Synopsis
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
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Cast
- Shailene WoodleyBeatrice "Tris" Prior
- Theo JamesTobias "Four" Eaton
- Miles TellerPeter Hayes
- Kate WinsletJeanine Matthews
- Ansel ElgortCaleb Prior
- Zoë KravitzChristina
- Jai CourtneyEric Coulter
- Ray StevensonMarcus Eaton
- Naomi WattsEvelyn Johnson-Eaton
- Octavia SpencerJohanna Reyes
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Screen Daily
The second installment of the Divergent series shows some symptoms of middle chapter-itis but in the end makes the most of a strong returning cast led by Shailene Woodley, slick direction from Robert Schwentke, impressive effects and a closely guarded plot twist. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
There’s no question that the feature is a leaner, meaner affair than its predecessor. That’s not enough, though, to counterbalance the often oppressive self-seriousness (though Miles Teller gives it a welcome shot) or to plaster over the holes in the premise. - 60
Empire
Once you swallow the giant pill that is the premise, it just about makes sense, and Woodley sells it with all her conviction. - 50
Variety
Considering that Insurgent is meant to represent the series’ great civil war, it all comes across feeling like a tempest in a teapot: a glorified rehash of what came before, garnished with the promise of what lies in store. - 50
Movie Nation
The fights are well-staged, the chases dull. But as Insurgent wraps up, it picks up speed and depth, and gives you hope that maybe this series won’t wrap up as the copy-and-paste “Hunger Games” it has felt like, from the moment the books were word-processed onto the best seller lists. - 40
TheWrap
Take everything annoying about a cobbled-together, overly familiar YA adaptation, add the built-in wheel-spinning of a sequel, and you’ve got Insurgent, a film that works best when it places its heroine inside virtual-reality situations — at least then it has an excuse for eschewing logic and context. - 40
The Telegraph
It plays like a listless mash-up of every Young Adult franchise movie you’ve ever seen – domineering rulers, anguished, system-smashing teens, and all the purposeful striding through rubble you can handle. - 40
Time Out London
What a waste of Shailene Woodley the Divergent franchise is turning out to be.