Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

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Transported to a remote fortified outpost, Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers find themselves in trouble after uncovering a diabolical plot from the mysterious and powerful organization WCKD. With help from a new ally, the Gladers stage a daring escape into the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. The Gladers only hope may be to find the Right Hand, a group of resistance fighters who can help them battle WCKD. Read More Read Less

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is an action-packed sequel at the cost of story, urgency, and mystery that the original offered.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Still, there's plenty of fun to be had from the fleet-footed zombies and random nods to Mad Max.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 2, 2016

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Jim Slotek

Toronto Sun

If it sounds like there isn't an original thought in The Scorch Trials' scripted head, you're right. But at least you won't be smacking yourself in the head trying to figure out what's going on.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 24, 2015

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Monica Castillo

International Business Times

Unlike the second Hunger Games movie, which largely felt like retread, the latest Maze Runner opens up its world and actually contextualizes the motive behind the bad guys.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 20, 2015

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Unlike other YA franchises, the basic emotional underpinnings remain vacant in The Maze Runner movies, and the action isn’t good enough to keep our attention.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 27, 2022

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Hosea Rupprecht

Pauline Center for Media Studies

Scorch Trials does not present any new themes or much character development but it does cement the concepts of truth and freedom that The Maze Runner introduced.

Sep 13, 2021

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Tyler Smith

Battleship Pretension

Yes, there are the standard story beats to hit, but Wes Ball doesn't seem interested in simply hitting them and moving on. Instead, he wants to understand why something might happen and what the implications of it are.

Jan 15, 2021

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Munkhchimeg T Must watch movie. Casts, storytelling, events are the best. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/17/24 Full Review Bahad j In my opinion, the movie uses very good camera and audio visual equipment and the crew members and the filmmakers have played their roles very well. I really liked it. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/17/24 Full Review Rihanna R Enjoyed the other maze runners, didn't like this so much. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/16/24 Full Review Desk T "The Scorch Trials" expands the world in fascinating ways. The transition from the maze to the desolate Scorch is jarring, but the new challenges keep the story fresh and exciting. The film's rapid pace sometimes felt overwhelming, but the constant action and suspense kept me on edge. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/10/24 Full Review Test T I watched this on DVD recently. I rated the original Maze Runner film highly, so I was hoping this would be similar. Sadly, it's not! The original had a visually interesting environment and an intriguing mysterious quality that captured my attention. This film has none of that, instead squandering it's runtime on uninteresting and poorly illuminated environments and mind numbing chaotic action/scare sequences of negligible appeal. Some of the cast are brought forward from the first film, but with a poor story, barren locations and sparse dialogue they can do little to rescue the project from failure. I often wonder why films like this get made, when it is obviously inferior, and very damaging to the good will generated by the first film. I did not enjoy this movie at all and can't recommend it. I thought it was really poor, and just wanted it to end quickly, so I fast forwarded through most of the second half. Sadly, it's not over yet as the film lays foundations for yet another installment. I just can't take any more if this and I'm out! Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/26/24 Full Review josh b Complete change in film don't know if much would enjoy. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/16/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Wes Ball Director Dylan O'Brien Thomas Kaya Scodelario Teresa Giancarlo Esposito Jorge Aidan Gillen Janson Barry Pepper Vince

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Synopsis Transported to a remote fortified outpost, Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers find themselves in trouble after uncovering a diabolical plot from the mysterious and powerful organization WCKD. With help from a new ally, the Gladers stage a daring escape into the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. The Gladers only hope may be to find the Right Hand, a group of resistance fighters who can help them battle WCKD.

Director: Wes Ball
Producer: Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman, Joe Hartwick Jr.
Screenwriter: T.S. Nowlin
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Gotham Group, Temple Hill
Rating: PG-13 (Extended Sequences of Violence|Action|Language|Some Thematic Elements|Substance Use)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $81.7M
Runtime: 2h 11m