Engrossing movie with a somewhat flawed premise.

Rating: 7/10 (4 April 2015)

A great war/disaster destroyed nearly all of humanity. Chicago is one of the last surviving bastions of humanity. In order to preserve the peace, society has been split into five factions (Abnegation, Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, and Candor). Teenagers of each faction take a test to determine which faction they belong to and they decide which one they will end up in for the rest of their lives. Divergent centers around Beatrice Prior, a girl that takes the test and finds out that she doesn't belong to any of the factions. This is what a divergent is. Divergents are considered to be a threat to society due likely to propaganda spread by the heads of the Erudite faction, the main protagonists in this movie.
You kind of have to overlook the flaws in the premise and accept the world of Divergent in order to enjoy this movie. I personally don't think this is all that difficult. The acting could have been better, but it was not at all bad, the scenes are beautifully shot, and overall I found myself escaping into this world. I imagined myself catching trains and jumping off of them, jumping into a pit, and gliding through the air. I watched the movie unfold and enjoyed it greatly. It isn't a perfect movie by any standard, but it was very well done.