Director Robert Schwentke’s Allegiant is a solid B-grade
action film for fans of the Divergent series.
In this, the third in the 4-part series, Tris (Shailene
Woodley) and her boyfriend Four (Theo James), along with a small band, escape the
confines of the Chicago wall in an attempt to find the Council that has been
testing the city’s inhabitants. Their
efforts are met with harrowing surprises that put them in even greater jeopardy
than they ever had been.
Cinematographer Florian Ballhaus and Production Designer
Alec Hammond have done a great job in capturing the bleakness of the
post-Apocalyptic world of Allegiant and the script by Noah
Oppenheim, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage includes solid action sequences.
The problem is the casting of Jeff Daniels as the
heavy. Compared with Kate Winslet in the
previous chapters and Donald Sutherland in The Hunger Games franchise,
Daniels just isn’t mean or scary enough.
I give Allegiant a 3.5 out of 5.
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