An action movie, for teenagers only...

Rating: Null/10 (30 November 2014)

Be warned! I saw "The Maze Runner" without really caring about it. I'm not in its demographics. I can't think anyone over 20-ish to want to see this movie. It's intended for teenagers! It's a movie in the same fashion like Hunger games (that I also didn't care to follow). In a dystopian future some kids are trapped inside a maze, without any recollection of how they end up there. Some of them feel that the right thing to do is stay inside and survive, some others want to get out.
Right from the start it reminded me of the RPG game "Gothic" (2001). That game too starts with an elevator of some sort carrying supplies to the inhabitants of the maze (barrier in the game) and is also the mean that the main hero arrives inside.
The themes of "The Maze Runner" you have seen it before (if you are older than 20-ish!) many many times.
It has a creepy, mysterious atmosphere, basically because of the design of the maze with its ultra-tall walls but that isn't enough. The rest of the "universe" the movie tries to build seems incomplete and fails to capture the imagination of the viewer.
Overall the movie feels like a product to make money. (And as far as I know it did. Making more than 10 times the money that cost.) It follows a recipe, and if you "ate" a lot of those (i.e. you are more mature and have seen many movies) you reach a point that you want more.