Oddly unsatisfying

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2015)

As I put it in my summary line above, there is something strangely unsatisfying about "The Maze Runner". I'm not saying that it is a BAD movie. The movie doesn't make the ultimate sin filmmakers can do, which is to make a movie boring. The special effects are pretty good, and the cast comes across as a talented number of youths. So what goes wrong with this movie? It's hard to say. It may be that the movie isn't totally original - there are elements of "Cube", "Welcome To Blood City", and other movies here. It may be that there are clear signs that the original cut of the movie ran a lot longer but was edited down to a more reasonable running time, since there are some minor plot elements that don't get enough explanation or none at all. It may be because while the end of the movie gives us some explanation as to what was going on, the ending is also leaves the audience hanging on some important details, no doubt to get people to come for the upcoming sequel. Whatever the reason(s) may be, the end results, while not terrible, are somewhat frustrating.