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In the competitive arena of Young
Adult adaptations, some series live
to fight another day, while others
die after a single installment.
Veronica Roth’s Divergent Series
has been tough enough to spawn
a four-film franchise, of which
Insurgent is the second. Set in a
post-apocalypse Chicago, society
has been divided into five factions
according to human virtues.
But if you possess free will and
independent thought – like Tris (Shailene Woodley) and
Four (Theo James) – you’re deemed ‘Divergent’ and a
threat to the status quo. With the factions on the brink of
civil war at the end of Divergent, Insurgent picks up with
Tris and Four on the run from power-mad Erudite leader
Jeanine (Kate Winslet), who has vowed to eliminate the
Divergents. The pair find allies in the Factionless, led by
Four’s mother (Naomi Watts), and there’s also the issue of
a mysterious box containing a message from the society’s
founders, which can only be opened by a pure Divergent,
making Tris’s capture a priority. Insurgent expands the
series’ mythology, delving deeper into its class system
and characters, as well as advancing the narrative in new
and unexpected directions – which is what any good
sequel should do. • See page 38
The Divergent Series diverges.
INSURGENT
The innuendo-loaded title tells
you exactly what to expect
from this Will Ferrell vehicle
that sees the comedy superstar
visiting territory previously
charted by Rob Schneider in
Big Stan (2007). Ferrell plays
a financier who is framed for
fraud and embezzlement by his
boss and consequently faces
a ten-year term in a maximum
security prison. Kevin Hart is the
“incarceration expert” he hires to toughen himself
up for life inside, in the mistaken belief that because
Hart is black, he must have been to prison. And that’s
just the start of the barrage of politically incorrect
gags that drive this mismatched buddy movie. Get
Hard isn’t in the same class as the similarly themed
comedy classic Trading Places – but is better than
the aforementioned Big Stan – and the hysterical
homophobia and racism doesn’t help. But no-one
expects political correctness from a Ferrell comedy
and the bad taste humour won’t disappoint his fans;
on the contrary, they’ll be even more eager to get
hold of it.
Ferrell goes to prison school.
GET HARD
DVD & BD
Commentary with producers
Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher
From Divergent to Insurgent
Sneak Peek
In-theatre promotional making-of
HBO First Look
Image Gallery
Theatrical Trailers #1 to #5
BD ONLY
Insurgent Unlocked
The Others: Cast & Characters
The Train Fight Unlocked
The Peter Hayes Story
Diverging: Adapting Insurgent
to the Screen
JB HI-FI EXCLUSIVE
Limited Edition 2-disc Blu-ray
with 40 mins of Extra Features
- Insurgent in Style
- Simulations: The Next Level
- Veronica Roth: Tell All
The Hunger Games
EXTRAS
FURTHER VIEWING
Release Date: 12/08/15
Format:
DVD & BD
Gag Reel
BD ONLY
Deleted Scenes
Line-O-Ramas
The Kevin Hart Workout
Face Off with Will Ferrell
and Kevin Hart
Featurettes
- Inmates
- Just Put Your Lips Together
and Blow
- A Date with John Mayer
- Twerking 101
- Ferrell Fighting
- Will Ferrell, Gangsta
- Bikers, Babes and Big Bangs
Big Stan
EXTRAS
FURTHER VIEWING
Release Date: 29/07/15
Format: TOP
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