Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

PG-13

Released Sep 18, 2015

2h 11m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Micah H

What happened to the series I so loved? The intriguing storyline is blown into more pieces than all the windows shattered over the course of these two hours. Mystery is gone; answers are neglected; and the best characters in the series are severely underdeveloped. This book deserved so much better.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Geo3 F

This is a great movie that for those that did no read the book won't understand it much but for those that read it, although not 100% accurate is a great follow up to the maze runner, that is entertaining in its own right as a movie sequel or a partial book one.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Neeraj K

in the start ofnthe movie plot gets a little interesting but developed illlogical with the moron thomas

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/14/24

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ProfessionalCat

This movie feels like something out of a Call of Duty campaign and not a Maze Runner sequel.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/13/24

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Tiffany G

Review: https://wp.me/p65txm-aS

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Audience Member

Esta chida, igual que la anterior. Teresa como siempre igual de cansona, me sorprende la capacidad del personaje para ser tan molesta jajaj

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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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.

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: Gotham Group, Temple Hill
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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