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5th April 2014
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However, when Tris takes the test, she is ushered quickly out the back door when the results are revealed; she is Divergent, a category the most feared by her rulers. When choosing her new group, Tris picks Dauntless and begins to train in order to defend the city from its enemies until she learns some terrible truths. Far from the Erudite group not being interested in other sectors, she discovers they plan to take over and remove those in their way, namely Tris' original group, Abnegation. Of course, Tris along with her tutor Four, tries to put things right but can she prevent the evil Jeanine from finding the truth out about her.
Divergent's main problem is that is not the Hunger Games. However, if you do just forget about the fact that the Hunger Games exists (we've tried, it's not really possible) this is actually a reasonably fine film. It's first problem is its length. With Divergent aiming to become a series, the first film always has the most difficulty in setting up the story, which will of course contribute to its length. On the other hand, Divergent could have ended on at least three other occasions before the credits rolled, which just makes things a little boring.
The central love story between Tris and Four is perfectly acceptable as this always takes second place to her training and her ability to consider things from many view points before she makes decisions. Tris is a strong female character and Shailene Woodley, she of the Descendants fame, plays the role quite well. Theo James, who almost looks a little too much like James Franco, is a pretty good love interest but Kate Winslet steals the show as the evil Jeanine who just wants to keep everything just right, with Erudite in charge.
Unfortunately, there isn't really too much here to keep you engaged and in areas where you should feel exhilarated, Divergent never really delivers. In terms of introducing Shailene to us as an action star and a set-up, we're willing to see more, but hopefully not that much more.
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