Movie Review: 'Insurgent' Starring Kate Winslet and Shailene Woodley

— -- Starring Kate Winslet and Shailene Woodley Rated PG-13

Three-and-a-half out of five stars

I’m happy to report "Insurgent" is significantly more tolerable and entertaining than its predecessor, last year’s "Divergent."

A brief primer: 200 years from now, Chicago seems to be the only city left in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian world in which people are divided into five factions: Abnegation, Dauntless, Erudite, Amity and Candor. Those who could fit into any faction are known as Divergents. As far as Jeanine (Kate Winslet) is concerned, Divergents are capable of throwing society into chaos. She, by the way, is an Erudite -- the supposedly intelligent faction -- and is the head of the council, sort of making her a dictator. Her plan is to destroy Divergents and have Erudite run everything.

Standing in her way is Shailene Woodley’s Tris, who’s a Divergent. But you probably already knew that.