The Maze Runner Film Review
#1 in the maze runner series
Hello All,
Today I will be reviewing the maze runner. And I would put this down as one of the best dystopian book series in recent movie history, and this is down to the fact that it has a very good plot which is full of mysteries and excitement from start to finish.
Plot
The basic plot starts with a teenager waking up inside an underground elevator with no recollection of his identity. He is greeted by other male teenagers who greet him in a large grassy field, that they call the Glade. The Glade is enclosed within an area by large stone walls is by tall stone walls. The boys within the glade have formed a rudimentary society, with each person having a dedicated role within this society.
The members of this society are lead by Alby, who lets the new teenager know that everybody recalls their name eventually, but never their past. The new boy learns that the only way out of the glade is through a maze that surrounds the glade. During the day, there are Runners who go into the maze to try and determine a route in which they can escape from the maze, but they have only until nightfall to return to the glade before the maze closes, with the knowledge that no one has ever survived a night in the maze, which has some techno graphic called “Grievers” roaming around once the doors close.
The New teenager eventually remembers his name to be Thomas, and becomes one of the runners after an unfortunate events with the other runners having being stung by grievers, and becoming a hero after surviving a night in the maze and saving the leader Alby whilst killing a griever in the process of surviving the night.
The story also takes a turn after the first-ever girl arrives in the elevator, with a note saying that she is the last one to enter the Glade. This eventually leads to the original members of the society turning on Thomas and the new girl, as things seems to have changed significantly since their introduction into the glade. This is especially evident when the boys are attacked by grievers in the glade, with this being the first time such an event has happened in the entire time the teenagers lived in the glade.
In a bid to find a way out of the maze, Thomas discovers and uses a beeping device that was received from the griever he killed, noticing that the beeping from the device is leading them to a certain section of the maze.
The ending of the film is one that is not predictable based on how the film started, and it explains that the boys have been monitored as part of an experiment the entire time. After the discovery that the boys have been monitored throughout the film by the a company trying to save humanity from a disease, there is a shock ending due to one of he key characters being killed by an infected member called Gully who tries to kill Thomas. Eventually we find out that what the survivors learnt at the end was only a cover up which is evidently leading up to the next film.
All in all, the film is full of excitement and is quite unpredictable in the way which things play out. I believe the fact that the viewer follows the events of what is going on at the same time as the protagonist, only helps in helping the viewer relate to the story.
As a fan of dystopian films, I believe that this film and its series is one of the best within this category.
Please comment below, and let me know whether you enjoyed this film as much as I did.