Be careful, spoilers ahead!
Allegiant in my eyes isn’t something that special so don’t expect me to be praising this movie like it’s Titanic or Gone with the Wind, because it’s not… at all. After the first two movies in the series it really didn’t live up to expectations. Being the third movie is like being the third child: you gotta live up to expectations of the first two or else you’re put to shame (not really).
Starting right off the bat, we now know for sure the love story behind Tris and Four can be confirmed with an opening scene consisting of a small makeout sesh. Allegiant kicks off already having a new dictator figure. Evelyn (Four’s mom), leader of the factionless, takes a lead role in becoming the new head of Chicago. Speaking of Chicago, may I mention that we finally get a mention that their hometown IS, in fact, Chicago. This was not previously mentioned in the first two movies.
If you have seen movies like The Truman Show or The Maze Runner/ Scorch Trials, I would think twice before coming to see this movie. I can compare it to Scorch Trials the easiest because well, it’s almost exactly alike. Here’s a brief overview: A group of “Special Kids” (no older than 18) escape their science experiment they were thrown into by a group of over-watching baby-sitters, to try and achieve some perfect specimen of some sort. Then these “kids” find out what’s going on and try to overthrow the head of the corporation. I could have told you to guess which movie that overviews and no matter what you said, Scorch Trials or Allegiant, you would’ve been right.
Twenty-five minutes into the movie, I could predict the next scene, the next conflict, the next plot twist, to the next anything you could think of. Unfortunately, this movie consists of predictable clichés and easily identifiable plotlines.
Starting with the clichés scattered throughout the movie, such as a simple “Evil guy gets betrayed by the more evil guy” or the classic, “I trusted him earlier, even though you told me not to, then he lied and now I believe you.”
(Here come more spoilers) Towards the end of the movie, a “mind-wiping” gas is sent out by Peter (your typical, selfish good/bad guy, to the whole city of Chicago, hoping to wipe their minds. He does this, mind you, because he doesn’t like his boring desk job back at the Bureau of Genetic Welfare (which we can get to later).
Not only does he do this, but in the process he shoots Evelyn, who tried stopping it before it even happened. But the funny thing is, what happens next, you wouldn’t believe it, but the head antagonist within the movie, David, lets the gas release into the “protected” room that Peter is in. Fortunately Four and Tris successfully get inside the room while it fills with gas and save the day!
Another common cliché seen in the movie is when Tris decides to side with David and go talk to the counsel in Providence, who are the head of the fringe and the outside world. Despite the begging and pleading by Four, she still decides going with David is a better option. When the counsel opens up her eyes, they help her realizes that David is a lunatic and Four was telling the truth and she should’ve listened to him. Classic coulda-woulda-shoulda situation.
Overall, this third installment to the Divergent series isn’t much to drool over. It has a few cool futuristic ideas, such as floating gel bubbles that keep you safe from radiation, to floating disks that help you in combat. On the low point, this movie has probably the least amount of action throughout all three of the movies and also contains a boring and bland plotline past the sight of what lies beyond the Great Wall of Chicago.
So, without spoiling too much (I hope), I leave you with a final rating of a generous 4/10. Allegiant could have taken many different routes, but this one is just not ideal.
