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: 7.0/10 (21,675 voted)
Critic's Score: 42/100
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
Opening Weekend: $52,263,680
(USA)
(20 March 2015)
Gross: $86,394,000
(USA)(27 March 2015)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Several of the actors completed principal photography on other films while filming this movie. Miles Teller filmed Fantastic Four (2015), Jai Courtney filmed Terminator Genisys (2015), and Kate Winslet filmed Triple 9 (2015). See more »
Goofs:
During the first chase scene through the woods, the heroes jump over some tracks and run beside a double width train. The bad guys, on the other side of the train, continue to fire at the heroes. You can see the heroes, again on the far side of the train from those that are firing at them duck as sparks fly from bullet impacts into the train cars. The bullets would have had to fly through two metal wagons fully of produce and hiding factionless to emerge on the heroes side. See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 8/10
At first, let me make it clear that I really liked the first movie,
Divergent. I had not been familiar with the books or the story so it
was an amazing "utopia" for me.
In Insurgent, basically we get what we should expect from such a
sequel: another two hours of 3D visual awesomeness and captivating
storytelling, along with a lovable female main character played very
well again by Shailene Woodley. And, of course, a well written
screenplay with moral thoughts in the right moments.
While watching, I could not help being deeply moved emotionally by the
film. Like in Divergent, there are a lot of dreaming scenes and now
they are extremely intense. All the time I was like really feeling
everything what Tris felt, understanding her emotions perfectly,
getting a little of her mental struggles. This part is well elaborated
in the film. It makes you think that yes, this is the same with me.
Yeah, I do have these same doubts when I have to make serious decisions
in my own life. We are tested by life from time to time and it is not
always an easy choice which way to follow: that of abnegation, amity,
candor, dauntlessness, or erudition. This time, we get a deeper insight
in the life and mental constitution of all the factions.
However, I must say I was not fully satisfied with the film. Apart from
Tris, other characters are too one-sided, predictable and not well
elaborated. The only interesting character among the others is
Jeanine's (Kate Winslet), but I think her motives, her way of thinking
should have been presented more detailed. After the first film, it was
a big question for me what her story is, her character had so much
potential, but I think the writers did not make use of it at all.
Luckily, Kate Winslet is an amazing actress who is always able to give
a remarkable performance. One day, maybe, Shailene will become a fine
actress too, I will wait for that. It will be a lot of work for her,
but she is a bright talent. Aww, but it is a pity that they cut her
beautiful hair short for the movie!
All in all, Insurgent is a must-see if you liked Divergent and a good
follow-up to it, but only gives you what you "should" expect instead of
what you really expect.
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