Last night I saw the well anticipated film Divergent; it’s true it has preceded its vast popularity and excitement. From the jaw opening, thrilling action scenes and the gripping futuristic story, it is a must watch for everyone.
Aside from the brilliance of the cinematography and story line, I find that this film stands out from other thrilling action films set in the future like the Hunger Games. Instead of majestic fictional tale, Divergent sets itself in the future but it understandable and not far out of imagination. It encompasses the belonging of people to set factions of certainty of who they are or are supposed to be. The film explores the concept of human nature being an enemy towards the human itself.  Habitual human feelings and characteristics such as envy or love are thought to be dangerous to keeping peace and harmony.
Therefore, the splitting up of people into factions of who they are such as being selfless or brave is thought to be necessary to maintain an order of living. To me, the film displays an important message that not everyone may see. It displays the impact of modern day fascism implied by the acute sectioning of people, also the killing of the divergent (people who’s test for results for who they’re meant to be being inconclusive) quite resembles Hitler’s ethnic cleansing of those who did simply not fit in.
It’s typical for historians to point at the negative impact that Hitler’s Nazi regime of fascism had, with deeper analysis into today’s world, unfortunately not much has changed. This is a worrying thought. And in the film, this is shown carefully in the way that one is able to see the impact of the governing of our world.