Film

Allegiant

Name: Allegiant
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Mystery
Released: 2016
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Zoë Kravitz, Naomi Watts

The third installment of the Divergent series takes Tris and Tobias beyond the faction walls into a larger world, where they discover uncomfortable truths about their society's origins. It's a visually ambitious sci-fi adventure that prioritizes spectacle and conspiracy over character depth. For fans invested in the YA dystopian world and the central romance.

TMDb rating

3.1

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