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Movie Review : The Maze Runner
Film adaption from novel with the same
title by James Dashner, which is directed by Wes Ball. With young actors and
based on best-selling novel, makes this movie be waited.
The Maze
Runner tells
story about the life of young man, who can’t remember their selves and trapped
in a place name Glade. One and only one solution that they have is by passing
the maze. Unfortunately, the maze is not easy to be passed, because every day
the form of the maze always changes and in it is guarded by Grievers, that
threaten their life.
Every month, gladers always increase,
and the film begin when Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) comes as the new glader. As the
other, he can’t remember. But, he is curious, and then make him become problem
source, and all at once as the founder of the way out. Glade have rules, with
Alby (Aml Ameen) as the leader.
When Alby gets problem, Thomas feels
that should be revolution from the Gladers, and it is argued by Gally (Will
Poulter). The conflict is interesting, but it’s easy to be guessed, even if you
haven’t read the novel yet. The appearance of Teresa Agnes (Kaya Scodelario) by
bring codes that she is the last, makes the plot become clear, who will success
to out from the maze.
The mystery makes the creature of the
maze seen be easy to be broken when Thomas comes. Whereas at the story, Minho
(Ki Hong Lee) as the glader who have gone around the maze 3 years, never find
the way out.
This movie has special thing that makes
us interested. Especially, if this movie adaptation from best-selling novel. If
too much takes duration, the viewers will be bored. And if too fast, can’t be
convenient with many peoples’ expectations. The writer feel that the movie is
too fast as the science-fiction mystery movie. It will be convenient if the
ending be cut, and be the next series, better than be forced with happy ending
and changes the story in the sequel. But, all the trilogies are available in
James Dashner’s novel. And the sequel from novel “The Scorch Trials” have been
prepared and will be directed by Wes Ball again.
With the duration, there’s no acquaint
more from the other actors. Whereas
Minho and Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) have big role in the story. And the
good one, there’s no romance. The viewers always can follow the riddle, from
the one scene to another scene. At the least, The Maze Runner can be as the
comparison with the trilogies The Hunger Games that have the same story plot.
Overall, The Maze Runner is not just a same old-same old movie based on
books. It’s
tightening, full mystery, and be supported with the performance of Dylan
O’Brien and friends, whose very handsome. And the environment of the glade and
maze that is so hard and amazing. It’s not good if this movie not be watched.
Synopsis :
Thomas, a
16 year old boy, wakes up inside an underground service elevator with no memory
of his identity. A group of male youths greet him in a large grassy area called
the Glade that is enclosed by tall, stone walls. Every month, a new boy and
supplies arrive in the elevator. The boys, called Gladers, have formed a
rudimentary society with each assuming specialized tasks. Alby, their leader
and the first to arrive in the Glade, says every boy eventually recalls his
name, but none remember their past. The boy learns that a vast Maze surrounding
the Glade may provide the only way out. During the day, designated Runners
search the Maze for an escape route, returning before nightfall when the
entrance closes. No one has ever survived a night inside the Maze.
While in
a competition with Gally, the boy suddenly remembers his name is Thomas. Later,
Thomas is attacked by Ben, a Runner delirious from being stung by a Griever –
deadly techno-organic creatures that roam the Maze at night. Ben is forced into
the Maze and left to die as there is no cure for what the Griever infected him
with. Minho, the lead Runner, and Alby later retrace Ben's steps inside the
Maze. Minho reappears at dusk dragging Alby, who was stung, but they are unable
to reach the closing entrance in time. Thomas spontaneously runs into the Maze
to help but all three are trapped. During the night in the Maze, Thomas and
Minho tie Alby up high on the Maze wall to hide him from the Grievers, but
Minho abandons Thomas when a Griever emerges from the center of the Maze.
Thomas slides under the Maze wall, managing to hide from the Griever. Later,
Thomas finds Minho and his actions during the night keeps them alive, and he
kills a Griever by tricking it into a narrow, closing passageway thus causing
it to be crushed, making him the first to ever survive the night and kill a
Griever. To the other boys' astonishment, they return the next morning.
Gally
claims Thomas has jeopardized the fragile peace between the Gladers and the
Grievers and wants him punished, but Newt, the group's second-in-command,
instead designates Thomas a Runner. Thomas, Minho and several volunteers enter
the Maze. They locate the Griever corpse and remove a beeping mechanical device
from inside it. The device is numbered to correspond to a certain section
within the Maze. The next morning, the first-ever girl arrives in the elevator.
She apparently recognizes Thomas though he cannot remember her. A note says she
is the last one being sent. Minho shows Thomas a scale model of the Maze he has
built, based on his three years of exploration. The Maze's numbered sections
open and close in a regular sequence that might be a code. With the mechanical
device, they may be able to find an escape route.
The girl,
Teresa, has two syringes filled with an unknown substance. One is used on Alby,
and he gradually recovers from the Griever sting and begins regaining his
memories. Minho and Thomas venture back into the Maze and discover a possible
exit but are nearly trapped, barely making it back to the Glade.
That
night, the Maze entrance does not close while others open, letting Grievers
pour in. A massacre ensues as the Gladers, practically defenseless against the
Grievers, struggle to fight back or hide. Alby saves another boy from a
Griever, but is killed moments later, telling Thomas to "Get them
out". Thomas, who has had disconnected memory flashes since arriving,
stabs himself with a severed Griever stinger in an attempt to revive his
memory. The others inject him with the last anti-venom. Unconscious, he recalls
that he and Teresa worked for the organization that created the Maze; the boys
unknowingly have been in an experiment. Thomas awakens and shares this
information with Newt, Minho, Chuck, and Teresa.
Meanwhile,
Gally has taken command and intends to sacrifice Thomas and Teresa to the
Grievers to restore the peace. Most of the Gladers are swayed to free Thomas
and Theresa and attempt escaping the Maze, but Gally and a few others refuse to
leave. Fighting Grievers as they go, the survivors escape the Maze and
eventually enter a laboratory strewn with dead scientists and technicians. A
woman in a video recording explains that the planet has been devastated by
increasing solar flares, followed by a pandemic of a deadly,
incurable virus called the Flare that affects the brain of the afflicted. We
learn that a group of younger individuals appeared to be immune to the virus.
The Gladers learn that they were part of an experiment studying the way their
brains worked as a resistance to the virus. At the end, the woman in the video
shoots herself as the lab is being attacked by men with military-style weapons
but dressed more like mercenaries. Gally suddenly appears armed with a gun he
found. Delirious from a Griever sting, he insists they must stay in the Maze,
then aims at Thomas in an attempt of revenge. Minho kills Gally with a spear,
but not before Chuck is fatally shot protecting Thomas, who is devastated by
his friend's death. Masked armed men rushed in and take the group to a
helicopter. As they fly over the Maze, it is revealed to be placed in a vast
desert wasteland. Eventually, the helicopter approaches a ruined city. The
scene ends with the supposedly-dead scientists meeting in a room. The leader
(woman in the video) notes that the experiment has been a success; the
survivors are now entering Phase Two.
Profile :
Directed
by
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Produced
by
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Ellen
Goldsmith-Vein
Wyck Godfrey Marty Bowen Lee Stollman |
Screenplay
by
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Noah Oppenheim
Grant Pierce Myers T.S. Nowlin |
Based
on
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Starring
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Music
by
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Cinematography
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Enrique
Chediak
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Edited
by
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Production
company |
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Distributed
by
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Release
dates
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Running
time
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113
minutes
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Country
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United
States
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Language
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English
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Budget
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$34
million
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Box
office
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$340.8
million
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Characteristics :
1.
Thomas (Dylan O’Brien)
He’s curious about the maze. He’s
brave, and has friendship feeling, so loyal with others. He tried to save Alby,
even bet his life. He has leadership
feeling, as the leader of glader revolution, really hard to struggle go out
from the maze. He’s so smart, can think and memorize well, and fast in running.
2.
Teresa
(Kaya Scodelario)
She’s the only one girl at the glade.
In the movie, scene of her is less. It’s hard to know the characteristics of
him by watching the first movie. Maybe, it will be easy if I have watched the
sequel. But, I think she’s smart girl, because she is the part of WCKD.
He’s
a cute boy. At the beginning, he tells about the glade to Thomas, and warns him
not to enter the maze. He’s kind to Thomas. As the vice, he’s so wise and
diligent.
He’s
emotional, and too obedient to the rule. He doesn’t like Thomas, because he
thinks Thomas just problem source of the glade. In this movie, he roles as
resent boy. But, he’s not bad fully, he has reason why he refuse to out of the
maze.
He’s
the leader of the maze, because he’s the first man who is entered to the glade.
He is so wise to the gladers, and kind to Thomas. He is peace lover, respectful
and friendly. We can see when he greet warmly to Thomas at the first.
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