No film with Shailene Woodley can be that bland. The movie, based on the second half of Allegiant, was titled The Divergent Series: Ascendant and was originally slated to be released March 24, 2017. Still, with muscles rippling down her back and terror and heartbreak passing over her face, Tris is a character you can’t take your eyes off. Terrible things happen, but betrayals and twists pass without emotional impact. The plot makes zero sense, and Woodley’s on-screen chemistry with scowling hunk Four (Theo James) is non-existent. Enter Naomi Watts as Jeanine's nemesis, a Faction-less rebel whose black eyeliner tells us she spells trouble. Which means we get to see more of Kate Winslet as ice-cold Jeanine, the leader of Erudite, who is pinning on Tris and Dauntless the attack she masterminded last time around. ‘Insurgent’ kicks off where the first film left off. ![]() She is Tris, a rare Divergent in a future world in which people are divided neatly into factions according to personality: Abnegation (selfless), Amity (peaceful), Candor (honest) Dauntless (brave) and Erudite (intelligent). ![]() ![]() After the lifeless first film, ‘Insurgent’ finds a pulse, but its far-fetched post-apocalyptic world still feels invented solely to make room for a copy-Katniss, lethally-tough heroine. As butt-kicking Tris, the ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ actress is the best thing about this second film of Veronica Roth’s monster-selling YA novels (basically ‘The Hunger Games’ with tattoos). What a waste of Shailene Woodley the ‘Divergent’ franchise is turning out to be.
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