The Maze Runner (2014)

• Year: 2014
• Released: 19 Sep 2014
• Country: United States, United Kingdom
• Adwords: 4 wins & 12 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Maze_Runner
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-maze-runner
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
• Runtime: 113 min
• Writer: Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, T.S. Nowlin
• Director: Wes Ball
• Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter
• Keywords: based on novel or book, dystopia, escape, post-apocalyptic future, based on young adult novel,

	6.8/10
	57/100
	65% – Critics
	68% – Audience

The Maze Runner Storyline

Awakening in an elevator, remembering nothing of his past, Thomas emerges into a world of about thirty teenage boys, all without past memories, who have learned to survive under their own set of rules in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. With a new boy arriving every thirty days, the group has been in “The Glade” for three years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space (patrolled by cyborg monsters named ‘Grievers’). They have begun to give up hope when a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change with the boys dividing into two factions: those willing to risk their lives to escape and those wanting to hang onto what they’ve got and survive.

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Wicked is good

A boy named Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) finds himself in an all boy Lord of the Flies type of camp. They are surrounded by a huge wall that opens into a maze. Two runners, run the maze by day and must leave by night or else the “Grievers”, a giant spider like creature will hunt them. Thomas is not satisfied with the status quo and makes waves. Eventually a girl (Kaya Scodelario) shows up.

If you are a teen or tween and like all those kids save the world offerings, this one falls in line. The film is done well enough to hold your interest as the Maze creates a mystery for our human lab rats. The ending tells you why it was done, which still didn’t make any sense…and why all guys, or why only one girl? It leads to a sequel. The acting was bland. The dialogue needed zip and Gally (Will Poulter) was a boring antagonist. Good enough for the kids who won’t know the difference.

Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.

Rather nasty…

It seems that Hollywood is always looking for the next franchise film series aimed mostly at young adults. Following in the wake of the “Harry Potter” films, other series were quickly put into production to see if they could be the next billion dollar franchises. Some, such as the “Golden Compass” simply fizzled whereas “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games” hit pay dirt. In light of these big bucks, it’s not surprising that “Maze Runner” would make it to the screen, since it’s just the first of three books–three books which seem strongly inspired by “The Hunger Games”…only a bit gloomier. And, given that it’s already earned about three times its cost just here in the States, it’s not surprising that the sequel is due to be released next September.

So is the film any good? Well, it looks nice. Other than that, no. It’s violent and nihilistic without the interesting social commentary or originality that you get from the “Hunger Games” films. Instead, it’s just ultra-violent and nasty–with scores of teens being killed for our entertainment. Plus, in the “The Hunger Games” films you have plucky and likable characters with some depth, but in “The Maze Runner” they seem much more flat and ill-defined. In other words, they’re mostly just there to be killed or survive but little else. Overall, it’s a film with little depth, lots of nasty mayhem and a cast of cute boys meant to appeal to the same folks who love “Twilight”.

Too generic

Another day, another Hollywood blockbuster based on a young adult novel and featuring a teenage cast involved in a huge game while trying to stay alive. Yep, it’s another film that’s completely derivative of THE HUNGER GAMES and DIVERGENT, with little to make it stand out. This time around, a group of kids are randomly trapped inside a giant, shifting maze and must figure out a way to escape.

Inevitably this is a film full of bland, CGI action scenes that always turn me off. There’s just nothing exciting watching a couple of characters running from a CGI effect. The monsters in the maze are quite boring, a bit like the bugs in STARSHIP TOOPERS but partly mechanical. This film’s saving grace is the quality of the acting, which is better than expected; the lead is quite likable and the supporting players have distinct characters which makes a change from the usual nonsense. I’ll be catching the sequel at some point, but I don’t expect much from it on the strength of this.