Predictable

Rating: 2/10 (26 September 2014)

The Maze Runner, a poorly written mess of a film. While, yes some parts were quite entertaining, the whole story is very predictable. The ending was quite abrupt and half-assed as well but I will continue onto that after I address moments which happened earlier in the movie. First, the whole concept is quite interesting, although the writers did not expand on it properly, leaving the whole movie to be rushed and unenjoyable. The Maze Runner is a few young, up- and-coming male actors, a plot that does not live up to the original and way too many cliché moments. Watch, as everyone in the audience pretends not to predict scenes like: Chuck risking his life for Thomas, Thomas bursting out into tears over a child he has known for 5 days, Thomas running into the maze just for the lols, Gally showing up at the end for no apparent reason even though it was almost impossible to follow the group out of the maze etc. etc. The ending, as stated before, is half-assed, abrupt and completely rushed. Half of the events were unexplained, and when they were the explanation was just plain boring and predictable. Plus at the very end it hints towards a second movie, god help us. I could go on and on about this movie, but the fact is it is one of those movies you watch, like, think about then realize how poorly written it actually was. Spare yourself the 113 minutes and just watch the Hunger Games: Catching Fire.