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Sary86Oct 11, 2014

I've been sooo disappointed by this movie. I read the book and it IS amazing: it goes deep in topics and feelings, it makes the reader think about important topics of life somehow. I actually guess that the movie will be nice for those whoI've been sooo disappointed by this movie. I read the book and it IS amazing: it goes deep in topics and feelings, it makes the reader think about important topics of life somehow. I actually guess that the movie will be nice for those who didn't read the book because it is an avarage movie with action and suspense.... but, man... this is nothing compared to the books. Dashner is a real genius for what he wrote and for the way he wrote it but the movie just ruined the mystery of the book. Through the pages, you learnt together with the Gladers to know the place around you and you came to understand it and eventually you figured out all the secrets of the Maze. This way, the movie lost the magic and transformed everything in a medium quality thing. The characters are wrong (almost all of them but Newt and partly Thomas), the values are wrong, the philosophy that rules the Glade and the Maze is wrong.. not to talk about the riddle to escape... I will stop here... The movie really sucks if compared to the book.… Expand

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CharlemagneNov 28, 2014

A stupid movie dressed up with a lot of sound and fury. It makes extensive use of a new device among bad movies/shows: pretending to be interesting by leading you on with mystery, and when it gets to the end you can tell the explanation wasA stupid movie dressed up with a lot of sound and fury. It makes extensive use of a new device among bad movies/shows: pretending to be interesting by leading you on with mystery, and when it gets to the end you can tell the explanation was haphazardly slapped together after the mysterious elements and not before. It pretends to be smart, but is unaware of how stupid it is. I'm going to go ahead and call this "Fake Science Fiction".… Expand

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DannyGNov 8, 2014

Sterile, Humorless and Chaste! OMG! Please Not A Sequel! I Beg You! The story makes no sense, whatsoever! Nada! Nothing! Not in the slightest! To make matters worse, the ending was nothing more then prepping the audience for a sequel! It wasSterile, Humorless and Chaste! OMG! Please Not A Sequel! I Beg You! The story makes no sense, whatsoever! Nada! Nothing! Not in the slightest! To make matters worse, the ending was nothing more then prepping the audience for a sequel! It was so in your face it was insulting. You mean the audience won't have a clue as to why all those innocent people died unless you come back and waste another 12 dollars! Wow! I will be avoiding any future sequel like the plague!

The Maze Runner also reflects the sterile and chaste expectations of the American movie going audience. For starters, you have young men living together as a colony for up to as long as three years and they all have perfect haircuts! Give me a break! I couldn't believe how well groomed they all were. Did they have a hair stylist pop in from in from another dimension on a regular basis? And how could they all be so clean shaven? Did they bring razors and shaving cream with them? None of these men have delayed puberty problems that I could tell. LOL! Some of them must have developed facial hair after years of being stranded. But what bothered me most was what great shape their clothes were in. These are young men in there late teens and early 20's. Did they bring a seamstress and a washing machine with them, too!? They are supposed to be living like Robinson Crusoe, not like George Jetson!

In this entire awful film there was only one single moment of humor. Even worse it has zero sexuality. Here's all these incredibly good looking and physically fit young men and we don't see a single one of them with their shirt off for a second! Why is non-stop violence, intense screaming and even murder is OK, but not showing off the male body? Why have we become such a warped and sterile society where death and violence doesn't offend in the slightest, but God forbid you show a single male nipple or hairy armpit?… Expand

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Tessara_VejganDec 2, 2014

Another crappy movie released this year. Story is s***, acting is s***. Its supposed to be an sf mystery but it fails miserably. I can't believe they are going to release more of this c***.

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skarrJul 12, 2015

Why oh why does Hollywood keep producing crap is simply beyond my understanding. I was about to leave the theater, but I stayed just so I can fully say this was total garbage. For the love of the silver screen fire whoever wrote the scriptWhy oh why does Hollywood keep producing crap is simply beyond my understanding. I was about to leave the theater, but I stayed just so I can fully say this was total garbage. For the love of the silver screen fire whoever wrote the script and never employ them again. The plot is predictable, the story is lame, the ending, well...let me just say...there is no ending...everything hangs in the air...franchise and what not-

If I go to the theater I want to watch a movie and not a series....STOP IT WITH YOUR FRANCHISE TRILOGY **** The best trilogies started as a full contained movies....just stop ....please!!!!… Expand

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TrueLiesJul 20, 2015

*SPOILERS!*

We start this **** show rat race out with boring characters and an over the top story line. At the end of this maze we discover an interesting twist... that twist of course being that the movie will never get better, you wasted*SPOILERS!*

We start this **** show rat race out with boring characters and an over the top story line. At the end of this maze we discover an interesting twist... that twist of course being that the movie will never get better, you wasted your time, and you will never get it back. The End.… Expand

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WhySoSerious54Sep 26, 2014

Cube(1997 Film) - A group of people wake up in a maze not knowing who they are and how they got there only to try an escape avoiding certain death. Sound similar, well it is. A complete ripoff of the 1997 Vincenzo Natali directed film Cube.Cube(1997 Film) - A group of people wake up in a maze not knowing who they are and how they got there only to try an escape avoiding certain death. Sound similar, well it is. A complete ripoff of the 1997 Vincenzo Natali directed film Cube. Almost every major theme ripped off and copied except delivered much weaker with less tension and less thrills. Only difference is the stupid farming aspect and the open environment. If you want to watch a far superior movie with intense action, suspense, and clever twists go watch Cube.… Expand

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cdsmusicchartSep 22, 2014

At least there's a dystopian drama that DOESN'T focus on a female lead ("Hunger Games", "Divergent"). Unfortunately for "The Maze Runner", those books and counterpart movies were much more solid.

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OhGeezSep 24, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Alrighty then.

For someone who had not read the book, I guess this movie might be acceptable.

However, for someone who has (me), this is a disgrace to the famed name of The Maze Runner.

(I was looking forward to the part when Thomas beats Gally to a pulp. Then he gets speared).… Expand

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jesscaJan 15, 2015

A total disappointment, being a fan of the novel I was let down entirely. Bad acting, the story was not followed well, it practically made no sense, I do NOT recommend.

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gilezyDec 18, 2014

this movie was so disappointing and boring, hardly made any sense i only made it 45 minutes through it and was a waste of my time.

don't waste your time like me watch another movie

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RogerdobOct 13, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I did not read the book, so I didn't know what to expect except that it was a sci-fi story set in some type of post-apocalyptic world. Even though the movie was exciting, the lack of an explanatory ending ruined the entire movie...very little was explained...it was if if this was Part One! However, nowhere in the title did it say "Part One" I really felt cheated and unfulfilled.… Expand

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nicholasbertNov 26, 2014

A mix between Lord of the Flies and The Cube, the most disappointing thing about the Maze Runner is the background, which we don't learn about until the end. It is supposed to be exciting and to compel us to watch the next two movies, but allA mix between Lord of the Flies and The Cube, the most disappointing thing about the Maze Runner is the background, which we don't learn about until the end. It is supposed to be exciting and to compel us to watch the next two movies, but all it does is take credibility away from the entire story, which is already not very well-structured, being filled with pointless plot conveniences and generally all too linear frame setting. The movie is also somewhat long, yet it seems like time has been wasted here and there to focus on secondary action scenes, where the characters act on impulse and instinct, while it could have been focusing on the actual emotions the character MUST have been feeling when they're trapped in a giant dangerous maze that doesn't seem to have a way out.

It is an action film, so it gets away with having bad acting throughout and average CGI. Its biggest faults are, as I said, the choices and timing of storytelling, and, of course, the fact that it has been presented as a mindless action film when it could have easily been more introspective and less blatant.… Expand

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BigZOct 1, 2014

Never read the book and thanks to the movie, I'm not going to. The pacing made me wonder if Michael Bay had anything to do with this film. It just so recklessly quick and it keeps going and going without explaining anything. There is hardlyNever read the book and thanks to the movie, I'm not going to. The pacing made me wonder if Michael Bay had anything to do with this film. It just so recklessly quick and it keeps going and going without explaining anything. There is hardly any meaningful development in any of the characters, anything we see in any of them within the first 5 minutes of the movie is how they behave for the rest of the their screen time. No progression. It also really bothered me how the many questions were raised in dialogue were never addressed...ever. It was just hole after hole in the story that just could not be saved by the complication of the maze or the crazy monster/alien things that were graphed on to robotic technology...just how far in the future are they if they can do that? And if they can do that then it kind of trivializes the whole idea of using the maze for child experimentation anyway doesn't it? I'm sorry, I wanted to like this, the previews made me curious, but I've been had. Most of the time in the theater was spent wondering what in the world is going on, and not the good kind of wondering. All in all i was waiting for the movie to finish long before it did and the ending didn't seem to clarify much of anything, just raise more questions...I mean...what is the point of the female in this? She does nothing. Not even touching the fact that they threw her in a forest with of bunch of teenage guys who haven't seen a girl in years and there's not even so much as a catcall at her...really? You think they'd be so proper? And how do they stay so well shaven and got such nice fade haircuts when they live how they do? not even stubble? Minor problem I'll admit but it didn't help the world they were trying to create the feeling ya know and the tone was all wrong the casting was weak in some spots, there was emotion just in all the wrong places, I just get upset thinking about how awful this movie is, when it had high potential...this is long..last thing, you launch a franchise because your first film was solid, you don't launch a film because you think your franchise is solid. There are so many problems in the first one that I don't even care what happens next. Terrible waste.… Expand

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ArtsyTNTSep 25, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can sum up this movie with one word. Disappointing.
I can't see how anyone who has read the series would say otherwise.
As with any book made into a movie, I understand the film can't be 100% like the book. Yet, trust me when I say that giving this movie a 2 is me being generous.
The only relation that The Maze Runner movie has to the book is:
1. The title
2. The characters
3. The location
And even then, the differences are noteworthy.

While all the main characters from the book are there in The Glade, hardly anything holds true to the book. The attitude of the Gladers is more along the lines of being carefree and open than that of the tough, cautious and mysterious nature that is found in the book. It felt like a bunch of boys at an unsupervised summer camp that happened to be located in the middle of a maze, instead of a bunch of boys being thrown into the middle of a twisted experiment inside a deadly puzzle-labyrinth. The storyline and spirit from the book is really only evident in the most basic, miniscule amounts.
For those who haven't read the books, the movie should have no problem entertaining and may even leave them excited for the sequel. However, everyone who waited for the movie to see the story in the book come to life on-screen is in for a rude awakening. This movie had the potential to really tell the great story of The Maze Runner, but sadly, that's not what happened.… Expand

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farrrOct 8, 2014

Great story and effects with the monsters,but the rest wasnt that good at all...It was like a show to me,short movie with a lot of questions to answer.

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WergezNov 2, 2014

I came in this movie with low expectation and that's what I get. I didn't understand my friends were so amazed from it. I would have liked that the labyrinth is more on the focus than problems with the people in the center. I wish moreI came in this movie with low expectation and that's what I get. I didn't understand my friends were so amazed from it. I would have liked that the labyrinth is more on the focus than problems with the people in the center. I wish more action, how the labyrinth plays with the humans sanity. But they threat my sanity with the human interaction. I'm not any kind of emotionally touched. The acting isn't good. There's also not much interesting in the plot. The ending is predictable.
The visuals were great - lots of unused potential.… Expand

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RacoonishDec 25, 2014

The Maze runner is a movie with semi-interesting setting that ends up being absolute garbage.

Story goes something like this (spoiler free) : You watch teenagers in the forest for an hour, 40 minutes of some mostly boring labyrinth andThe Maze runner is a movie with semi-interesting setting that ends up being absolute garbage.

Story goes something like this (spoiler free) :
You watch teenagers in the forest for an hour, 40 minutes of some mostly boring labyrinth and last 5 minutes watching how astonishingly s***ty ending is there just to tell you to watch the sequel that comes god knows when. Also that one "surprise" at the end will purely shock you by how horribly it was done. Like please did you even try at this point?… Expand

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XenonJun 18, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Extremely lame movie most of the time. It begins with a lot of tension which gets lost immediately because of the way the movie focuses on the relationship of the members of the maze prison. This is done by using an extremely high amount of teeny clichés and bad voice acting it almost made me quit the damn thing. The only interesting part of the movie is when they first enter the maze. All that comes after is simply bad story leading to them finding out who's behind the maze and seriously that's so full of illogic crap i wont even write about it. 2/10 because most of the gang died in the end. I enjoyed that.… Expand

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RattazustraAug 5, 2015

This is a movie that is so disgustingly bad, it even beats how bad the novel it is based on is. There is absolutely nothing in the whole movie that carries any weight. The actors are mediocre, the characters they play are hare-brained andThis is a movie that is so disgustingly bad, it even beats how bad the novel it is based on is. There is absolutely nothing in the whole movie that carries any weight. The actors are mediocre, the characters they play are hare-brained and everything around them makes no sense at all. None of the characters act even remotely like a human being. They keep secrets for secrets' sake, conceal important information from each other for the hack of it and eventually the whole story is artificially revealed to be complete and utter nonsense with the sole purpose of luring more naive viewers into watching the next movie. To make all that even worse, even the movie itself lies to the audience. Things are stated that clearly aren't true. The maze is said to be changing, yet for the most part it is not and people are mapping it. Rules just established a moment before are broken as if they meant nothing, which is among the biggest problems of the film, because they really don't. Nothing in the movie matters, starting with the fact that the characters are barely characters at all. All in all it is a complete waste of time.… Expand

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evilgamer3560Aug 9, 2015

Rather good premise borrowed by the source material but **** application
Token blacks, an asian is the best guy, a stronk independent womin comes out of a box to give the guy a romantic interest, guy gets cucked by a black dude, it's as if aRather good premise borrowed by the source material but **** application
Token blacks, an asian is the best guy, a stronk independent womin comes out of a box to give the guy a romantic interest, guy gets cucked by a black dude, it's as if a jew produced it. Oh wait she did… Expand

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aidenb99Oct 14, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am very disappointed in this movie. Comparing this movie to the book is liking saying there was no book at all. I was so excited hearing that there was going to be a movie based on the book. I feel like if there were no book to compare this movie with the movie would have done just fine. There were so many changes to the story in the movie than the story in the book.
Changes:
1) Thomas and Teresa in the book could communicate through each others minds.
2) Instead of them using a camera (or whatever thing they took out of the Grievers) they find a hole that is very well hidden to escape the maze.
3)They do not get picked up on a helicopter, instead it was a bus.
There are a lot more changes in this movie, but these are the ones that annoyed me the most.
Now the sequel is out I don't even plan to see it knowing how the story will probably be about 80% changed from the book just like before, which completely destroys the storyline. Although the acting was great I feel like the movie was not put together as well as it should have.… Expand

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JoseRMar 31, 2015

I had some sense of hope when i went to see this, however i was confronted with a young adult dystopia story with such a vague storyline that constantly makes no sense and then has the ignorance to say to people that spent money to see itI had some sense of hope when i went to see this, however i was confronted with a young adult dystopia story with such a vague storyline that constantly makes no sense and then has the ignorance to say to people that spent money to see it that it is truly "the beginning". Im not going to pretend i've read the book, but the film was disappointing. So many things were poorly done, the way the group are always vague to the main character because instead of them saying what normal people say they have to be vague just to add more pointless mystery. The acting of a lot of these actors is also fairly poor and the ending "video" is a complete **** of exposition for no other reason than to try and get some interest in you going to the cinema to see the impending sequel. As it ends and shows the vastness of the maze you begin to realise that these people built an immensely large maze in hope that it may tell them something about why these children are immune. In my opinion if I was asked to describe the film in one word it would be "Absurd"… Expand

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zack1133572Jul 2, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The book was way better. In the movie, they change and removed parts from the story. They even changed how Chuck dies. Instead of him dying by a knife wound from Gally, he dies a from a gun shot. Also in the movie, Thomas was ignorant at the beginning. They changed how Teresa escape and meet Thomas. They also changed how they found out about "WICKED". They also changed "WICKED" into "WCKD". It's like the director didn't even f***ing read the book. Did he/she get someone to read book and make the movie by memory? This is the last time I even watch a movie based on a book.… Expand

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NeoGeoJun 10, 2016

In comparison to the book, this is a major, ungodly letdown. I don't even need to say more. Read the book if you haven't. Just please do it. How long it takes varies really. But it's better than wasting your time on this.

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BroyaxFeb 11, 2018

Si vous vous attendiez à une variante de Cube, vous allez tomber de haut... de très haut même. Après tout, ils sont 4 sur l'affiche et on pouvait subodorer une histoire similaire faite de survivants dans ce "labyrinthe" géant infesté deSi vous vous attendiez à une variante de Cube, vous allez tomber de haut... de très haut même. Après tout, ils sont 4 sur l'affiche et on pouvait subodorer une histoire similaire faite de survivants dans ce "labyrinthe" géant infesté de créatures bio-mécaniques (le rare point rigolo du film). Mais il n'en est rien ou si peu, car on est ici dans l'optique d'un "Divergente" et de cette série de films pour ados idiots, tirés de bouquins pour des ados idiots (pléonasme).

Or; un film pour les ados, c'est encore pire qu'un film pour les mômes, parce que ce groupe d'une trentaine de branques sont à la fois cons comme des balais, niaiseux et ont l'allant et le charisme d'endives avariées. Les dialogues sont dignes d'une sitcom qui se voudrait l'air grave et dramatique dans ce pathétique Koh Lanta de science-fiction ; la violence est édulcorée, voire carrément inexistante : pas une goutte de sang, on se croirait dans Agence Tous Risques : c'est produit par Disney, cette merde ou quoi ?

En outre, il ne se passe pas grand-chose ou presque rien pour ainsi dire et lorsqu'il se passe éventuellement un truc, l'action de ce Club des Cinq (x5) y est confuse et très mal réalisée. Puis, la fin arrive (enfin) et débouche sur une révélation tirée du chapeau aussi bancale que tout le reste de ce film pourravenaze et bidon qui... appelle une suite et encore une suite après elle... On a trouvé donc une nouvelle recette pour faire du fric sur le dos des débiles et quoi de mieux que les ados attardés à cet effet !… Expand

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douggriJan 6, 2017

The thing which is so positively painful about the MR movies, as with all movies lately, they are an offensive remix (ripoff) of about ten other films/TV: Lord of the Flies, Lost (admitted by author), but also The Matrix (with exact wordingThe thing which is so positively painful about the MR movies, as with all movies lately, they are an offensive remix (ripoff) of about ten other films/TV: Lord of the Flies, Lost (admitted by author), but also The Matrix (with exact wording "'lets skip the training and dive right int""Hell yes"), Gladiator (with exact wording "we stick together or we die trying"), The Island, those annoying three pronged mechanical monster arms in War of the Worlds, Spiderman and every other film which can't think of an original arm device for its schlepped together terrorizing monsters, most obviously The Walking Dead, Mad Max, and a bunch others. Only saving grace is that the boys are earnest and too young to know the disaster they are creating so are somewhat endearing in their stupidity to sign on for this train wreck. Pretty much all of their careers are toast. It could have been an amazing film if they would ave just spent more than a week writing the screenplay and attempting a plot that made some kind of sense. It goes around in circles and nothing ever gets answered or resolved and Death Cure is going to be just as bad.… Expand

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