Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (10 December 2014)

This movie was depicted to be an interesting, well paced, energetic thriller or at least I thought so.
Coming into it I did not mind the fact that it bears resemblance to other dystopian movies, most of which I have quite enjoyed, but this one is definitely not like the others. The premise that the movie depicts during the opening and first part is excellent and the characters are fine, however it all goes downhill from there.
The movie starts off excellently and leaves viewers on the edge, yearning for answers to the questions that have been posed;
what's in the maze? why can't the glades small inhabitants remember anything? what are they even doing there?
After which the answers that it delivers are not as profound or intelligent as originally thought. Such as when the 'griever' is revealed to be some sort of retarded mechanical spider with a human face or when Thomas' main opposer seems to have an aneurysm half way through, causing him to make some questionable decisions.
Although I have many criticisms of this movie, I really liked the premise and hoped it would deliver the whole way through but seeing as there are a couple more installments, I remain hopeful that it may somehow still deliver.
5/10