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.
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Brian Duffield (screenplay),
Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)
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.
Movie Reviews
This
is not a disappointing sequel for me, I haven't read the books so I can
judge the film on it's own. While the first movie needed to explain
more things and spent a lot of time on what the Dauntless are about,
this one shows some facets of other factions: Amity and (more
interesting) Candor. Abnegation is virtually destroyed and Erudite is
pretty much the enemy. I have always found this division between 5
factions what makes Divergent really interesting, besides the theme of
not fitting in a system. Because those themes were already covered in
the first part, most of the film shows either chasing, surrendering or
attacking, but it does those things well. It's pretty much an action
film and one that looks great.
Once more, the lead character,
though a very good actress, is not very believable when she floors men
twice her size in hand to hand combat. Cutting her hair short for a more
boyish appearance (Tris looks very girlie and wide eyed) cannot change
that. Fortunately she is not too much of a Mary-Sue and has to accept
some losses and show vulnerability.
The movie clearly had a
bigger budget and threw in a lot of neat special effects and spectacular
sights. It was a pleasure to look at. I don't really care for fx that
much but for a futuristic sci fi...design and visuals can be very
important and they certainly didn't cut corners in that department.
The
movie can be very dark, much more so than the first installment, and
both innocents and antagonists get killed without mercy.
The ending of the film is however very positive, it feels almost like an end to the trilogy and it makes me curious what's next.
This film is getting bashed on a bit too much. It's not brilliant, but neither are the Hunger
Games
(which were hardly original, considering ). It's aimed at a teen
audience. And yet, the political structure and the societal order are
much more interesting in the Divergent series. I found this film
entertaining from beginning to end and it had some nice twists in store.
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