Intriguing set-up, weak payoff

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2015)

Great, just what we *don't* need. Another movie based on a dystopic young adult novel. But this one is actually pretty good... for a while. But then it has to make good on its initial promise and instead delivers a head-scratching ending that's just a set up for a string of $equels.
Still, 'The Maze Runner' is well made and features a strong cast of young actors who are light years ahead of the typical mannequins who make up these sorts of movies. Perhaps this ending--which is not really an ending--will play better once the entire saga is complete. In the meantime, it just feels frustratingly incomplete and unsatisfying.