Interesting, aimed at a young audience in the genre of Hunger Games

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 2014)

Divergent I liked Divergent. Yes its genre is that of Hunger Games ( least able to fit into society overcoming expectations and saving others). I particularly liked the relationship between Theo James and Shailene Woodley and their portrayal of their characters Tris and Four.
Divergent is a story about the future, where in an effort to protect society from past wars, people are assigned to a faction, most follow the blood lines of their parents, although choice is allowed once a child reaches maturity. Once in that faction, they are expected to forgo their blood ties, and form new ties with the group they join. Each group has a function that society needs to survive; Characteristics such as intelligence, bravery, kindness, amity, candor. However, as usual the human race cannot forgo envy, jealousy, conflict and war to solve their darker side. The movie's plot follows this line, where jealousy of one of their leaders leads to a rivalry amongst the factions and ends in all-out war that only the divergent can stop.
There is a mild romantic interest between the 2 main characters that could have been developed more, and the ending was rather week but as it goes for this genre of film aimed at a teen audience it worked.