Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
The Maze Runner franchise continues. Having escaped the maze of the first film, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his fellow young survivors find out more about their ruined world - and have to travel across some of its most dangerous places. Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones’ Littlefinger), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad’s Gus Fring), Alan Tudyk, Barry Pepper, and Lili Taylor join the cast.
Picking up where the previous film left off, the handful of youngsters who survived find themselves in a processing facility under the command of Janson (Gillen). There, they discover theirs was not the only maze, and other graduates of WCKD's testing programme have also been liberated. Believing things are too good to be true, Thomas can't help but dig deeper, and what he discovers will take him and his friends on a journey through the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the Scorch, a danger-filled desert that has engulfed cities, and maybe even nations.
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicks“Where are we, what are we doing here, and how the hell do we get out?” The first Maze Runner film posed these questions then answered them, and this sequel follows on from the big reveal of its predecessor to further move from mystery to complexity. This isn’t unwelcome, and saves us from a retread of more maze running in favour of a more labyrinthine plot. Fear not though, there are still tunnels and corridors and air conditioning ducts to navigate, and doors to slide under, if that’s why you’re here.
Best watch in awhile
This movie has all you may need for a good watch; emotion, humour and a lot of action. Some parts are slow but the fast paced scenes make up for it. After reading the books you will feel a lot more connected to the characters and you will understand more to whats going on throughout the film. It's cool to see that there's little things added to the movie...
What movie am I watching?
I was a little confused with this movie. Is it a zombie apocalypse movie? Is it a Divergent, Hunger games rip-off? An adult or a adolescent movie? Struggling to really capture a real audience, emotion or my attention this movie was a big failure in my books. I couldn't connect at any level of its poorly directed script. Random events that occur in the movie...
Zombies Runner?
Maze Runner : Scorch Trials Another crazy twist like in the first one with stuff in the maze, this one has crazy stuff about the people! For those that haven’t read the books I won’t give any spoilers. Like ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’, ‘Day After Tomorrow’, and ‘Tomorrow When the War Begins’ with a lot more sand. It’s good, easy palatable for the youth...
Variety
pressSucceeds well enough as derivative survival-horror-action thrillers go, but makes for an unsatisfying, confusing sequel.
Total Film
pressRather than Maze Runner 2: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Maze, Scorch Trials ambitiously opens up its world with mixed results: gripping action, so-so script.
The Guardian
pressThis film is making a wheezing, spluttering sound: the sound of a profitable YA franchise running out of steam.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressBall makes assured use of the wide screen: much of the film's interest lies in the different types of terrain covered, from cramped corridors and air vents to barren desert to a ruined city that might have been designed by M. C. Escher.
Stuff
pressEssentially just one long scene, bookended by a minimum of necessary exposition.
Hollywood Reporter
pressLacks a sense of originality and urgency, undercut by overly familiar characterizations and dilatory pacing.
Herald Sun
pressOverall, this is a worthy addition to what is shaping as one of the better youth-centric series of its kind.
Empire Magazine
pressIt’s only recommended for those who have seen the first film and plan on seeing the third, but as middle instalments go this is an entertaining one that’s all the better for being unfaithful to the book.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicks“Where are we, what are we doing here, and how the hell do we get out?” The first Maze Runner film posed these questions then answered them, and this sequel follows on from the big reveal of its predecessor to further move from mystery to complexity. This isn’t unwelcome, and saves us from a retread of more maze running in favour of a more labyrinthine plot. Fear not though, there are still tunnels and corridors and air conditioning ducts to navigate, and doors to slide under, if that’s why you’re here.
Variety
pressSucceeds well enough as derivative survival-horror-action thrillers go, but makes for an unsatisfying, confusing sequel.
Total Film
pressRather than Maze Runner 2: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Maze, Scorch Trials ambitiously opens up its world with mixed results: gripping action, so-so script.
The Guardian
pressThis film is making a wheezing, spluttering sound: the sound of a profitable YA franchise running out of steam.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressBall makes assured use of the wide screen: much of the film's interest lies in the different types of terrain covered, from cramped corridors and air vents to barren desert to a ruined city that might have been designed by M. C. Escher.
Stuff
pressEssentially just one long scene, bookended by a minimum of necessary exposition.
Hollywood Reporter
pressLacks a sense of originality and urgency, undercut by overly familiar characterizations and dilatory pacing.
Herald Sun
pressOverall, this is a worthy addition to what is shaping as one of the better youth-centric series of its kind.
Empire Magazine
pressIt’s only recommended for those who have seen the first film and plan on seeing the third, but as middle instalments go this is an entertaining one that’s all the better for being unfaithful to the book.
Best watch in awhile
This movie has all you may need for a good watch; emotion, humour and a lot of action. Some parts are slow but the fast paced scenes make up for it. After reading the books you will feel a lot more connected to the characters and you will understand more to whats going on throughout the film. It's cool to see that there's little things added to the movie...
What movie am I watching?
I was a little confused with this movie. Is it a zombie apocalypse movie? Is it a Divergent, Hunger games rip-off? An adult or a adolescent movie? Struggling to really capture a real audience, emotion or my attention this movie was a big failure in my books. I couldn't connect at any level of its poorly directed script. Random events that occur in the...
Zombies Runner?
Maze Runner : Scorch Trials Another crazy twist like in the first one with stuff in the maze, this one has crazy stuff about the people! For those that haven’t read the books I won’t give any spoilers. Like ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’, ‘Day After Tomorrow’, and ‘Tomorrow When the War Begins’ with a lot more sand. It’s good, easy palatable for the...
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