After more than three years of exploration, they’re still searching for the secret to the Maze, but it takes Thomas’ unique perspective to open up new possibilities when he’s quickly promoted to Runner after helping Alby and Minho survive a night in the Maze, an unprecedented feat. ![]() Gardeners and goat herders provision the camp, craftsmen fashion shelters and tools, but the Runners get the most respect.Įvery night, the Maze that surrounds the Glade shifts configuration, and every day, the Runners enter the labyrinth guided by Minho ( Ki Hong Lee) to map each iteration in an ongoing quest to find a way out, but they must return to the Glade before nightfall and the emergence of the terrifying Grievers, giant spider-like biomechanical predators that patrol the Maze. Alby ( Aml Ameen), the first arrival, and Newt ( Thomas Brodie-Sangster) form the leadership team, and enforcer Gally ( Will Poulter) provides any physical persuasion required to keep everyone in line performing their assigned tasks. Unable to remember any details from his past, he’s quickly assimilated into the makeshift society that the population of several dozen teens has created, even though all of them suffer from a similar state of trauma-induced amnesia. Although the principal protagonists’ survival is never seriously in doubt, it’s threatened frequently enough to maintain interest, so with anticipation regarding the novel’s adaptation already running high, the release is likely to see substantive response from teens and Dashner’s literary fans.īall opens the film with Thomas ( Dylan O’Brien) arriving in the Glade at the center of the Maze just like every other teen boy before him - on a freight elevator that unloads him and some meager cargo in a vast open area covered by meadows and woods that’s surrounded by massive concrete walls. When The Maze Runner was published in 2009, it became a New York Times best-seller, and it’s easy to understand why: Dashner has fashioned a distinctive, if derivative, dystopian storyline that’s easily recognizable, along with archetypal characters engaged in a constant, thrilling struggle for their lives. ![]() Entrusted with the first novel in author James Dashner’s futuristic series of four young adult books, Ball appears to be implementing a strategy that’s predicated more on quickly launching a film franchise than developing a substantive long-form narrative. When Fox picked up the feature version of animator Wes Ball’s short film Ruin in 2012, the deal quickly led to the studio offering Ball The Maze Runneras his full-length directing debut.
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