You really want me to like this "Hunger Games" knockoff, don't you?

Rating: 2/10 (24 July 2015)

Picture this: a post-apocalyptic closed society maintains a series of social strata, but then one young person doesn't conform. Sounds like "The Hunger Games", doesn't it? Well, "Divergent" also uses this story. I had never heard of this series before the first movie got released. Having seen the movie, I can only conclude that they simply used the idea behind "The Hunger Games" and added a bit of Harry Potter (the serum-induced psychological test to determine a person's faction reminded me of the Sorting Hat).
So, this franchise doesn't come across as anything original. I wish that someone would film Kim Stanley Robinson's "Years of Rice and Salt".