Actors: Dylan O'Brien, Thomas
Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson, Rosa Salazar,
Jacob Lofland, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Lili Taylor,
Alan Tudyk.
Rating: 8 out of 10, The same bunch of
fun loving teens that escaped the maze in the first picture now have to deal
with a rapidly expanding world that is mostly destroyed. There’s a very
convoluted plot as to why these teens are so important, especially since in the
first movie the corporation who values them so much spent a lot of time and
effort killing them off. What the hell, it’s science fiction, plot holes be
damned! The group spends the entire movie running from a variety of threats
ranging from said corporation, to zombies, to Gus Fring with his face grown
back. That brings up a major problem I had with chase scenes. The trail runner
would invariably stop to gaze back in wonder at the imminent and usually very
deadly threat, pursuing them. This made no sense on any level, except for the
dramatic effect of a close up for the actor. We get it – you’re being chased,
turn around and run! Other than that minor, but very irritating point, I liked
the action scenes which added a lot of tension. While this was obviously a set
piece to get us to the third movie I liked it.
MVP: O’Brien as the ever doughty and
running Thomas
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