The camaraderie of those who’ve been stuck in the Glade for years shines through. There’s a lot that this movie does right with the material. But with this new young man named Thomas, they might finally be able to escape and discover the true reasons behind why they were put inside the maze to begin with.

It turns out they are all in the middle of a giant maze a maze that can twist and adjust itself at night to make the true course to the exit unknown to any who might enter it. That fact and what kinds of monsters exist beyond the walls that surround them. Though they can all remember their names, no one knows why they were put there. He finds himself in a large green field, the Glade, surrounded by high walls along with several other kids in the same situation as him.

But we’ll get to that part later.Ī young man wakes up in a freight elevator with no memory of who he is or where he’s being taken. Yet it also does just enough differently, and has enough pretty visuals, to make itself stand out from the pack and be worth watching, at least until the third act. The Maze Runner, as it stands, follows all the same tropes that make these films so scrutinized.

If you’re one who thinks that the sudden free-for-all of young adult novels being turned into movies is a scourge on theaters I doubt this review is going to change your mind.

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