Allegiant

Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Noah Oppenheim, Adam Cooper
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Octavia Spencer 
Runtime: 121 mins
Strength: Production Design, Soundtrack
Weakness: Multiple Plot Holes, Acting
Rating: 2.5/5

Plot: After the ground-breaking revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago, to finally discover the shocking truth of the world surrounding them.

Review: The walled, post-apocalyptic city of Chicago is starting to tear crack after the faction system, which kept the populace in control, was torn down. From this event, the two leaders, Evelyn and Johanna Reyes, appear to dispense their own form of justice with mob trials. Meanwhile, Tris and Four continue their attempt to make it over the wall to contact the real founders of the city. They successfully make it and the story then moves to a complete direction.

The third instalment of the Divergent 

series is unreasonably sombre, and more targeted at the youth. A series that began as an intriguing sci-fi fantasia, about a dystopian society broken into rival segments defined by dominant personality, has transformed into a plot that loses its roots and focuses more on violence. There are a couple of well-shot, exciting action scenes but the overall effect is a mismatch in terms of plot and character relationship. The plot is needlessly complex and there comes a point where you stop caring about the characters. 

The soundtrack of this film was the redeeming factor. Joseph Trapenese's soundtracks were well paced and well-synchronised with the rhythm of the film. "Chase Through Fringe" in particular was a high adrenaline track that really kept the movie going. 

Even though Allegiant is targeted at the youth, it is most likely to appeal to only hardcore fans of the series. With the amount of references to previous films, it is likely that an average viewer will give up on the whole story.

Reviewed by Syed Ahnaf Sadeed