Review of Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) by Halofever — 20 Aug 2018

There was part near the beginning when I mumbled "Deus Ex Machina". My wife says "I'm not sure what that really means". I says, "It means god from the machine. As in some machine comes in and saves the day." She says, "So like that truck that just appeared out of nowhere and is literally a machine." "Yup!". That sums up my problem with the movie. Other than, the movie is great. If you want to end a series, this is the end for it. You have people die, buildings destroyed, folks infected, mazes to run, Jesus Christ references, and final no-cliffhanger finish. The characters are also interesting in their own way as they often turn on surprising motivations. This makes the end more character driven than plot driven and I love it.

The action set pieces are rather fantastic for this kind of young-adult post-apocalyptic movie. There's none of the usual running in the woods. Instead we have stunts on trains, amazing gun fights, and some crazy work with a crane. I hope this pushes the imagination of this genre forward. All in all, the Maze Runner series is much better than films like Divergent and The 5th Wave. I'll even go so far as to say it is Hunger Games level of quality. Maybe it doesn't have the same star power but I don't think movies need it. I feel like the series as a whole would be much better received if it wasn't in such a crowded market of young adult post-apocalyptic movies.