Rebels without a point.

Rating: Null/10 (20 August 2014)

Ho hum, this is your ordinary entertaining and ultimately forgettable Sci-Fi dystopian action movie.
Having just seen "The Giver" in the theater, I was up for another dystopian romp through computer simulated Hollywood, so I rented "Divergent" on Amazon Instant Video.
This movie had its good points. It was well paced, well-acted, the photography was good, the setting realistic.
One thing is that it sort of goes out of its way to place women in prominent parts of the movie. Kate Winslet plays the futuristic James Bondian-type villain who want to take over the dystopia by getting rid of the Abnegation faction of their society, the selfless, humanistic types ... the Liberals if you will, by brain-washing the Police faction. In all the factions there are those who are trying to overthrow the order ... a 1% of their own who want to take over.
My problem with these type movies, and "The Giver" suffers from the same problem, is that although they seem to make a story and have a point, they really don't. There is not enough real story to base a satire on, because movies these days are too cowardly to really have a point for fear of being labeled preachy or losing audience.
So, it's fun to watch, and root for the good guys, and hiss at the bad guys or girls, and you kind of get what they are trying to say ... but trying to get it and them actually saying it, putting it out there in society are two different things ... so thematically and pointlessly this movie fails to be better than just an action blockbuster .... 5/10.