9/17/14 - The Maze Runner

I finally saw one of the movies I've been wanting to see, The Maze Runner. When I saw the trailer a few months ago, I thought that the movie would be interesting even if the story doesn't seem different from other similar genres. I even downloaded the books from where the movie is adapted from. I just don't have the time to read it yet as I still have a pile of e-books to read.

The movie stars Dylan O' Brien who is known for his role on Teen Wolf and now making a crossover on the big screen.

The movie is all about this group of kids who are thrown into a disclosed land where they have learned to live together and create it their home. Surrounding their space are huge walls which opens up into different mazes. There are assigned "runners" who goes inside the maze and try to find an exit. But here's the catch, these walls are only open for a certain amount of time everyday ad those who don't come back are stuck and doesn't survive as the maze changes itself and because of the "grievers" who are creatures who attack them.

They have learned to create a community.Every month, another person is sent to their location and their memory is missing aside from their names which is the only thing they remember. Here comes Thomas (Brien) whose inquisitive nature forces him to break some rules,gain the trust of other people as well as get questioned by other authorities.

It has a good share of action and surprising scenes to keep you on the edge of your seat. It reminds me of a particular TV show but it might be too much of a spoiler.

It still falls victim to the weakness of other book-turned-movies which is the lack of backstory as well as intorduction to some characters but the movie shows an attempt to do so and created a good segue to create a sequel since the book is a trilogy. The camera work on some action scenes also leaves a lot for improvement as it was quite hard to see what was going on.

Overall, it's an entertaining movie that could have been better but not necessarily bad.