They then spend the next two-plus hours running around from place to place in search of a resistance organization called the “Right Arm.” That’s it. Our heroes have gotten out of the maze only to discover that they’re still in WCKD’s grasp. By comparison, The Scorch Trials is a goddamned slog. The first Maze Runner, for all that it was lazily done in terms of story and characters, at least moved along at a pretty fast clip. He doesn’t necessarily want to be the “chosen one” whom everyone follows, but he’s just so special and a natural leader and people love him so much, guys! One character plays totally-not-Cato from The Hunger Games, and this little ginger boy is totally-not-Rue.
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The end of the first movie sees our hero Thomas (Dylan O’Brien), who’s been in the maze all of three days, become Teen Jesus, leading his bros unto salvation.
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Only children/adolescents are immune to the Flare, so Big Brother stand-in WCKD (pronounced “wicked”-subtle) kidnaps a bunch of kids, wipes their memory, and pops them into a deadly maze so they can study their brain chemistry and hopefully figure out how to develop a cure.
The set-up, as laid out in the first movie, is that a one-two punch of environmental catastrophe and a highly contagious disease called “the Flare” destroyed the world. Scorch Trials continues the legacy of its predecessor, i.e. I know there are lots of people who love The Maze Runner, but I’ve never actually met any of them. Unlike Divergent, its cast is made up of mostly unknowns. Like Divergent, it’s based on a blatant Hunger Games ripoff/cash grab book series. Produced on an estimated budget of $34 million, it earned a smidge over $100 million in domestic box office but then proceeded to clean up overseas and in home video markets. For those not in the know with what the kids are talking about these days, this is the sequel to The Maze Runner, an under-the-radar success when it came out last year.
How else did he make a 131-minute movie feel like it took up six hours of my everloving life? Or at least a reality distortion mechanism. You guys, I’m pretty sure Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials director Wes Ball has invented some sort of time machine.
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