Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
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Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics landed squarely in the middle on this sequel, broadly agreeing that relentless action comes at the expense of coherent plotting and meaningful character work. The film's departures from the source novel and its shapeless 'middle chapter' structure drew the most complaints, while supporters argued the chase sequences and escalating intensity were enough to carry it.
“Scorch Trials ambitiously opens up its world with mixed results: gripping action, so-so script.”
Stephen Kelly·Total Film
“there's lots of eye candy, and the pace is fast, but somehow the movie falls short.”
Walter Addiego·San Francisco Chronicle
“the many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline”
John Williams·The New York Times
“essentially, The Scorch Trials makes up for the humdrum Apocalypse of its first half by going a little bonkers in its second.”
Bilge Ebiri·Vulture
“it doesn't offer much plot or character development”
The Wrap
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Wes BallDirector
Dylan O'BrienThomas
Kaya ScodelarioTeresa Agnes
Thomas Brodie-SangsterNewt
Giancarlo EspositoJorge
Ki Hong LeeMinho
Dexter DardenFrypan
Rosa SalazarBrenda
Patricia ClarksonAva Paige
Aidan GillenJanson
Barry PepperVince
Nathalie EmmanuelHarriet
Alexander FloresWinston
John PaesanoComposer
T.S. NowlinWriter
James DashnerWriterMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics landed squarely in the middle on this sequel, broadly agreeing that relentless action comes at the expense of coherent plotting and meaningful character work. The film's departures from the source novel and its shapeless 'middle chapter' structure drew the most complaints, while supporters argued the chase sequences and escalating intensity were enough to carry it.
“Scorch Trials ambitiously opens up its world with mixed results: gripping action, so-so script.”
Stephen Kelly·Total Film
“there's lots of eye candy, and the pace is fast, but somehow the movie falls short.”
Walter Addiego·San Francisco Chronicle
“the many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline”
John Williams·The New York Times
“essentially, The Scorch Trials makes up for the humdrum Apocalypse of its first half by going a little bonkers in its second.”
Bilge Ebiri·Vulture
“it doesn't offer much plot or character development”
The Wrap
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Wes BallDirectorDylan O'BrienThomasKaya ScodelarioTeresa AgnesThomas Brodie-SangsterNewtGiancarlo EspositoJorgeKi Hong LeeMinhoDexter DardenFrypanRosa SalazarBrendaPatricia ClarksonAva PaigeAidan GillenJansonBarry PepperVinceNathalie EmmanuelHarrietAlexander FloresWinstonJohn PaesanoComposerT.S. NowlinWriterJames DashnerWriterRent & Buy