Watchable adventure with some intense moments! 5/10

Rating: 5/10 (22 March 2015)

Review: I really am in two minds about this movie because the concept wasn't bad and it does have the potential to make a good franchise but I did find the actors quite annoying and none of the characters were that interesting. It's about a boy who wakes up surrounded by a colony of teenagers who have built a world for themselves in the middle of nowhere. The only thing that they can see is this massive maze which no one dares to enter because it shuts after a while. The only people who do go inside the maze are the maze runners who are trying to find a way out. I understood the movie up to that point but when they started to explain why these teenagers were put there, I got lost. I'm sure that it will all come to light when they bring out the sequel, which is obviously bound to happen because of the ending but I hope that they will introduce some interesting characters which will make the movie much better. Apart from that, there are some decent elements to the movie like the big spiders and the fact that Thomas put them all there in the first place and I liked some of the intense moments like when they were trying to go through the maze the first time but it wasn't anything that aMAZING. Watchable!
Round-Up: There's obviously a deep story behind this movie which will explain why they shipped these kids to the middle of nowhere, but were yet to see it. The director touched the matter near the end of the film but it still didn't explain why these spiders were killing people and what the girl and Thomas were actually doing before they got to this mysterious island. There are a few familiar faces in the movie like Will Poulter from Son Of Ranbow and We're The Millers and Thomas Brodick-Sangstar from the Game Of Thrones and Love Actually but it wasn't there best performance. I also recognised the guy who played Alby (Aml Ameen) from the Bill, which used to be a cop drama in the UK but I haven't seen the guy who played the lead (Dylan O'Brien) in anything else. The mysterious girl (Kaya Scodelario) is also from the UK and she had a brief role in Moon and also starred in Clash Of The Titans but I doubt that her part in this movie has really been revealed yet. Anyway, it's a watchable movie that has some intense moments and a good concept but I honestly don't think that we have seen the best from this franchise yet.
Budget: $34milion Worldwide Gross: $341million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their mysterious/adventures about a colony of teenagers who have been put in the middle of nowhere with a maze as there only escape. 5/10