Divergent Collection

Shailene Woodley

Theo James

Miles Teller

Kate Winslet

Ansel Elgort

Zoë Kravitz

Jai Courtney

Ray Stevenson

Naomi Watts

Octavia Spencer

Mekhi Phifer

Janet McTeer

Daniel Dae Kim

Maggie Q

Emjay Anthony

Keiynan Lonsdale

Rosa Salazar

Suki Waterhouse

Jonny Weston

Cynthia Barrett

Justice Leak

Lyndsi LaRose

Charlie Bodin

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Tony Goldwyn

Ashley Judd

Konrad Howard

Lucella Costa

Devon Lane Tresan

Stephanie Leigh Schlund

Leonardo Santaiti

Derick Pritchard

Ian Casselberry

Kendrick Cross

David Landry

Lawrence Kao

Justin Miles

Hunter Burke

Kate Rachesky

Callie McClincy

Pete Burris

Justine Wachsberger

Isadore Lieberman

Nicholas Martin

Nelson Bonilla

Jane Justice Park

Arian Ash

Andrew Cooper

Erika A. McKee

Charlie Marroquin

Robert Fechtman

P. Scott Sakamoto

Brian Spirnak

Tracy Browne

Rachel Block

Mayumi Konishi-Valentine

Peter J. Devlin

Matthew K. Grigsby

Shauna Galligan

Dennis Seawright

Kevin Cerchiai

Sam Page

Candice D. Campos

Julie Hannum

Darrin Prescott

Heather Norton

David J. Thompson

Nick Haines-Stiles

Thabo Mokgotho

Patrick Dunn-Baker

Sean Mannion

John Frazier

Thomas Lappin

Matthew Haskins

Neil Greenberg

Amy Lynn Umezu

Daniel Grant North

Victoria K. Warren

Paula Stier

Hank Curtis

Tracey L. Miller-Smith

Hector C. Gika

Amanda Weir

Melanie Ghisays

Cynthia L. Chapman

Tanera Marshall

Dror Mohar

Tim Croshaw

Tony Bacigalupi

Jeffrey Gladu

Craig Vaccaro

Anthony Winn

Kathleen Rosen

Greg Tresan

Dino DiMuro

Lonam Fogleman

Kip Jamison

Wyatt Belton

Wallace Frick

Marisa Clayton

Scott Schneider

Yolanda Toussieng

Deaundra Harris-Metzger

Craig S. Jaeger

Frankie Walker

Zsófia Ötvös

Greg John Callas

John C. Stuver

Joel Hobbie

Susan Ransom

Lucas Moore

Denny Caira

Nicholas Hasson

Lauren Hadaway

Celena Shackelford Cater

Bryan Lawson

Sam Zeines

Valance Eisleben

Robert Consing

Michael Glynn

Chandra Moore-Telfer

Lumas Hamilton Jr.

Rose Locke

Robert Brubaker

Toni Atterbury

Jeremy Conner

Brandon Cornell

Nick DeKay

Brendon Huor

Keith Splinter Davis

Tamiko Brownlee

Kelly Bellini

Natascha Hopkins

Joanna Bennett

Scott Cosgrove

Rockey Dickey Jr.

Alessandro Folchitto

Todd Schneider

Kyle Weishaar

Marcelle Coletti

Jacob Garcia

Justin Gant

Randy Haynie

CC Ice

Seth Duhame

Matt Berberi

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Insurgent

Summit Entertainment

Red Wagon Entertainment

Mandeville Films

NeoReel

Lionsgate

Canada

United States of America

Per Gunnar Jonsson

As I did in my review of the first instalment, in this movie series I should probably point out that I have not read the books. Some people claim that this movie do not follow the books but, obviously, I cannot comment on that. So my review is based on the movie and the movie alone. I have to confess that I mostly watched this movie because I did watch the first instalment and felt obliged to see where the story went.

This movie have quite a few fairly cool special effects, especially the ones when Tris is in the virtual reality world trying to open the cube with the message to the inhabitants in the closed up city. Unfortunately this pretty much sums up the good parts of the movie.

As with Divergent I found this movie to be fairly mediocre. One reviewer said that this was a movie dumbed down for the teenage audience. Unfortunately I feel that he was right. Also unfortunately I think many teenagers are a lot smarter than Hollywood believe they are.

The plot is, well, mediocre. The acting is fairly meh. The main character, Tris, really lacks any form of charisma and spends most of the movie going around in some state of melancholy feeling sorry for herself and everything that happens around her. Apart from Four most of the people were behaving immaturely, cluelessly, froze up or panicked whenever something nasty happened and switched allegiances back and forth like you changed shirts.

When Tris finally opened the cube I was expecting something cool and unexpected. What we got was a rather dull message about the city and its “purpose”. I complained in my review of divergent that we got absolutely no background information as to how the people had ended up in this ridiculous situation with a closed city and these factions that I still do not understand what they were supposed to solve. The message was supposed to explain this but it explained absolutely nothing except that the divergents were some kind of purpose or solution.

The ending? Well again this is a book series so it is not surprising that it ends in somewhat of a cliffhanger but it was really a cheap ending, one that you would expect from a TV series episode.

So I cannot say that I liked the movie very much. The virtual reality special effects scenes were fairly cool but that was about it.

Andres Gomez

Briefing; this movie is just bad.

The first was not good either but this one continues the path open by the first. The special effects are quite noticeably rendered by computers and the actors are uncharismatic, other than that, the plot is just bad.

Another movie with quasi-teenager lead roles in a dystopic future in which stupidity is spread all along man-kind.

We just witness the struggle of our heroine with her self-imposed guilt with stupid enemies that let her survive at every moment so she can become the messiah she is meant to be.

I think the only positive part I can get from this movie is the preeminence of strong and important female characters. Other than that, just skip it.

Reno

> The mystery box and the power hungry leaders!

This is not a bad sequel, I quite enjoyed it, but I think I liked 'Divergent' better. The story continued a very short after where it ended in the first. In this part, it was all about power hungry where many try to get that top post. On the other side, there will be an attempt to open a mystery box that found which might reveal some important detail about them.

Looked like a very good storyline, unpredictable stuffs, but not utilised to its full potential. Though the actors were good, especially Shailene was sexy in her short hairs. I think she came straight out of 'The Fault in Our Stars' to take up this role where her brother in this film was a boyfriend in that.

Visually as well very captivating with those great graphics and it is first digital 3D film in the series. It has numerous small twists, especially during decrypting the mystery box. So I felt the middle parts were the best part of the film.

I thought this film would take place outside the wall, but a new story was developed and still kept the mystery about the rest of the world. I don't know the book, but that's my disappointment. I hope the next film in the series would go beyond the wall and explore some new things. So I'm looking forward for the 'Allegiant'.

6/10

Andre Gonzales

Fugitives on the run now with really no factions in place any more. The movie was kind of boring but had a decent ending.

CinemaSerf

After their initial "Divergent" experience, the gang are still trying to stay one step ahead of the pursuing "Janine" (Kate Winslet) and this makes for perilous times for "Tris" (Shailene Woodley) and her two hunky sidekicks - brother "Caleb" (Ansel Elgort) and lover "Four" (Theo James). Now I could think of worse people to be on the run with as they traverse the wreckage of Chicago trying to find some allies to assist them in thwarting the dominant aspirations of the "Erudite" group who want to take over the world. To add to their woes, the menacing spectre that is "Eric" (Jai Courtney) is leading their would-be captors and so battle lines are quickly drawn. Except, well, they aren't really. This is a predicable and weak story made watchable by a sufficient soupçon of eye-candy and some perfectly choreographed, CGI augmented, action scenarios that do at least keep the pace moving for what did seem like a long-old two hours. There's some yellow duplicity from "Peter" (Miles Teller) to inject a little jeopardy, but that's all a bit of a damp squib when subsumed into the rest of this underwhelming adaptation of a series of novels that really did leave better to the imagination than Robert Schwentke has managed to concoct for us here. It's harmless fun to watch on the television when you're doing the ironing or writing your thesis on thermonuclear fission - it's not really worth watching for itself, though.

Insurgent is a decent follow-up in the Divergent series, keeping up the action and world-building while introducing new conflicts. The plot moves at a solid pace, but it sometimes feels like it’s setting up something bigger without fully delivering on it. There’s a clear act structure, but some moments lack the depth needed to really hit. Certain character arcs, especially in terms of growth and decision-making, feel a bit underdeveloped, which makes some story beats feel forced rather than earned. The directing keeps things engaging with a mix of intense action and emotional moments, though the execution doesn’t always match the ambition.

Shailene Woodley carries the film with a strong performance, making Tris a compelling lead even when the script doesn’t give her much to work with. The supporting cast is solid, though some characters, particularly Miles Teller’s, make choices that don’t fully make sense. Visually, the cinematography and VFX are well done, especially in key action sequences where the effects shine. The score and sound design do a great job of elevating the tension and giving the film a more immersive feel. Overall, Insurgent is entertaining with good performances and visuals, but it struggles with depth in its storytelling and character development.