"Insurgent" is the 2nd Movie in the "Divergent" Series based on the popular trilogy of dystopian future novels. I have read the first 2 books – Loved the first One, Liked the story of the 2nd one, but felt it wasn't written as well. I thought the first movie was not great, but solid. I came into this movie hoping that it would improve upon both the first movie and the 2nd book. For the most part – I was not satisfied. This movie boosts a Great Cast – Including Shailene Woodly, Miles Teller, and Kate Winslet. They and some of the rest of the cast do have good moments, but the acting isn't always consistently good from scene to scene. Maybe it's them, maybe it's the Director, maybe it's both. But more that that, I was hoping the story would be constructed better that it was in the book. From what I can remember from reading it, they changed some things around, but it generally wasn't for the better. The last section of the movie is uplifting, but I just feel the movie had so much promise and for the most part doesn't deliver. Maybe it will improve upon second viewing for me, right now I just feel mostly dissatisfied with it. Like a number of recent film series based on novels, the last book, "Allegiant" will be split into 2 movies, released in 2016 and 2017-I hope for better- 2 ½ out of 4 Stars, 7 out of 10 Stars.
Review of The Divergent Series: Insurgent
