Max and Eric capture Tris and discover that she has a Divergent reading of 100%, making her the perfect subject to open the box. The Dauntless who have sided with Jeanine attack Candor, and many Candor members are shot with metal disks. The serum reveals the real events, and they are absolved, but Tris tearfully admits killing Christina's lover, Will, which angers Christina.
However, Four pleads for a trial with the use of Candor's truth serum. Upon arrival, Tris and Four are arrested and brought before Candor leader Jack Kang ( Daniel Dae Kim), who intends to deliver them to Jeanine. During the trek, a disheartened Caleb splits from the group. The next morning, the three leave for Candor to meet up with the remaining Dauntless who were given shelter there, including Tori ( Maggie Q) and Tris's best friend, Christina ( Zoë Kravitz). At the Factionless hideout, Evelyn suggests that Dauntless and Factionless unite against Erudite, but Four declines. Four reveals to the Factionless that his real name is Tobias Eaton, the son of the Factionless leader Evelyn ( Naomi Watts), whom he still resents for leaving him with his abusive father, Marcus. Peter discloses the group's location as the others escape and board a train headed into Factionless territory. Eric leads a Dauntless crew to test all the occupants for Divergence. The 17-year-old Divergent Tris ( Shailene Woodley) her Divergent boyfriend, Four ( Theo James), her Erudite brother Caleb ( Ansel Elgort) and the Dauntless troublemaker Peter ( Miles Teller) hide within the Amity compound, led by Johanna ( Octavia Spencer).
As only Divergents can open the box, she orders all Divergents to be captured. Jeanine presumes that it contains data from the city's founders and the means to end the Divergence problem. Among the Abnegation wreckage, the Dauntless leaders Max ( Mekhi Phifer) and Eric ( Jai Courtney) recover a box with all five faction symbols on its sides. įive days after the assault on the Abnegation faction by the Erudite leader Jeanine ( Kate Winslet) and her mind-controlled Dauntless soldiers, Jeanine has declared martial law and that the Divergents and their allies are the enemy.
Ī sequel, Allegiant, was released on March 18, 2016. During its release in theaters, the film earned over $297 million worldwide. The film was a commercial success, grossing $52.2 million in its opening weekend and reaching the number one spot at the box-office.
Critical reaction to the film was mixed: some considered the film to be an improvement over its predecessor, with the visual style, action sequences, and Woodley's performance being singled out for praise criticism focused on the film's storyline and derivative nature. The Divergent Series: Insurgent was released on March 20, 2015, in the United States in the IMAX 3D format as well as regular 3D and 2D. Filming began on May 27, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia, before concluding on September 6, 2014. The faction system in post-apocalyptic Chicago is crumbling, and everyone is desperate for power - and answers.
The plot of Insurgent takes place five days after the previous installment and continues to follow Dauntless soldier Tris Prior Tris and Four, her Dauntless instructor, are on the run after evading a coup from Erudite faction leader Jeanine and the rest of her faction. Along with the first film's returning cast, led by Shailene Woodley and Theo James, the sequel features supporting actors Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Suki Waterhouse, Rosa Salazar, Daniel Dae Kim, Jonny Weston, Emjay Anthony, and Keiynan Lonsdale. Schwentke took over from Neil Burger as director, with Burger serving as the executive producer of the film. It is the sequel to the 2014 film Divergent and the second installment in The Divergent Series, produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian and Douglas Wick, with a screenplay by Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman and Mark Bomback. The Divergent Series: Insurgent (simply known as Insurgent) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Robert Schwentke, based on the 2012 novel Insurgent, the second book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth.