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).
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.
Movie Reviews :
Not Great; but Not Bad
This film pretty much
picks right up where the last one ended with very little time lapse.
Jeanine's (Kate Winslet) has issued an order that all divergents need to
be killed until her soldiers find a box that was kept in Tris (Shailene
Woodley) parents' house and she has discovers that she will need a
divergent to open it. Tris, Four (Theo James), Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and
Peter (Miles Teller) have found refuge in a little village governed by
Johanna (Octavia Spencer) until the hunting begins. Eric (Jai Courtney)
and Max (Mekhi Phifer) have retained their blind loyalty to Jeanine;
however I think that Eric has gotten even nastier whereas Max is just
trying to do his job. I have to say that loyalty is a big element in
this film….. you just never know. This film actually kept up a good pace
and there was very little lull time. They said that there would be a
lot more action in this film. I don't know about "a lot" more, but there
was definitely more than the last one. I was also glad to see that Tris
was no longer wimpy when it came down to fighting, however emotionally
she was feeling pretty guilty. They really beat that dead horse
throughout the film. I did not see this film in 3D, but because of all
the special effect, that might have been a mistake. Man, computer
generated imagery has sure come along way. It really makes me look
forward to some of the upcoming films this summer like Jurassic World
and Terminator. I am happy for my fellow German director Robert
Schwentke who has successfully bounced back from that armpit of a film,
Rest in Peace Department, RIPD for short, that he directed back in 2013.
You can only go up from that one. Anyway, I think that this film will
do well especially with the "tween" crowd; and once you've invested in
the series it's kind of hard to not find out what happens next. Do I
think that this film was one of the best films I've seen this year…….
Nope, but it was entertaining and didn't suck. I don't recommend that
you see this film if you haven't seen Divergent. This one holds its own,
but you'll enjoy it more if you've seen the first one.
