Review of The Maze Runner (2014) by Gamed2Long — 28 Sep 2014

This is a film that has obviously hitched its wagon to the "young adult dystopian fiction is cool right now" wagon and gone for a ride. It is a film based on a book. I haven't read the book but I could tell they must have cut a lot out.

The premise is good. Lord of the flies meets rats in a maze. In the film they do a good job with the maze. It feels large and alive and menacing. Its almost a character of its own. In terms of personal interplay between characters its all cut short. Which reduces the emotional impact of it all really.

My biggest criticism. Many times in the film you are waiting for the "why" to fall into place. You are stuck with the protagonist knowing very little of whats going on or why, being stuck in the maze. But in the end you aren't much better off. Its one of those "wait for the sequel" endings. Except based on how good this film was, I probably won't.