Plot
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.
Release Year: 2015
Rating: 7.1/10 (886 voted)
Critic's Score: 46/100
Director: Robert Schwentke
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James
Storyline
One choice can transform you-or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable--and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships. Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.
Writers: Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman
Cast: Kate Winslet -
Jeanine
Jai Courtney -
Eric
Mekhi Phifer -
Max
Shailene Woodley -
Tris
Theo James -
Four
Ansel Elgort -
Caleb
Miles Teller -
Peter
Cynthia Barrett -
Amity Divergent Woman
Justice Leak -
Amity Divergent Husband
Lyndsi LaRose -
Amity Teacher
Charlie Bodin -
Amity Server
Octavia Spencer -
Johanna
Zoë Kravitz -
Christina
Ben Lloyd-Hughes -
Will
Tony Goldwyn -
Andrew
Trivia:
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User Review
Author:
Rating: 8/10
Veronica Roth, author of the Insurgent series, was one of the
top-selling authors last year, with the Divergent series rarely out of
the Amazon top ten. Of course, the films are going to do well on the
back multi-million copy book sales. I wasn't a fan of the book series,
having read them long before they became bestsellers. I found them a
touch tedious and lacking pace, and I couldn't shake the feeling they
were a copy of The Hunger Games. However, the films are an entirely
other beast, in that they neatly condense the books, thus creating a
far more exciting watch than a read (at least for me).
Even though these films haven't been on my must-see list, the latest
episode Divergent has changed all that for me. It's an exciting mix of
action, romance, and politics, well put together by the writers, and
even if you haven't seen the first movie or read the books, you will
still enjoy this thrilling ride.
The film opens throwing us right into the middle of the action,
following on from Divergent. Tris (Shailene Woodley), Four (Theo James)
and the gang are now outlaws and on the run from Jeanine (Kate
Winslet), leader of Erudite faction. They are holed up at Amity
faction, where the code is to remain peaceful and forgiving. It doesn't
take long for the small Dauntlet group to find themselves at odds with
the nature of the Amity villagers and to be discovered by Eric (Jai
Courtney) and the guards hunting them down on behalf of Jeanine.
Tris is, also, dealing with the guilt of the slaughter of her mother
and her friends in the raid, which wiped out Tris's old faction,
Abnegation. She discovers her mother was protecting a secret for which
she was prepared to die; the same secret for which Jeanine will kill. A
little more is revealed about Eric, which adds a twist to the story.
Some old friends will betray Tris, but she will, also, find new allies.
In Insurgent, the world is revealed as bigger than we imagined in
Divergent, and you will be left panting for the next film.
This series has turned me around on the book series, and I now see why
it's done so well. These are interesting characters and the angst and
fight in Tris makes her a great protagonist. In fact, I don't think I
can wait for next year's film Alligient (which incidentally is being
split into two parts) to discover what happens; I may have to read the
book. More reviews at http://www.susanmaywriter.com
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