own personal agenda—that of assassinating President Snow (Donald Sutherland).

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 is based on the second half of Mockingjay, a 2010 novel by American writer Suzanne Collins. It is the fourth and last movie in The Hunger Games series, preceded by The Hunger Games (2012), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014). The novel was adapted for the film by American screenwriters Peter Craig and Danny Strong.

Katniss is reunited with Peeta but, when she tries to hug him, he suddenly attacks and tries to strangle her,. Katniss is saved only by Boggs' (Mahershala Ali) intervention. Later, it's explained to her that Peeta was "hijacked"—a form of fear conditioning enhanced with "Tracker Jacker venom". Meanwhile, Alma Coin announces that her covert operation into the Capitol has resulted in the victors being liberated and requests that all the districts of Panem unite against their mutual oppressor. In the final scene, Katniss looks into the medical chamber where a manically-distressed Peeta is being held in restraints.

Realizing that it was Coin who ordered the bombing that caused her sister Prim's (Willow Shields) death, Katniss redirects the aim of her arrow from Snow to Coin, hitting her squarely in the heart. Snow roars in laughter. Katniss attempts to commit suicide but, as she reaches into her pocket for the Nightlock pill, Peeta knocks it out of her hand. As Katniss is taken into custody and dragged away, the angry crowd surges forward and continues Snow's execution for her. Standing on the sidelines, Plutarch (Philip Seymour Hoffman) watches and smiles. While Katniss sits alone in a room guarded by two guards, Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) enters and reads to her a letter from Plutarch to, expressing his approval of all she did and assuring her that the leaders of the Districts are already planning to vote in a new President, who will most probably be Commander Paylor (Patina Miller), who will eventually pardon her. Katniss takes the train back to her home in District 12's Victors Village to lay low until the dissension quiets. The winter passes slowly as Katniss mourns the loss of Prim. One day in the spring, she returns from hunting to find Peeta planting primroses in her garden. When the summer rains come, Peeta is still there. One night, as they lay in bed cuddling, Peeta asks, You love me. Real or not real? Katniss replies, "Real." In the final scenes, several years later, Katniss and Peeta are still together, Peeta playing with their son while Katniss holds her newborn, who awakens and begins to fuss. Katniss tells the baby that she has nightmares, too, but that she deals with them by playing a game in which she remembers all the good things that people did. It gets tedious, she admits, "but there are worse games to play."