Kate Winslet reintroduces us to Veronica Roth’s world with a jargon-filled video message that reminds us of the important facts: that society here is divided into factions, everyone lives within a wall, and the freaky Divergents who can transcend personality groups (assigned at GCSE option sort-of age) are perceived as dangerous. This is intercut with footage of government foot-soldiers wreaking mild havoc, just to remind us that Winslet’s Jeannine is a baddie and we probably shouldn’t trust what she says anyway. It is not a strong start, and there’s not much of the likeable everygirl left in Tris as she debates murdering Jeannine and puts a knife to Miles Teller’s throat within the first five minutes. Naturally, the main cast are soon found by the villains and must escape their new hideout as it crumbles around them and enemy forces invade. Hey, maybe this is The Empire Strikes Back after all. It’s not the only parallel either, as the charisma-challenged Four (Theo James) is soon bumping into someone we thought gone, and the goodies must hide among a new ally’s commune while they plan their next move against their oppressors. There’s even a bit where, upon first being put back in a room with Jeannine, Tris tries to shoot her repeatedly but the bullets don’t reach. Thankfully, the film’s third act builds on this, backtracking Woodley’s character into the hero we thought had been established in the first film. Here’s where Winslet’s Jeannine also comes into her own, and her actions help the pace finally pick up. It’s also when Insurgent suddenly seems a little less generic. Tris finally feels like she’s being tested here, and whilst we won’t spoil what she goes through as Insurgent heads towards its ending, the action we see here is at least exciting and well-shot. What’s more, it deals with Tris’ emotional baggage much better than the standard-issue flashbacks and creepy dreams we’ve had to endure to get that far in the movie. And then, almost as suddenly, the action stops in favour of teeing up the next film. We shouldn’t have been so surprised – such is the nature of the young adult movie franchise drag-it-out-as-long-as-you-can mantra that Twilight and Hunger Games have practised before. Surprising nobody, the next book – Allegiant – is being split into two movies. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.