The first main installment in the series tells the story of Beatrice Prior, a teenager who lives in a post-apocalyptic Chicago in which society has been divided into five factions: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. The film, which debuted to a strong $67.9 million, should earn around $36 million for its second weekend out. because that is what tormented women on screen do, has acknowledged that the narrative disjunction. Woodley is already a darling of the teen crowd (The Fault in Our Stars, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), and she's been praised for her acting in the past (The Spectacular Now, The Descendants).

EMAIL ME. Taking place three years after the events of Allegiant, it focuses on Tobias and Christina as they slowly form a romantic relationship as a way to fill the void left behind by their dead lovers: Tris and Will.

The trilogy consists of Divergent (2011), Insurgent (2012) and Allegiant (2013). [1] The trilogy consists of Divergent (2011), Insurgent (2012) and Allegiant (2013). The third and final main installment in the series takes place after the ending of Insurgent. In the case of the Divergent sequel Insurgent' s adaptation, it's the latter, but that's not a bad thing. Beatrice, a member of Abnegation, transfers to Dauntless at the age of 16, takes the new name Tris in the process, and forms a romantic relationship with a fellow Abnegation transfer, Tobias Eaton.

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Insurgent began filming in Atlanta on May 27, 2014[11] and was released on March 20, 2015.

The only thing is, Jeanine needs a pure Divergent to pass all the simulation tests for each faction in order to open the box. [7]

During Tris' training, the two fall in love, but they learn of a plot by the Erudite faction to overthrow the ruling Abnegation faction by pulling Dauntless into a war. But instead her words land like the thinly veiled cliché they are. The big screen release of Ascendant was shelved due to the poor box office results of Allegiant. Insurgent is a 2012 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Veronica Roth and the second book in the Divergent trilogy. The film sees the return of stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James, but with a new director, Robert Schwentke, at the helm. As Noah Berlatsky has pointed out, the illogical nature of the Divergent world has its roots in the works of the science-fiction author Philip K. Dick, who created self-aware, discontinuous universes, forcing the audience to fill in the gaps. Critics praised Divergent for its plot and action,[5][6] and Insurgent was praised for its writing and pace.

But it also didn't need to be good at all to recoup its roughly $120 million budget and then some, which it most certainly will.

Perhaps not much should be expected from the follow-up to a widely-panned film based on a derivative-of-a-derivative hit YA novel trilogy by Veronica Roth. The second installment in the film adaptation of the Divergent trilogy is bloated with action and ambition, but mostly loses its way.

The second main installment in the series is set immediately after the events of Divergent.

A $50 million tally for the weekend will put Insurgent behind Divergent's $54.6 million debut when it opened in March 2014 on its way to $288.7 million worldwide, but by only about 7.6 percent.

Even after all the detailed world-building that took place in the first film, Insurgent still feels like a pale universe desperately trying to manufacture chaos and emotion for the sake of chaos and emotion.

Directed by Pierre Morel, the R-rated thriller, which earned a B- CinemaScore, centers on an international operative who is pursued across Europe by the organization he works for after he tries to retire. Tris and Four escape, but the Erudite leader Jeanine obtains a special box (protected by Tris' parents) whose mysterious contents are rumored to be able to destroy Divergents. Traumatized by the death of her parents, Tris cuts her hair short because that is what tormented women on screen do (it’s okay, though, her boyfriend reluctantly approves). Admittedly, it doesn't look very good for the franchise that the film is actually a significantly abridged version of the novel: If the writers took creative liberties in order to simplify the source material, why couldn't they have done so to create a more consistent story? In all, Insurgent may work as a deafening, frivolous diversion for viewers who can ignore the flimsiness of its universe, plot, and characters. The Divergent series is the kind of elaborate, moody pabulum that was always destined to become a massive (if clumsy) tentpole beast; Insurgent is, for all its flaws, keeping air in the lungs of that legacy. Insurgent is likely to earn just north of $50 million in its North American debut, taking the top spot away from holdover Cinderella.

The Divergent trilogy is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by American novelist Veronica Roth set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian Chicago. (You can almost hear the unspoken, sarcastic “DUN DUN DUN” that follows.).

It's maybe a more generous reading than Insurgent deserves: Roth herself has acknowledged that the narrative disjunction between the first and second novels was due to overlapping drafts. As the sequel to the 2011 bestseller Divergent, it continues the story of Tris Prior and the dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago.Following the events of the previous novel, a war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. Insurgent (Sequel To Divergent) – Movie. But the movie's disregard for cause-and-effect (dei ex machina abound), meaningful relationships, and plot hamstrings its efforts to gather narrative momentum for the trilogy's two-part finale, despite the major twist and cliffhanger at Insurgent's close. Produced by Joel Silver's Silver Pictures, Gunman may only top out at $8 million in its North American debut, marking the latest R-rated, male-fueled title to struggle. [9] Kate Winslet was signed as Jeanine Matthews. The trilogy received positive reviews from critics. Insurgent: A Flashy Mess of a Sequel. How does the much-discussed issue of "jurisdiction" work in the justice system of Divergent's post-apocalyptic Chicago?

The Shailene Woodley-starring sequel is on its way to a $50 million domestic debut. Rebecca Ford FACEBOOK All rights reserved. Insurgent, Lionsgate's sequel to YA adaptation Divergent, …

Unlike Divergent, Insurgent is being released in 3D, boosting its earning power (that's a good thing, since it cost $110 million to make, or $25 million more than Divergent).

[12] The adaptation of Allegiant was split into two parts; the first part, Allegiant, was released on March 18, 2016, while the second part, titled Ascendant, was originally planned to be released in June 2017.

[13] On July 20, 2016, it was announced that Ascendant would be released as a TV movie, but later scrapped.

Hence the bounty on Tris' head. The short story serves as an epilogue to the series.

The anthology consists of five short stories previously released separately as e-books, in addition to three new ones. It's the job of a sequel to complicate themes and problems laid out in the first film, but Insurgent's plot holes raise questions that distract more than they stimulate. Tris and Four spend most of the film running away from Jeanine's henchmen, getting caught, and then slipping away again, a cycle that continues on and on until the last moments.

Sometimes, the action (especially when viewed in IMAX 3-D) floods the senses to the point where the bigger, clunky themes of the movie blissfully vanish, and all that matters is that the protagonists outrun the latest wall of bullets. The pair's identities are discovered, and Tris' parents die trying to protect her. Hot on the heels of the spring box office blockbuster Divergent comes the second incredible installment of author Veronica Roth’s epic science fiction trilogy Insurgent and casting calls for several outstanding roles are coming right along with it. A later short story, We Can Be Mended (2018), serves as an epilogue five years after the events of the trilogy, again from Four'… She's surrounded by an impressive (largely female) supporting cast—Winslet, Octavia Spencer as the Amity leader, Naomi Watts as Four's mother and Factionless leader—that is sadly underused. Insurgent is also opening in many international markets this weekend including Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and New Zealand. “Dark times call for extreme measures.” So declares the phlegmatic leader Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) in the dystopian film Insurgent after ordering a mob of armored meatheads to hunt down Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley).

But while Jennifer Lawrence proved she could keep pace with the ever-darker, ever-more-grim Hunger Games movies, Woodley wobbles a bit under the weight of her own less elegantly realized franchise. ... but if it's as action-packed as Insurgent was, it will be a very entertaining rendition.

Why does Jeanine think the box holds the key to eradicating all Divergents when she doesn't even know what's inside?

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TheAtlantic.com Copyright (c) 2020 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. The film tries to smooth over this laziness with white-knuckle chase scenes, dramatic confrontations, and mind-spinning simulation sequences. [10] Divergent was released on March 21, 2014.

It earned $1.8 million Friday, and will take in only $5.5 million or slightly less in its debut.

7:48 AM PDT 3/21/2015 Summit Entertainment had bought the rights to film an adaptation of the novel and recruited Neil Burger to direct, with Shailene Woodley starring as Beatrice "Tris" Prior and Theo James as Tobias "Four" Eaton. The Hollywood Reporter, LLC is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Insurgent earned a strong A- CinemaScore and, when it comes to worldwide box office, will benefit from more awareness now that Veronica Roth's book series has become a hit, selling more than 30 million copies worldwide. Perhaps the brightest spot of the entire film is Miles Teller (Whiplash) as Tris' Dauntless frenemy, Peter.

Beatrice Prior, who later changes her name to Tris, is born into Abnegation but transfers into Dauntless; she must figure out her life as a Divergent, conceal her true nature, and live with the danger of being killed if her true nature is discovered by the Erudite and Dauntless leaders.[4].