Divergent is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger. It is based on the novel of the same name by Veronica Roth and is the first installment in The Divergent Series. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago, where people are divided into factions based on their individual virtues. When Tris, a young woman classified as Divergent, uncovers a plot to eliminate those like her, she must join forces with Four, a mysterious individual, to stop the impending danger.