A great test

Rating: 10/10 (28 September 2014)

I guessed at the beginning that this was a trial of a sort where a few dozen people stuck in the centre of a maze would be their downfall. Impressive was the fact the maze itself changed every so often to give the group a random idea to see if their intellect would stand up to the challenge.
Needless to say Thomas was that man. Through memories where his life as an observer to the maze was turned so he could partake in the procedure to see if his fellow glade members who has been stuck for three years in a stalemate could also step forward to freedom.
I like the idea that the director of operations explained briefly what had happened to the earth which is why the young glade populace was placed within the maze. It was in order for them to overcome some of the harshest conditions after what was known as the Flare. Where the sun sent out a cataclysmic solar exposure to the earth nearly rendering it uninhabitable.
Billions of lives were lost in the flare but in order to create a new human to overcome obstacles in the harshest degree the director needed survivors probably to search for others in the wastelands or to at least find the weeds and pluck them out before chaos escalates to sheer panic.
It is a nice twist to the dystopia and anarchistic approach. Where humans who survived the worst tragedy creates an even more pure form of violence using test subjects as her weapons. I think there might be a second movie to this film to see what Thomas does now that he is free of the labyrinth with his friends.
Whether he will follow orders or take down Wicked at its core. As for the special effects it was nicely done although CGI in some cases. The sets were very well done as was the music. It left a gritty taste in your mouth with some of the death scenes but that's what survival is. I did however see this film had a very close resemblance to a class movie called Lord Of The Flies where a group of boys were stranded on an island and had to survive using whatever means at their disposal.
It was still a great movie for the most part with new actors and new faces. What was surprising was the actor who played Gally. He does have a strange resemblance to River Phoenix with his facial expressions, which made me question if he is related to him found that was not the answer. I can recommend this to ages above 14. Can't wait for the second instalment.