Cert: 12A
Director: Wes Ball
Screen writer: Noah Oppenheim , Grant Pierce Myers , T.S. Nowlin , James Dashner (novel)
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Aml Ameen , Ki Hong Lee , Blake Cooper , Thomas Brodie-Sangster , Will Poulter , Dexter Darden , Kaya Scodelario , Chris Sheffield , Joe Adler , Alexander Flores , Jacob Latimore , Randall D. Cunningham , Patricia Clarkson , Don McManus , Michael Bow , Jerry Clark , Michael Deville , Dylan Gaspard , Mark Gibson , Cory Gooding , Cazi Greene , Dustin Guitreau many more.....
Running time: 113 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: Teenage boys infrequently appear shirtless.
Violence & Gore: Many "Grievers" (a part mechanical crab-like creature with a huge mouth of teeth) charge into a glade where young men, teen boys and a teen girl are hiding; we hear screaming and see some people being taken away by the "Grievers" that grab them with their long mechanical tails that have a claw on the end; during the struggle we see some people being impaled by long spikes on the legs of the creatures (no blood is evident); a "Griever" is shown in flames after being struck by a Molotov cocktail of sorts and another is stabbed with two spears.
A teen boy and a young man hoist an unconscious young man up on a wall of ivy and to safety before a "Griever" approaches them; one young man runs away and the teen boy hides behind the ivy as the "Griever" passes and we hear it growl; the teen boy steps in a puddle of slime, a gob of slime falls on his shoulder and the "Griever" drops down on top of him; he runs, jumps between platforms and over walls (he nearly falls off a ledge), he clings to a wall of ivy and the "Griever" follows trying to stab the teen with its metallic legs before the teen coaxes the "Griever" to follow him as two walls close together (the screen goes black and we see the teen OK later).
A young man is dragged to the entrance of a maze where he gags and spits blood (he looks very sick); other teen boys and young men holding long sticks force the young man through the walls while he pleads with them and the wall closes; one young man says, "He belongs to the maze now" (he will presumably die inside the maze).
A teen girl is tied to a pole at the entrance to a maze and is told that she will be an offering to the "Grievers."
A teen boy encounters a young man in the woods and he looks sick with gray-tinged skin, blood on his shirt and crazy eyes; the young man charges the teen and slams him to the ground yelling that he will kill him and holds his hands over his throat; the teen grabs a skull off the ground and hits the young man in the head, then runs screaming for help and someone hits the young man over the head and others hold him on the ground.
A young man who appears ill from having been stung holds a gun and points it toward several others before another young man throws a spear and hits him in the chest we see the spear sticking out of his chest and he falls to the floor dead; the gun discharges as he is struck and a boy is shown with a bloody wound on his chest (the boy dies).
A young man in the throws of an infection lunges toward a teen boy and grabs him threatening to kill him before he is injected with a serum.
A teen boy stabs himself in the stomach with a stinger that infects him with something and he falls to the ground (he wakes up fine later).
Several masked and armed people enter a laboratory facility and shoot several people (we see people thrashing when struck, no blood is evident).
We see many dead bodies with bloody wounds and we watch a video that shows a woman holding a gun to her head and we hear the gunshot (we do not see the impact, but see her body on the floor later).
We see infected people strapped to tables and thrashing as well as piles of dead bodies on the ground.
Several young men and teen boys using spears fight a "Griever" on a narrow passage and push it over the side as another "Griever" comes toward them and then another; a boy nearly falls over the side and is pulled up to safety while a teen is grabbed and taken away; the "Grievers" chase the people and are crushed between closing walls (we see goo and slime on the ground).
A young man carries an unconscious young man toward the exit of a maze as the doors begin to close; another young man runs inside to get to them and the doors close behind him trapping the three inside.
A teen boy wakes up gasping for air and gagging while riding in what seems to be a freight elevator; the boy moves toward a grate and an animal on the other side squeals (sounds like a pig).
A teen girl is shown unconscious in an elevator and teen boys surround her and say, "She's dead" before she gasps and then falls unconscious again.
Two teen boys wrestle in a ring surrounded by others who watch and cheer; one throws the other to the ground, one slams the other to the ground and one trips the other causing him to fall and hit his head on the ground (he appears OK).
A teen boy shoves another teen boy to the ground and the boy yells.
A teen boy pulls another teen boy out of an elevator and throws him to the ground where he is surrounded by other teen boys and young men; the boy gets up and runs toward a huge stone wall and he trips and falls.
A teen boy slams into another teen boy accidentally and then invites him to a shoving match.
Several people fight briefly and threaten one young man with spears and machetes.
Several teen boys and young men go into a maze to retrieve pieces of a dead "Griever" and we see it pinched between two stone walls with a lot of goo and tissue hanging out of it; one young man reaches inside the crevasse to pull a blinking device out and the griever flinches causing them all to jump back; the young men and teen boys pull one of its mechanical legs off and find the device inside slime covered skin; one young man pulls the device out and we hear slurping and see a lot of slime.
A young man's shirt is lifted to show a large hole in his abdomen with veining spreading from it; we are told that he has been stung and the infection is spreading.
A bare-chested young man lies tied to a table as he struggles against the spread of an infection (we see dark veining spreading around his chest and neck).
A teen boy and a young man go into a maze and find blood-soaked clothing that implies that another young man has died; they run through the maze carrying a device that whistles and crackles; when the walls begin to move and close the two run out and some walls fall and debris falls around them.
We see a marker and skeletal remains of a human in the woods as a teen boy walks through it.
A teen girl barricades herself in a wooden structure and throws things at several young men and teen boys on the ground (we see them being hit in the head and complaining) until one boy climbs to the top and she holds a machete at him before he calms her down.
Several teen boys and young men gather at the entrance to a maze and hear loud rumbling and a wind blows out from the opening before the opening closes.
We hear eerie screeching coming from inside the walls of a maze.
Several teen boys and young men make remarks about "Grievers" and that they are some kind of creature that will kill them if they go into a maze on the outskirts of the glade where they are living.
Profanity: Infrequent mild language.
"Shit" is said three times, once by a young boy.
One character repetitively says "shit" over and over again for around twenty seconds.
5 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 11 mild obscenities and 1 religious exclamation (Oh My God).
Name-calling (greenie, green bean, free loaders, crazy, dumb, shank, stupid, and newbie) and exclamations (shut-up).
A boy calls another boy an asshole
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A young man is injected with a serum from a glass tube containing blue liquid.
A teen boy offers another teen boy a jar filled with liquid that is implied to be alcohol and the second boy drinks some and spits it out asking what it is.
A teen boy is handed a jar of an unknown substance and drinks from it after a wrestling match.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: The film's tone is very dark throughout most of the film.
The film is filled with intense chasing and escaping scenes.
There are a lot of tense jump scenes and it is suspenseful.
When characters are bitten by the "grievers" they become crazy and could be frightening to children.
The "grievers" are monsters which are creepy and scary, especially when they are attacking the characters.
Story:Thomas wakes up in an elevator, remembering nothing but his own name. He emerges into a world of about 60 teen boys who have learned to survive in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. A new boy arrives every 30 days. The original group has been in "The Glade" for two years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space. They have begun to give up hope. Then a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change. There are some great, fast-paced action scenes, particularly those involving the nightmarish Grievers who plague the boys.
Likes : This film is A film adaptation of the book, titled The Maze Runner, was released by Fox on September 19, 2014. Wes Ball signed on as director and T.S. Nowlin wrote the screenplay. Dylan O'Brien played the lead role of Thomas, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Kaya Scodelario portrayed Newt and Teresa, respectively. Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Will Poulter and Aml Ameen round up the cast as the rest of the Gladers.
The novel was published on October 6, 2009 by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, and was made into a 2014 major motion picture by 20th Century Fox. The sequel to the movie, The Scorch Trials, is set to be released on September 18, 2015. The novel spawned two sequels: The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011).
Dashner also wrote a prequel to The Maze Runner, entitled The Kill Order, that came out in 2012.He also announced that another prequel, The Fever Code, is set to be released in 2016.
The story revolves around the main Protagonist Thomas played by Dylan O'Brien who dose a brilliant & convincing performance with his character has he is brought into a place known as the Glade, with no memories or why he's there except his name. He he's not alone i the glades there is other teenage boys who call themselves Gladers , a group community where each is assigned to a task belonging to different departments headed by a Keeper for survival.
The dark concept of this film is the Glade is surrounded by a gigantic Maze in which mechanical creatures known as what the gladers call them the Grievers that stake the maze at night, this is what give this film its dark intense & frightening feel as the film progress's through the story.
The film it self is not bad but it not with out its flaws, there is a few point in this film that is confusing, but the action & suspense scene were brilliant done to give the audience something to be entertained with as it dose keep you on the edge of your seat.Will Poulter dose a really good performance as the tough guy of the group Gally, who is a little predictable from the start as you can see this guy was going to be trouble just by the way he was acting, but his performance playing this role is brilliant along with the rest of the actors playing the gladers.
The cinematography is outstanding in Special effect special the maze it self, it gave off this dark foreboding & menacing concept like there is just something not right about it, which just added to the dark feel of the film as you see what is staking the maze its self. All in all this is not a bad film but like i said not without its flaws.
Dislikes : Several flaws in this film is the begin, it had not back story or explanation on what going it felt the begin of the film was just barley understandable you could really follow what was going on as it just starts by being throw in to the world of these teenage boys trap in the maze with no explanation.But thankfully it dose explain something but it still leaves you with unanswered question as to why these teenage are being tested as there is some else going on which is not explained in this film.This kind of leave the film open ending making you think what is really going on.
This film dose need a sequel which i assume they are doing to explain curtain thing more to really understand what's going on if you haven't read the books which is probably would be a good idea to read the books to understand this film better.
It dose get an little confusing to what's going on at time because the concept leave you with open end question, weather this was designed to be this way answer will be revealed in the sequel not sure but this film needs more explanation to full understand the first film.
Overall : Great acting, brilliant concept, brilliant FX, slightly flawed but still a great film
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.2 out of 10 for concept
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