Ranking March 2016's Movies - From Worst To Best

17. The Divergent Series: Allegiant

RottenTomatoes Score: 11% (4/10)

Box Office: Made for a bloated $110 million, Allegiant has only barely made its budget back, likely a result of both the final book being split into two movies and the general fan disdain for the source material itself. As a result, Lionsgate's stock fell substantially and they have since decided to slash the budget for next year's final film, Ascendant. Ouch.

Verdict: The first two movies were terrible, so why expect anything more from this one? Allegiant still manages to, almost impressively, deliver an even more tedious, less-urgent and incomprehensible YA misfire than what came before, squandering fine actors like lead Shailene Woodley, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer and new cast addition Jeff Daniels (who presumably had a yacht or penthouse to pay off).

The visual effects are horrendous for a movie so expensive, the plot goes nowhere interesting, and nobody on-screen looks particularly bothered about what they're doing beyond getting paid. It is every worst instinct about the YA adaptations rolled into one wretched, wildly overlong film. At least the torture will be over with next year's instalment, though.

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