Review of Insurgent (2015) by Daniel C — 08 Aug 2015

Review:

I wasn't a big fan of the first movie so my expectations for the sequel wasn't that high. I also wasn't that bothered about any of the characters and I really didn't remember the plot from the first movie so I went into this film a bit blind. There are a few references to the first film but I thought that the storyline was straight forward and not that bad. The main character, Tris (Shailene Woodley) looked a bit lost all the way through the film and she seemed like she was on her own agenda, regardless about how many people got killed or risked there life for the cause. Its really hard to explain the storyline, as I didn't really remember the first movie but I think that it's about a group of people who are on the run from Jeanine (Winslet) because they didn't want to live in her controlled world anymore. There are other elements to the story but it will take a long time to write about it, so I think I should leave it at that. Basically you have to watch it to get it! Personally, I wasn't a big fan of the film because it all seemed a bit over the top and there wasn't that much depth to the characters. Tris didn't seem that bothered about how many people were sacrificing there life's for her and Winslet was just being a cold bitch on her own agenda, regardless on the amount of life's she was sacrificing as well. Some of the action scenes were OK but I really wasn't a fan of the two main characters. They were just too intense throughout the whole film and they seemed to have the whole world on there shoulders which made them very one dimensional. I lot of the CGI was unnecessary and over the top, especially when she was hooked up to those wires, going through the various simulators controlled by Winslet. At the end of the day, it's a very pointless film which I didn't really find that entertaining but it's watchable and we'll put together. Average!

Round-Up:

I really liked Shailene Woodley, 23, in a Fault in Our Stars because she brought a lot of emotion and realism to the role but she seemed a bit wooden in this film. Maybe because there was so much going on around her! She does cry very well but she didn't really bring anything to the table, except for a couple of well choreographed action scenes. They still have another two movies planned for this franchise, called Allegiant 1 & 2 so we might get to see another side to her Divergent self. I'm not a big fan of Theo James because he lacks emotion and he seems to play off of his squared jawed looks a bit too much. He just seemed like the loved up action hero throughout the movie who was willing to sacrifice everything for his woman, which was a bit creepy. He obviously hated his parents, which the sequel might delve into after the introduction of Naomi Watts as his mother. She looked more like his girlfriend to me! Anyway, the movie was directed by Robert Schwentke who brought you movies like the terrible R.I.P.D., RED, with Bruce Willis, Flightplan and The Time Travellers Wife with Eric Bana. I would have liked to have seen another director take on the two Allegiant movies, to give the whole franchise a fresh flavour and maybe a more human side to the characters but it looks like this director is committed to the whole franchise. His interpretations of the books has gone down quite well with audiences and he has made an hefty profit for the studios but I personally think that it's a lot of fuss about nothing.

Budget: $110million.

Worldwide Gross: $295million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their adventure/sci-fi/thrillers about a colony of people on the run from there hometown because they didn't want to live under there rules and relegation's. 4/10.