Here, she nails both the single-tear trickle and full-out downpour splendidly. If Woodley is anything, besides being believably kick-ass, she is a world-class weeper (a skill she first displayed by wailing at the bottom of a pool as George Clooney’s daughter in “ The Descendants”). That “Insurgent” and its predecessor prove to be at least halfway decent diversions is primarily thanks to leading lady Woodley’s ability to fully commit to her character’s internal journey as she eventually evolves into a self-sacrificing savior figure after being riddled with guilt and grief while summoning the sympathies of the audience.
Any sort of relief from the deadly seriousness of what is at stake comes courtesy of the cheeky interjections provided by Miles Teller, whose opportunistic Peter shifts his allegiances back-and-forth so many times that it’s enough to give his character whiplash (minus the drums). But humorous is not the “Divergent” franchise’s natural state. “The Hunger Games” with its TV reality-show showbiz trappings at least leavens its gruesome bloodsport elements with outlandish costumes, pageantry and valuable input from colorful supporting characters in the form of Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson. There is still a lot of jumping on and off of trains, plenty of hand-to-hand combat, much gun violence, some dangling from heights, more than a few fatalities, lots of fancy-schmancy “Matrix”-like effects and a whole bunch of chatter about the unsettled state of the social order. As the grimmer YA-literary cousin to “ The Hunger Games” that also pits young people against each other in mortal combat, this dystopian fable set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago treads much of the same ground as the first film with a modest amount of new information and characters. Instead, “Insurgent” now and then falls into the same trap as most scripts based on the middle book of a trilogy. However, I can fully relate to the reason behind Tris wanting to simplify her beauty regimen, especially since she spends so much of her time on the run in this sequel to last year’s “ Divergent.” As she explains her new ‘do to boyfriend and protector Four ( Theo James, whose maturity and manliness nicely offsets the plot’s more ridiculous turns), “I wanted something different.”
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