Fun movie even with the shoddy plot line

Rating: 7/10 (22 September 2014)

Saw it tonight with my teen, who read the book. I was on the edge of my seat for the whole film. It was fast-paced and a LOT of fun to watch. The star was great. And I liked the whole setup. Toward the end, though, you felt like you needed a really good reason for them all to have been put in a big field in the middle of a maze, and I didn't feel like any explanation worked. Maybe they will explain it better in the next movie. I sure hope so, because I don't want to read the books. But my son tells me that it wasn't explained any better there. I mean: OK, so they are trying to find strong people to withstand a virus. But they already have the cure, so what's the point? And if the point was to study them with the virus in them, then why make it so difficult to GIVE them the virus? Very strange. The grievers --while fun and scary -- made no sense as a way to deliver the virus. So I was a bit lost at the end. BUT like I said, the movie was so fast-paced that you weren't given much time to think about all that stuff, so I enjoyed it.