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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Play trailer 2:26 Poster for Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials PG-13 Released Sep 18, 2015 2h 11m Sci-Fi Adventure Action Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Transported to a remote fortified outpost, Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers find themselves in trouble after uncovering a diabolical plot from the mysterious and powerful organization WCKD. With help from a new ally, the Gladers stage a daring escape into the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. The Gladers only hope may be to find the Right Hand, a group of resistance fighters who can help them battle WCKD.
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is an action-packed sequel at the cost of story, urgency, and mystery that the original offered.

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Tara Brady Irish Times Still, there's plenty of fun to be had from the fleet-footed zombies and random nods to Mad Max. Rated: 3/4 Mar 2, 2016 Full Review Jim Slotek Toronto Sun If it sounds like there isn't an original thought in The Scorch Trials' scripted head, you're right. But at least you won't be smacking yourself in the head trying to figure out what's going on. Rated: 3/5 Sep 24, 2015 Full Review Monica Castillo International Business Times Unlike the second Hunger Games movie, which largely felt like retread, the latest Maze Runner opens up its world and actually contextualizes the motive behind the bad guys. Rated: 3/5 Sep 20, 2015 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Unlike other YA franchises, the basic emotional underpinnings remain vacant in The Maze Runner movies, and the action isn’t good enough to keep our attention. Rated: 1.5/4 May 27, 2022 Full Review Hosea Rupprecht Pauline Media Studies Scorch Trials does not present any new themes or much character development but it does cement the concepts of truth and freedom that The Maze Runner introduced. Sep 13, 2021 Full Review Tyler Smith Battleship Pretension Yes, there are the standard story beats to hit, but Wes Ball doesn't seem interested in simply hitting them and moving on. Instead, he wants to understand why something might happen and what the implications of it are. Jan 15, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ava S why tf is her name ava. oh and I honestly don’t understand the hate-unless it’s like a book to movie thing-because I haven’t read the books and never will. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/13/25 Full Review Mike V The Maze Was Just the Beginning. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (stylized onscreen simply as The Scorch Trials) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction film. The film is a direct sequel to the 2014 film The Maze Runner and the second installment in The Maze Runner film series. It was directed by Wes Ball 🏃 Not bad, but not my favourite either 😐 Meh, it passed the time. Just. 😐👍🏼👎🏼 Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Brayden G Weakest out of the three movies Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/25 Full Review Emma F Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, an action-packed sequel, loses its way in the process of trying to be more exciting. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/10/25 Full Review Audience Member It’s a shame they named this movie “The Scorch Trials” when there is hardly a single similarity between the book and movie. At least name it differently if you’re going to write a completely new story, that way you don’t make a fool out of the incredible book by James Dashner. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/25 Full Review Giovana L É legal,mas é muito maçante de assitir,uma hora é momento de ação,adrenalina pura,depois pula pra momentos tão calmos e chatos,que chega a ser desnecessário. O desenvolvimento dos personagens é quase insistente,mas pelo menos o desenvolvimento de mundo compensa. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/24/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Transported to a remote fortified outpost, Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers find themselves in trouble after uncovering a diabolical plot from the mysterious and powerful organization WCKD. With help from a new ally, the Gladers stage a daring escape into the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. The Gladers only hope may be to find the Right Hand, a group of resistance fighters who can help them battle WCKD.
Director
Wes Ball
Producer
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman, Joe Hartwick Jr.
Screenwriter
T.S. Nowlin
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Temple Hill, Gotham Group
Rating
PG-13 (Extended Sequences of Violence|Action|Language|Some Thematic Elements|Substance Use)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 18, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$81.7M
Runtime
2h 11m
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