Maze Runner: The Death Cure

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure

PG-13

Released Jan 26, 2018

2h 22m

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Thomas leads some escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions that the Gladers have been asking since they arrived in the maze.

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Critics Consensus

Maze Runner: The Death Cure may offer closure to fans of the franchise, but for anyone who hasn't already been hooked, this bloated final installment is best left unseen.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Director Wes Ball fails to generate any emotional resonance with this premise, though some of the action sequences are exciting.

Mar 10, 2020

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

The intrigue of the first part, the fascinating design of the maze and the interplay between the characters trapped in the Glade have been eroded over the subsequent parts to end in a most unsatisfactory way.

Jul 29, 2019

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

It's efficiently done and there moments in it that are arresting... [but] have we now done with this particular cycle of films? Because I think we all have.

Aug 28, 2018

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Both formally and narratively, The Death Cure feels like a patchwork, Frankensteined together from better material.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 16, 2022

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Drew Dietsch

FANDOM

A bombastic blast that sends the series off on a high note.

Dec 29, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Features lots of ominous music, attractive stars in motion, dusty dystopian landscapes and something gets blown up or shot at every 10 minutes or so. What's missing is the emotional content that might make you care about it.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 28, 2021

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Samuel L

Good movie, love the safe and civilised city in the middle a destroyed world, lots of action but Janson makes no sense to me. He kills Page after Thomas wanted to go with her just to do the same she wanted to do but with lots of violence. In the end, the people who wanted to safe the world are destroyed and the one guy who could do it flees with his friends and leans back. Not the best ending.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/25

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Diego P

I don’t know if they’re trying to wrap up the plot threads, but everything is moving way too fast... What happened? Did they really build up this whole “Chosen One” storyline just to drop it at the last minute? If they were going to change the books, then fine—have the courage to actually change them. Commit to it. Not... this half-baked mess.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Michael D L

Actually the best one of the series with some great action scenes

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Ava S

like 4.4. honestly it deserves better than a 6.3 on IMDb (as someone who hasn’t read the books and never will—I like how the movies stand)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Mike V

The end will be WCKD Maze Runner: The Death Cure (also known simply as The Death Cure) is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Wes Ball 🏃 I don’t see any mazes or running, just a whole lot of unrealistic coincidences… Not bad, but not my favourite either 😐 Meh, it passed the time. Just. 😐👍🏼👎🏼 Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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Brayden G

Better than the second one but not as good as the first one but it’s a satisfying conclusion to the maze runner trilogy

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Synopsis

Thomas leads some escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions that the Gladers have been asking since they arrived in the maze.

Director: Wes Ball
Producer: Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman
Screenwriter: T.S. Nowlin
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Gotham Group, Oddball Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Action|Language|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 6, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.4M
Runtime: 2h 22m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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