Divergent. The Hunger Games. The Maze Runner. What do all these movies have in common (besides making a ton of money at the box office)? Well, actually, a lot. Of course there's the obvious — they're all franchises based on bestselling YA trilogies, they all take place in a dystopian future with a corrupt government, etc. But the similarities don't end there, and the more of these movies I see, the more I find myself asking "This again?"
It's always the future, the government is corrupted, and society is basically looks post-apocalyptic. But then the hero gets to discover a newer, more confusing place within that place. Got it?
The Hunger Games certainly takes the cake with kid-on-kid death, but it's hardly the only franchise showcasing pretty graphic violence.
The big baddie is usually the most recognizable and prestigious actor in the movie — at least the first movie. (That's why they get all the power, duh.)
There's always a lot of reinvention involved in these movies, which is to be expected in coming-of-age stories.
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The hero is always a rebel, even if he/she doesn't start out that way.
It's pretty much guaranteed that the protagonist will lose one of their only allies (not the hot love interest, of course), in the opening movie.
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Don't get me wrong, the hero/heroine is always very attractive too.