Insurgent

Rating: ****

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie having been bored and unimpressed by the first in the series ('Divergent'). The storyline in 'Insurgent' was not completely predictable and there was an abundance of future tech and cool housing which kept me satisfied. However, I feel that my most valid complaint is to do with the naming of the series which I can imagine might have sounded clever at the time but is honestly off-putting to anyone under the age of about twelve. 

What also ran through my mind during the film is that casting directors are either really lazy or protective of the movie industry..? with most of the actors already being heavily associated with each other before 'Divergent' (as you probably already know): See 'The Fault In Our Stars, 'the spectacular now' where shailene plays the love interest so well that Insurgent feels uncomfortably incestuous. Seriously. I'm sure there are several aspiring actors/actresses, stop it. 

Also the amount of 'troops running in to save the day just in time' almost outnumbers the burst ins in the 'Lord of the Rings' series which may leave you assuming that Tris etc will be saved when in trouble. This, although allowing me a pleasant/ sweat free experience, is probably not the best for a movie supposedly designed to get your blood pumping. 

And to finish, yes Miles Teller is hot, but that does not excuse him from stabbing someone in the eye because they were more talented than him in the first movie (don't conveniently forget like the director does and worship him like a hero). 

Sound track is good though.