Insurgent (2015)

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.

Director:

Robert Schwentke

Writers:

Brian Duffield (screenplay by), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay by)

Stars:

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James

3 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kate Winslet	...	Jeanine
Jai Courtney	...	Eric
Mekhi Phifer	...	Max
Shailene Woodley	...	Tris
Theo James	...	Four
Ansel Elgort	...	Caleb
Miles Teller	...	Peter
Cynthia Barrett	...	Amity Divergent Woman
Justice Leak	...	Amity Divergent Husband
Lyndsi LaRose	...	Amity Teacher
Charlie Bodin	...	Amity Server
Octavia Spencer	...	Johanna
Zoë Kravitz	...	Christina
Ben Lloyd-Hughes	...	Will
Tony Goldwyn	...	Andrew

Storyline

As she searches for allies and answers in the wake of the uprising, Tris and Four are on the run. Being hunted by Jeanine Matthews, the leader of the Erudite faction, Tris and Four will race against time as they try to figure out what Abnegation sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris faces one impossible challenge after another as she unlocks the truth about the past and ultimately the future of her world.

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Plot Keywords:

truth serum | on the run | trainhopping | falling from height | mind control | 

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Taglines:

One Choice Can Destroy You

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense violence and action throughout, some sensuality, thematic elements and brief language

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the book, Candor headquarters is in the present-day Merchandise Mart building in downtown Chicago. While a fictional building is used in the film, some exterior shots show the actual Merchandise Mart behind Candor headquarters, and the city skyline as seen from the windows in interior Candor scenes is geographically accurate if the building was located on the present site of the Merchandise Mart.

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Goofs

Towards the end of Tris's testimony under the truth serum, she looks at Four. On Four's right is a guy with a headscarf, but when the scene shifts back to Tris and then to Four again, the guy is on Four's left side. The scene is flopped0.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jeanine: Peace. Long ago, before the Founders established this great city of ours, that word was all but meaningless. An ideal as elusive as a dream. Now, 200 years later, we are, all of us, living proof that peace is indeed attainable. The reason for this is, of course, our Faction System. Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, Candor, Abnegation. In dividing people according to personality and aptitude, we've created a society in which each faction plays a critical role in maintaining the social ...

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Connections

References The Great Train Robbery (1903)

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Soundtracks

The Heart of You
Written by Andrew Wyatt
Performed by Anna Calvi

User Reviews

Dull and Forgettable

The word "insurgent" means to actively revolt, implying some distinctiveness that sets its participants apart from the norm. Ironically, the film Insurgent, a faded photocopy of other teen- scifi-dramas, doesn't have a single unique bone in its body. Not that it's aggressively terrible. There are some decent scifi elements and even a couple of mildly intriguing moments. But like clockwork, every slight turn for the better is quickly overwhelmed by extreme boredom. Like a forgettable SyFy channel series masquerading as a blockbuster film, Insurgent is simply a dull and uninteresting sequel. That word "sequel" should connote a progression of sorts, but no. As little as I remember about the previous entry in the Divergent Series, I can tell you this: shaky cam action scenes, bloviating about "special ones", and constant fighting for the McGuffin-of-the- week were the focus and are still in full form here. At the center is Woodley, an actress with a whole heckuva lot of talent that simply doesn't have the presence of strength to carry this sort of role. She presents a microcosm problem for an entire film full of great actors terribly miscast. Teller and Elgort manage some natural charisma and charm from their otherwise absent characters, Watts and Spencer are all but completely missing, and Winslet is just plain wasted. It's none of their fault; they just can't make the embarrassingly constant melodrama palatable. Even if it was laughably bad there might be something to cling to, but it's not bold enough to even warrant that reaction. Insurgent only serves as a lame, achingly dull placeholder until the next Hunger Games installment.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 March 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mineral

Filming Locations:

EUE/Screen Gems Studios Atlanta - 175 Lakewood Way, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$52,263,680, 22 March 2015

Gross USA:

$130,179,072

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$297,002,527

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Red Wagon Entertainment, Mandeville Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos Datasat Auro 11.1 Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 IMAX 6-Track SDDS Sonics-DDP 12-Track Digital Sound

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1