Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

PG-13

2015

2h 11m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

03/02/2016

3/4

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

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Jim Slotek

Toronto Sun

09/24/2015

3/5

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.

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Monica Castillo

International Business Times

09/20/2015

3/5

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

05/27/2022

1.5/4

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.

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Hosea Rupprecht

Pauline Media Studies

09/13/2021

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.

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Tyler Smith

Battleship Pretension

01/15/2021

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.

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Paul S

@PManRager May 21

Once again, the Maze Runner saga gives an epic, thrilling, and terrifying dystopian adventure, filled with twists and turns that made this movie such a joy to sit through. I definitely recommend it for action, adventure, thriller, sci-fi, and survival fans, and for fans of The Maze Runner series!

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Aadil M

@RT69075013 Apr 17

A great continuation of The Maze Runner story!

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Sunnie N.

@sunniedae Mar 3

THE SUSPENSE OF THIS MOVIE THE MIX OF THE AI ROBOT CRAZY STUFF AND ZOMBIES WAS A MASTERPIECE!!!!

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Benjamin N.

@Benjamonster Dec 29

The filmshooting and shots were beautiful, the escape from the prison was very interesting as well as everything else. This film felt like so much packed into one, which is a good thing.

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Thiago B

@RT84504788 Nov 30

The premise is interesting. However, the superficial and expository dialogues take away much of the scene's emotional weight. The chase scenes are very well shot, while the action sequences fall short. I found the contrast between the first and second film quite fascinating - the first focuses on a confined setting and a group of survivors trying to escape, while the second turns into more of a zombie movie, with generic cinematography and makeup, yet featuring a story that stands out from other zombie films.

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Caleb S.

@review-person-friend77 Nov 26

I feel like this is a movie you watch just because the overarching story somewhat interesting. All I want to know is why the maze was important, but the coolest part of the trilogy—the maze—isn’t in this movie. Other than that, terrible score, poor writing and acting, cheesy lines, but hey, at least the zombies are kinda cool? I’m only watching this to get to the third movie. Hopefully that one is better than this.

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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: Temple Hill, Gotham Group
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