Insurgent

— There’s something troublesome about the current trend toward serial movies over series and “Insurgent” is a good example of that trouble. These serial films can be satisfying and reach some kind of conclusion at the end of an installment, but sometimes you feel like you’re just being fed the stuff you’ll need to understand the next installment, even if it’s a year or two away. That’s the problem with this film. Luckily, the cast is decent—Shailene Woodley is very good and Kate Winslet does more than most could with a somewhat two-dimensional role. I’ll still watch the next installment, but it might be better to hold off watching “Insurgent” (DVD) until “Allegiant”, the next film in the “Divergent” series, is released and you can see them nearly back-to-back.

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[2015. 119 min. Directed by Robert Schwentke. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, and Kate Winslet.]
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/insurgent/review/778586