The remaining population, the Factionless, have no status or privilege. Upon turning 16, children undergo a serum-induced psychological aptitude test which indicates their best-suited faction, but can choose any faction as their permanent group at the subsequent Choosing Ceremony.

Beatrice Prior was born into Abnegation, which runs the government. Her father Andrew serves on the ruling council along with Abnegation's leader Marcus Eaton. After her test results show equal attributes of multiple factions (Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless), marking her as Divergent, her proctor Tori Wu, a Dauntless woman, records her results as Abnegation, warns her to conceal her true results, and says that because Divergent's can think independently and sense any serums injected into them, the government feels they threaten the existing social order.

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Review: The story develops and takes on an urgency as secrets are revealed. A political machination is at work slowly removing people who are declared to be Divergent's. As these individuals do not fit easily into any single faction. They are able to blend into multiple factions with a level of ease that makes political leaders uneasy. Especially as government is not able to control them. Beatrice Prior learns of this plot and has to work quickly to save herself and other Divergent's.

This story does resemble many other movies. I'm sure you'll be able to think of the similarities to other movies. For a formula movie this one is easy to watch and has a good storyline.

M J Flack