Just another Hunger Games - with less good actors

Rating: 5/10 (27 August 2014)

The background/theme of the plot is intriguing, but not the moral arising from it; first, there are many who would prefer "organized" life, and second, there are enough professional and lifestyle dynasties. Abstract freedom is not for everyone, and due to family or disability, many people would choose not to make rustles here and there... Anyway, this benchmark could launch an interesting movie, but what we see is getting entangled in clichés and mostly trivial performances, actors-actresses based on looks (apart from Shailene Woodley and "older" generation actors). There are some twists, but having seen about half- an-hour, you will be pretty sure who will have crush on whom, who will not survive, etc., but many of them whose acting could be pleasurable spend too little time on screen (particularly Ashley Judd and Kate Winslet). And a closed society with hostile outside world - not a very novel one, and there is no contact between them (perhaps in sequels?). Thus, in general, Divergent is an expensive hype made for young audiences who would like to identify themselves with the characters depicted mostly in good vs. bad, brave vs. craven manner.