Spoiler Alert!

In the “Divergent” series by Veronica Roth, “Allegiant” is the third and final part of the saga, but because of the Hollywood trend of making two movies based on the final book of a series “Allegiant” is the third movie of the “Divergent” film series but is the second-to-last movie.

This movie has a cliffhanger ending that will have you anticipating the final movie, which is going to be called “Ascendant.” With that being said this movie wasn’t at all bad. This movie would be very enjoyable to any of the fans of the “Divergent” series.

“Allegiant” begins with a noticeable change to the setting and characters. With the violent overthrow that took place in “Insurgent,” the walled city of Chicago is no longer divided into the five factions of Erudite, Candor, Amity, Abnegation, Dauntless and the factionless members of society. The entire population is now basically factionless. The angry mob, mostly made up of the factionless, now rule and are in charge of the violent justice against their former oppressors.

As any other leader/hero in a series the heroine Tris (Shailene Woodly, “The Fault In Our Stars”) and her boyfriend, Four (Theo James, “Underworld: Awakening”) are now wondering what is outside the wall. As seen in “Insurgent” they now know another human civilization is out there Tris, Four and some other allies, make their way to the wall and over it.

No one at this point should be surprised that they made it over the wall.

When they get over the wall they are all disappointed to find a bloody looking barren landscape filled with caves and potholes with no human life in sight.

They finally get in contact with the members of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. On the surface, this group, led by a director named David (Jeff Daniels, “The Martian”), who is seeking to improve the genetic quality of the human race and is doing so through the experimental faction system in Chicago, in hopes that the Pure, who are individuals who have multiple positive human traits without really falling into one faction, Divergent, can serve as models for improving the Damaged, or the genetically imperfect.

It’s funny that the place that Tris calls home didn’t accept Divergent but she gets over the wall and she’s basically the prototype. The people knew all of their names and everything that has happened to them because they had been watching them the entire time, which is a little creepy.

In the introduction we see the world outside of Chicago which lays down the plot elements that influence some of the characters. Once that is done, the rest of the movie is amazing. Awesome fight scenes, the new type of technology that Tris and Four now use when fighting is stunning to watch. There was a lot of exciting scenes and a few surprises.

As for the action, it’s as amazing and capturing as the first two movies. Overall, this was a good movie. It wasn’t overly amazing but it was still worth watching. People who have read the books shouldn’t be disappointed. Its truly amazing that this series has continued to keep viewers hooked. The next and last film of this series hopefully won’t disappoint.
Raitng: 4 out of 5