Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Allegiant aches to be a thought-provoking, moving allegory of the current world. Instead, it's an unwieldy two hours too unintentionally silly to validate how seriously it takes itself.
– Ariana Bacle,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Mar 2016
rotten:
These movies were never going to transform cinema, but watching Allegiant, it's hard not to feel as if someone has pulled the rug out from under an otherwise modestly entertaining franchise.
– Bilge Ebiri,
Village Voice,
18 Mar 2016
rotten:
Allegiant exemplifies what happens when a book or movie exists solely for the purposes of placating fans and maintaining a revenue stream.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
18 Mar 2016
rotten:
A nightmarish landscape that's meant to be frightening - or at least unsettling - ends up being hilariously cheesy instead.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
20 Mar 2016
rotten:
By this point, none of the pieces fits and absolutely nothing makes any sense.