The Maze Runner (2014)

Director: Wes Ball

Starring: Dylan O’ Brien, Will Poulter, Ki Hong Lee

Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they’re all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.

The film provides more questions than answers. The characters are idiotic just accepting their ‘fate’ and no-one asks any relevant questions. The things they do is not believable at all, as I can’t believe people in their situation would act they way they do. Why do they keep so many secrets, only later to reveal they didn’t know the answers anyway, so why didn’t they rather talk about it and tried to find solutions instead of forming cliques and fighting among each other?

Also, WHY would any company built such a huge maze without any means of making a profit??? Where did their funds come from? WHY would they kill people they are trying to learn from?? WHY would they built ‘monsters’ to threaten the existence of the last few survivors on Earth? WHY would they built a maze that shifts? The planning alone would have taken ages and where did they find the time to do this in a post-apocalyptic world? The money could surely have been used to build domed cities or to assist the survivors instead of building this glorified cage (uh, yes, that’s how I see it). Seriously, NOTHING in this film makes sense!

Having to sit through this was like being tortured. Please, stop, I’ll tell you anything, ANYTHING!! Just hit the STOP button, or even better yet, EJECT. There is no way I’ll be watching the sequels, as I don’t think I’ll survive the torture…