Another movie with a similar premiss this time based on a trilogy by Veronica Roth that hopes to be develop in to a franchise.

Rating: 5/10 (25 March 2014)

Another movie with a similar premiss this time based on a trilogy by Veronica Roth that hopes to be develop in to a franchise. "In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late." Lets be honest act two is practically non existent here with story that seems to not really developed well. "Divergent" is a mixture of "Hunger Games", "The Host" with elements of "Ender's Game". The whole time as the audience we are waiting for a story to take a bigger, more epic dimension but it does not go there. It is all introduction, but were in "Hunger Games" we bond with all the characters, here we feel indifferent and that is not good. The climax feels not well executed story wise. The romance element works well but ultimately is not enough in full spectrum of the films otherwise flat s/f movie to safe it. The acting performances are solid but the material here is not very challenging for someone like Ashley Judd to give the best of herself. There is some symbology here after nuclear war the rest of humanity is divided in to 5 fractions symbolizing virtues but indirectly 5 elements including " Aether" the spirit/life force that connects all the other elements together. By you choosing one of the fractions you choose to live your life according to it's doctrine. Being 'Divergent' is not being able to fit to non of the fractions and therefore being automatically excluded out of the perfect public ecosystem. The premise seems to be more appealing then the actual execution. "Divergent" can comfortably be a DVD rental. Bottom line there were other movies with similar concepts which were better executed.
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