While I didn't loved DIVERGENT I still liked it for what it was, and since the cast members I like returned in this sequel I had to watch it as well and it was on par with the original.
It begins with Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) that gives a speech declaring martial law and that the Divergents are the enemy, and after finding a box that only the Divergents can open she orders that all Divergents have to be hunted down. Tris (Shailene Woodley), her brother and Four (Theo James) are on the run until they meet Johanna Reyes (Octavia Spencer), leader of the pacifics that gives them shelter and Four will be reunited with his mother Evelyn (Naomi Watts) who has become the leader of the Factionless. Since Tris is the only one who can open that box she goes to Jeanine and will do some tests freeing all the captive people and stopping Jeanine's conspiracy forever.
In the first 30 minutes it looked very slow but after nearly an hour it improved. Lots of action scenes and the tense moments when Tris has to do the tests were a plus that compensated the waiting. The acting was decent just like in the original, with Kate WInslet having the lion's share as the villain (in the first one she appeared some moments) and the sets were very futuristic looking and original.
If you liked the original then you'll like this one as well, but as for the third one, I have heard mostly bad things and most of the cast members of the first two movies didn't returned, so I don't want to see it for cringing my way through. Still, these first two chapters are competently made and as for entertainment value, they serve their purpose well.
It begins with Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) that gives a speech declaring martial law and that the Divergents are the enemy, and after finding a box that only the Divergents can open she orders that all Divergents have to be hunted down. Tris (Shailene Woodley), her brother and Four (Theo James) are on the run until they meet Johanna Reyes (Octavia Spencer), leader of the pacifics that gives them shelter and Four will be reunited with his mother Evelyn (Naomi Watts) who has become the leader of the Factionless. Since Tris is the only one who can open that box she goes to Jeanine and will do some tests freeing all the captive people and stopping Jeanine's conspiracy forever.
In the first 30 minutes it looked very slow but after nearly an hour it improved. Lots of action scenes and the tense moments when Tris has to do the tests were a plus that compensated the waiting. The acting was decent just like in the original, with Kate WInslet having the lion's share as the villain (in the first one she appeared some moments) and the sets were very futuristic looking and original.
If you liked the original then you'll like this one as well, but as for the third one, I have heard mostly bad things and most of the cast members of the first two movies didn't returned, so I don't want to see it for cringing my way through. Still, these first two chapters are competently made and as for entertainment value, they serve their purpose well.