Another fiction, a genre to which I relate not unequivocally. I watched very few films in this genre. Maybe that's why I liked the start... dashingly fast. Exactly until the moment when the creatures appear - snotty arthropod killers. I don’t like these characters, they’re scary stories for kids. Well, of course, continued to watch and, I must say, even reached the final, and without violence against themselves.
There are a lot of questions and they appeared with almost every new scene... there is also something to have fun with.
The main roles are African-American, Asian, European ... of course, so as not to offend anyone. . .
The first deputy leader of this republic, the skid, was declared a red-haired guy of subtilized appearance. For what merits the boy with the physique of a mosquito achieved such a position, did not explain.
Well, the authors could not do without the female persona ... in order to throw the girl into this men's lair, well, as without this ... prudently did it almost in the final ... The uselessness of this character is obvious... except that she is like a “post pigeon” of memory serum, that’s all.
The battle with creatures during the escape is affecting. The brave and desperate teenagers are armed with wooden sticks and, of course, the creatures are defeated.
The aspen stake in the chest of nasty Harry is a natural result of his obsession.
The fatal wound of a fat boy, in his last breath, the transmission of a homemade netske as a symbol of family and the desire to find his parents is a necessary element of universal sentimentality. Protracted tantrums and sobs of the protagonist over the dying boy are excessively emotional ... it is difficult to believe.
See and never come back Point
Maze Runner is a gripping sci-fi film that successfully conveys the essence of its source, albeit with some drawbacks. The plot of the film takes us on an intense journey when a group of young people find themselves trapped in a mysterious maze, devoid of memories of their past. The pace is well sustained, and the tension remains palpable throughout the film, which makes it interesting for fans of the dystopian genre.
However, when it comes to acting, the film does not hold up to criticism. While young actors are promising, their images lack the depth and nuance needed to truly bring the characters to life. Interaction between actors seems forced at times, and their emotional range is limited, which prevents viewers from fully immersed in the plot. Nevertheless, the film manages to maintain intrigue thanks to a strong plot and well-staged combat episodes.
By comparison, the book version of Maze Runner wins in areas where the film is inferior. The written format allowed to reveal the characters in more detail, giving readers a deeper understanding of the motives and inner struggles of the main characters. In addition, the book delves into the complex relationships and alliances formed on Glade territory, which increases the emotional impact on the reader. Deepening into the thoughts and internal monologues of the characters, the book as a whole offers a richer and deeper experience.
One of the advantages of the film is its ending with a cliffhanger, which makes viewers look forward to the next part. While the film adaptation conveys the shock and uncertainty of the characters, the book gives more depth and detail. She explores the psychological and emotional impact on the characters as they try to cope with the grim reality that awaits them outside the maze.
Overall, Maze Runner is a fascinating film that successfully conveys the essence of the source material with its intriguing storyline and intense plot. However, the film lacks the depth and nuances inherent in the characters of the book. However, both versions leave a lasting impression with their twisted endings, encouraging viewers and readers to continue the journey with heroes facing serious difficulties.
I only watched this movie now, when it’s 2022. He left me a good impression. In general, I am quite sensitive and carefully approached the selection of material, so I was initially skeptical to view. After reading the book, you do not want to be disappointed in the work because of ridiculous acting or anything else. But this work did not justify my critical opinion, I was very surprised by what I saw. From the first minute, the film captured my attention and did not let go throughout the series, from the very beginning, such intrigue and surprise of the change of events are invested, which is simply breathtaking.
The plot unfolds on the basis of a cell from which it is difficult to escape. A good color scheme, bright drawing and graphics of monsters helps the viewer “adapt” and penetrate the plot, believe in what is happening one hundred percent.
You could classify this film as an adventure type, but it’s packed too much with other themes and issues. For example, love or friendship, so this one is lost, although it still takes place. I really like movies related to escapes, intriguing riddles and puzzles, so I could not leave Maze Runner without sharp attention.
Dylan O’Brien, playing the role of Thomas, amazed me with his abilities. I first noted his remarkable work in the wonderful TV series Wolf, where he also plays a leading role, without which not much would have happened. Dylan has one unparalleled feature that all critics might not appreciate: the ability to hold onto the camera frame. It conveys so clearly and clearly the reality in which it exists that you simply forget about your own world and begin to live in it. It seems to me that no one would have played the role of Thomas in Maze Runner better than Dylan O’Brien, whose role is so versatile that he can play the maniac and the victim, the winner and the loser, the weakling and the brave. But most of all, I liked his clear voice. From the first seconds, he fascinated me with his pitch. I think that if all actors of modern cinema had this level of skill, then our film industry would be at the height of its development.
Despite the vagueness of the genre, I can still say that the film should be seen by all people of different categories, since it contains problems that require public attention.
Maze Runner is another series of teenage dystopias that were at their peak in popularity in the 2010s. I immediately confess that I did not read the original novel, and immediately sat down for the film adaptation, which in the end seemed to me very good.
The story introduces the viewer to a guy named Thomas, who finds himself in a rising rattling elevator. The elevator brings the hero to a strange place under the open sky, where for some time already live the same teenagers as himself. Actually, our hero remains to become elected in the best traditions of the genre, to remember his past and lead newfound friends and acquaintances through the Labyrinth to the long-awaited freedom.
“Maze Runner” is a good adventure within the genre, which is sufficiently captivating, not allowing you to get bored. The plot throws some intrigue, the picture of the world on the screen gradually becomes larger and deeper as possible. Interpersonal conflicts are also added, in general, there is something to look at.
Of course, no masterpiece from the picture can not even be expected. This is a light tape with a pleasant visual for lazy viewing, which does not claim anything.
On caste, there's a whole pack of fresh faces and idols of young people - Dylan O'Brien, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Sangster. I can not say that any of them somehow specially remembered or stood out from the rest, but nothing criminally bad in the acting did not notice.
Verdict: Maze Runner is absolutely the same movie as similar projects designed for teenagers. Moderately digestible, quite interesting and lightweight spectacle, on which you can spend an evening.
This film left a good impression on me. In general, I am very sensitive and carefully approaching the selection of material, so I was initially skeptical about the viewing. Since after reading the book you do not want to be disappointed in the work because of the ridiculous acting and staging of the director. BUT. But this work did not justify my critical opinion, I was very surprised by what I saw. From the first minute, the film captured my attention and did not let go throughout the series, from the very beginning, such intrigue and surprise of the change of events are invested, which is simply breathtaking.
The plot unfolds on the basis of a cell from which it is difficult to escape. A good color scheme, bright drawing and graphics of monsters helps the viewer “adapt” and penetrate the plot, believe in what is happening one hundred percent.
One could refer this film to the adventure type, but it is too much stuffed with other themes and problems, for example, love or friendship, so this one is lost, although it still takes place. I really like movies involving escapes, intriguing riddles and puzzles, so I couldn’t leave Maze Runner unattended. That turn of events, those action-packed episodes that are there, made me watch it, and I did not regret it.
Dylan O’Brien, playing the role of Thomas, amazed me with his abilities. I first noted his remarkable work in the wonderful TV series Wolf, where he also plays a leading role, without which not much would have happened. Dylan has one unparalleled feature that all critics could not fail to appreciate: the ability to stay in the camera frame. It conveys so clearly and clearly the reality in which it exists that you simply forget about your own world and begin to live in it. He has such measured and vivid assessments, he never does anything past: all the looks, turns, and even finger movements look very organic and believable, I believed in all his actions, the faith in the proposed circumstances that Dylan had, I believe, is the best I have seen before. It seems to me that no one would have played the role of Thomas in Maze Runner better than Dylan O’Brien, his role is so versatile that he can play a maniac and a victim, a winner and a loser, a weakling and a brave man, and the audience would believe him unconditionally. But what I liked most was his message and his clear voice. From the first seconds he fascinated me with his pitch, I heard every sound, sigh he made. I think that if all actors in modern cinema had this level of skill, then our film industry would be at its peak.
Despite the vagueness of the genre, I can still say that the film should be seen by all people of different age categories, since it contains problems that require public attention. For example, the love for his parents, as Chuck loved his parents, although he did not remember at all, but he still retained the faith that helped him to hold on and not give up until his last breath.
Only total idleness forced to watch the film to the end. Admittedly, the ending a little pulled the overall depressingly hopeless impression of the movie.
In short: the idea, the plot is quite working, the implementation is very bad.
None of the characters are completed, not registered or inscribed in the plot. The actors could have finished, but did not know what it was.
According to the idea of the film was to interrupt ' The Hunger Games' - the plots are somewhere nearby. From the very beginning, I was alerted that the society of young men is not the first year together quite horizontal, without violence and sexual deformities. They are not real people anymore. There's a formal leader -- black, of course -- but there's nothing leadership about him. By the end of the film, that becomes clear. The second shadow ' leader-silovik' stupid, as it should, but takes a voice - there is no one behind him, this also does not happen.
It is also not clear how in a fairly small area ' runners ' managed to hide their research maze. A lot of incomprehensible, unnatural for human behavior, more precisely, young healthy sexually mature people in a limited space with limited resources. Although there is a forest, it is always warm, judging by the clothes and housing - but there is not a single animal, not a single bed.
And to the end, she comes! Yes, God himself ordered to arrange a great battle between the best males, to develop scenes of jealousy - there is nothing! It doesn't happen either.
For good, on this material you can build a great thriller like 'Running Man'. What's in the way?
Dialogue! They just knock out everything that makes you watch a movie! I thought the translation was bad. Included original - no, not translation.
God says, “Are you all right?” or not. “You don’t understand” in any situation when you need to fill in the pause. But the whole film is an absolute lean jelly from the word flow type:
- What about it?
- I don't know. Maybe we can find something there.
- But how did you get here?
- I remember something. I had a dream.
- What will we find tomorrow?
- Let's go to bed, it's late.
- Look, we don't know if we should stay.
It's unbearable. A little tighten the intrigue, arrange the characters and slightly organize the direct speech – all that had to be done to be close to quality cinema.
Logic and effects have already been painted, compared with the book - there is nothing to add there. I'll try to read it.
Operator work and installation at a high level, in the scenery invested, not cheap, and the picture looks very good.
The movie killed the dialogue.
Four years later, revisiting Maze Runner, I didn't have facepaloms, nor did I have delight. The film is ambiguous, sometimes weak, but watchful. What is his problem?
The first is the lack of character development. Literally, we are introduced to a crowd of guys, highlighting as a basis a dozen, the rest are placed on the background, but nothing about them is told. Because of the impersonality of the characters, the whole drama turns into a circus, because it is impossible to make the viewer worry about those whom he does not know. For example, the moment with Chuck’s death, which is supposed to elicit sympathy from us, looks so down-to-earth that in a few minutes we forget that the character even existed. Secondly, the excessive dynamics of the plot. The beginning is measured and clear, sometimes even goes too deep into unnecessary aspects, but with the appearance of Kai Scodelario, everything changes. Interesting moments begin to be missed in order not to go beyond the timekeeping, which is why the ending is simply smeared and unsaid. Third, the installation of “fear of epileptic”. No kidding, in action scenes it is difficult to make out what is happening on the screen, the change of angles is so frequent and sharp that there is a slight dizziness.
What’s more, there can’t be one negative, right? The film has positive moments, they are few, but they carry the whole film. Most of all, I liked the color correction: the tones are selected muffled and gloomy, evoking the atmosphere of the post-apocalypse, which adds to the cinema an additional entourage of despair, deeper immersing in the “mysterious labyrinth”. Also to praise the concept of the plot, it is interesting, but because of the implementation curve, the whole idea flew into tartars.
What's the result? "Maze Runner" can be seen, but you should not expect something supernatural.
The Maze Runner is the fourth series of films about select teenagers who heroically fight a dictatorship. I’ve mentioned many times that the concept of these stories is strange to say the least, but the root of the problem lies in the scar of Harry Potter. When the boy-who-survived became a cult and brought the creators a lot of money, other filmmakers and writers decided to also earn extra money on the wave of popularity of the genre. And here we have the Divirgent, the Hunger Games and the Maze Runner.
This film is the first part of the trilogy, the last part of which was released last month. The film is based on the bestselling novel by American writer James Deschner.
Thomas wakes up in a rising elevator. He doesn’t remember his name or how he got into the elevator. The elevator stops and is met by a group of teenagers. These teenagers live in a field surrounded by a huge labyrinth. The maze changes every night and is inhabited by terrifying monsters. They also don’t remember anything and came here through a maze. The teenagers call the glade in the middle of the maze Glade, and the leader of them is the Negro Albee, who first got to the Glade three years ago. They have a squad of “runners” who go to the maze every day to study it and find a way out.
Then the action develops in a standard way for such a situation. Thomas is given a tour, some adhere to the old tradition of “breaking the new”. Most of the aggression comes from the character of Will Poulter, who played Eustace in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Dawn Conqueror. Eustace as the plot develops turns into an antagonist and main opponent of Thomas. And this style of storytelling was not very liked. It's too slow and primitive.
But what you can’t take away from this film is intrigue. The plot is certainly simple and develops slowly, but thanks to the electrified atmosphere, constant tension and thirst for the truth, the film becomes interesting and retains attention.
Also in favor of the film went a special gloomy green atmosphere, which was in Pil. It added drama and mystery.
The budget of the tape was a very modest amount of 34 million dollars. Hence the lack of action. Most of the time, the heroes sit on a clearing by a campfire or in tents, speaking in short phrases about something terrible and mysterious. “Running” in the labyrinth of course was, but it was not enough. I liked the scenes with traps in the maze and the attack of monster grievers on Glade. They were really spectacular scenes.
The soundtrack is also not bad, nothing outstanding, but also did not seem superfluous.
The graphics and drawing of monsters are magnificent. They really looked menacing, sometimes catching up with a light suspense. But I was not happy with the maze graphics. It was cheap, which explains the budget.
The acting game was surprisingly level. Unlike Divirgent. I especially liked Amp Amin. I was really worried about his character. Dylan O'Brien also played well, his character turned out to be a revolutionary with a pronounced spirit of freedom.
The picture also has a good morality, which says that to achieve the goal you need to strive for it and never stop. There was also a moral about the value of freedom and how terrible it is to lose it. There were good thoughts about leadership and crowd management.
All this complements the excellent panoramic views of the gloomy labyrinth against the backdrop of sunset, growing anxiety and suspense.
But here we come to the most sad and tragic. Namely, to the final of the picture. The ending is disgusting. The film is not a psychological thriller, it's more of a teenage dystopia like Divergent and it's certainly disgusting. The huge potential of 110 minutes is ruined by 10 minutes of ending!!! It’s like an old Chinese proverb: Five minutes of stupidity can ruin the wisdom of three hours. Well, that happens...
Overall, the film is good. Like a thriller, it looks good in the middle and holds well in suspense. If only the ending had been brilliant. Not only the film, but the novel.
The score is strictly subjective and applies only to the film. You don't have to mess with the book. The film is entitled to a different vision.
I watched the film after the book, and knew everything in advance, but I was surprised how you can spoil such a great source, reworking almost everything, leaving only the main, and then twisted milestones in the narrative.
Why, one question? For mass? The original was bloody, darker and stricter in my opinion - you don't chew anything, you just spoil your appetite. Here is an inexplicable bloody mess, screams and everything in order to turn the fantastic story of Deschner into a complete farce for young people. The book may not be ingenious, but easy, as well as the spirit swallowed in the shortest time. The event at the event, just the perfect material for translating - even word for word, will still be interesting.
Here, the characters become ... stupid (the actions speak for themselves), completely different in the case of some characters (and for whom I am offended, especially for Albee, because he is not like this, this is not like this at all), and deaths are even more stupid, inexplicable. After all, if a character has to fade into oblivion, then not necessarily how, right? However, everything makes sense, and it is a hundred times muzzled in books, but the same appearance of Thomas and his connection with a girl – well, deeper everything, not so superficial, not youth fantasy is a little, well, maybe not only it? Why did all the details be omitted, changed, and done something clearly indigestible? Only special effects save - visualization and true class, only inconsistencies mass.
In general, in the pursuit of it is unclear why, against the background of the popularity of such works as “The Hunger Games” (which were also filmed much better), Divirgent and the masses of what else, Deshner becomes on a par with the Twilight Saga, and other similar favorites, although he was backed by a more than good film with meaning, beautiful, worked-out heroes, for whom he wanted to worry in the novel, but who become only empty in the film itself, because, alas, nobody really gave up, to make them too smart and thoughtful. Spectacularity above all (and from the twenty survivors remained about ten – the budget, what can you do, even a decent cart storage and a larger house, alas, was not enough).
In 2014, when it seemed that the fashion for dystopia for teenagers began to go away, the film "Maze Runner" was released on the screens, based on the 2009 bestselling novel of the same name. Perhaps, after the abundance of sequels of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the adaptation of Dashner’s novel was the last attempt to tell another story about a group of teenagers who challenge the current system in a post-apocalyptic world. And I have to admit, the creators managed to surprise me (in a good sense of the word). The film at the same time resembles “Cube” and “Lord of the Flies”, and some plot moves (including the finale) are generally made in the spirit of “Lost”.
The plot takes place in a space called Glade, which is located in the center of a huge maze. From time to time, an underground elevator brings another guy to the surface of the Glade, who, like the other inhabitants, remembers nothing from his past - only his name. The only way to leave this place, resembling a quiet village, is through a maze. But it is not easy to do this, because every day the structure of the maze changes, and the doors close at night. And those who did not have time to get out of it, became the victim of patrolling the maze of monsters – grievers. However, everything changes with the appearance in the community of a guy named Thomas - a man who did not want to stay here for the rest of his life.
The peculiarity of this picture, in my opinion, is the presence in it of a huge number of secrets and mysteries, to which answers do not come immediately. The film begins with Thomas in the elevator. Who is this guy? What is this place? How to go through the maze? – such questions the viewer asks himself, following literally the actions of Thomas (who is also trying to figure it out). But as the plot progresses, the characters and viewers still begin to find answers in doses (which, however, give rise to bigger questions). At the same time, there are no explanatory titles in the picture, or a voiceover that would help to understand what is happening on the screen. In other words, the film keeps in suspense almost from the beginning to the end.
As far as the actors and their characters are concerned, I would like to point out something here. First, in my opinion, Maze Runner only benefited from a non-star cast. I’ve seen someone before (Thomas Sangster in The Last Legion and Will Poulter in We Miller). But, nevertheless, the cast turned out to be mostly non-media. Secondly, none of them really managed to open up, only indicating his role in this film conditionally: Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) is the main character, Gully (Will Poulter) - his antipode, which will in every way interfere with the main character, Neuth (Thomas Sangster) - a good friend and a deputy who can make decisions in a difficult moment, Gihunh> can give the will ("Mun"). Even Teresa (Kai Scodelario's character) who appeared in the middle of the film does not carry any significant function (even the fact that she is the only girl among the inhabitants of Glade does not lead to any romantic relationships in the film). Perhaps the fact is that the characters are too concerned with the problem of their own survival, so they simply do not have time for some sentiments.
To sum up, I like the movie Maze Runner very much. Yes, he, like many modern blockbusters, has its shortcomings, blunders, discrepancies with the original source. But the dynamics, and the growing sense of anxiety in the debut tape of Wes Ball (who had previously shot only short films) only aroused interest in it and its continuation.
8 out of 10
To be honest, I had a biased attitude towards this franchise. At that time there were snotty "Twilight", quite a good "Hunger Games" and very stupid "Divergent". Therefore, to look at the next epic from the category of “teenagers against the system” did not cause much desire. And then all of a sudden there was a desire and ... here is this review.
To begin with, I want to highlight the most important plus of the film – the action. From the very first second, we are thrown into the epicenter of events (of which there are few if you think about it), and only to the final. And this is good because we do not need to listen to pseudo-audit dialogues of transitional age, and the holes in the plot with illogical do not particularly notice.
The plot is quite interesting for fiction and creativity you feel why you want to know how everything will end.
The frame of the story is complemented by a rather scanty graphon that they try to hide behind the dark and ragged editing, but the eye does not cut, and the music, although quite standard, is also to the place.
The cast, in my opinion, is a bit let down: Paul Walker on minimals (Dylan O’Brien) and Daisy Ridley for the poor (Kaya Scodelario) seem to be trying to play, but still emotions do not take out, especially the latter. Thomas Sangster and Lee Gi-hon save the situation a little, but they are still secondary. There is nothing to say about the rest.
And then the most interesting thing manifests itself: at first glance - nothing special, but you want to look further, there are interesting finds and action in the best traditions of Tom Cruise (run from everything and everything). And if the second part proves to be no worse – maybe even the third in the movie I will go.
7 out of 10
Heard about this film from an advertisement on the website "Kinopoisk", and after a while decided to get acquainted with him better.
A guy named Thomas wakes up in an elevator, and soon finds himself among other similar teenagers in a small area limited by a concrete wall of giant size, behind which there is a maze, the exit from which has not yet been found.
I liked the idea of the film immediately, and its further implementation also proved to be positive. Despite the rather young and unknown to me cast, their performance was at a pretty decent level. The plot was full of interesting and exciting moments, in terms of the narrative, despite many hidden from the viewer, I did not have a feeling of any understatement. Locations, despite their limitations, were quite diverse due to the intricacies of the labyrinth, and this is also the merit of the creators. The special effects presented in the film were also visually interesting.
It is noteworthy that with the growing interest of the audience to dystopias among the youth contingent, more and more books are being published on such topics, and one of its representatives, released from the pen of James Dashner, just served as the plot for this film. Despite the genre similarity with the epic “The Hunger Games”, “Maze Runner” personally liked me much more.
I will be happy to watch the second part of the next franchise, in the development of which there are no questions. For those who haven’t seen the first one, I recommend it.
8 out of 10
The man in the maze decided to look spontaneously. I didn’t follow the filming, I didn’t read the interviews of the actors, I just saw the poster and went to the next session. I liked the movie, but it made me think. After all, this film raises the issue of trust and friendship.
The main characters are well revealed, but if desired, it could be better. They almost completely coincide with their prototypes in the book. The characters are very different. It makes you believe and empathize with the main characters.
When I read the book, I realized that a lot of the film was different. But that doesn’t make the movie worse, it plays into his hands. Due to the rejection of certain details, the film becomes more believable and down to earth. You realize what's going on in the movie could actually happen in the future, and that's a little bit of a worry.
The film is very dynamic in itself. There is no extra action that could spoil the thread of the narrative. In some places it gets really creepy and you want to close your eyes. But in general, the scenes are arranged in such a way that the viewer does not get bored.
I watched this movie after watching the Hunger Games. Hard to see. I've been tormented, where do I go? Good fiction is hard to find, it remains to watch bad.
In the search (what else to see on a long cloudy cold evening) in similar films I saw “Maze Runner”. Started watching.
The beginning is lively, the hero is cute (unlike the specific appearances of the heroes of the Hunger Games). But I was alert. Since the film is in the section similar to “The Hunger Games”, then now will begin boredom and pink snot.
At first I thought the film would be pseudo-psycho-social-philosophical. Something about the psychology and sociology of a closed community like Lord of the Flies or the Republic of Shkid. Films of this level are very difficult to make. It will turn out the usual hysterical, inadequate, pathetic craftsmanship. But no. The authors did not follow this difficult path.
The dynamics persisted, the intrigue continued, the self-digging of the heroes at a minimum, pathos a little. And no pink snot! Bravo!
The next day after watching, I caught myself thinking that I thought I would get out of this maze, like I would live in this meadow in the center. The film gave food to the mind. It's a pleasant surprise. Usually from modern films there is only a feeling of anger for the stupidity seen.
Of course, there are absurdities in the film, failures in logic. But they overlap with a good play of cute actors and a cheerful plot.
What an incredible sight! I mean, how did they manage to do that?
To begin with, we are trying to show a purely male community of teenagers living in isolation for a very long time. The community is led by a guy with no special charisma and no leadership qualities at all. The community has peace and order. Yes, there are dissatisfied, but they are puppet and funny.
The Labyrinth Runner sets an example of utopia in a dystopian world. Here children are talking nonsense, which is justified, and adults are full of nonsense, which raises the question, how is anyone still alive?
No one asks what, why or why. Because if you ask that question, the whole plot of the movie and the book will collapse like a house of cards. If you ask the questions of an adult and an adequate person, he will tear the film and the book with one question: “Why did you decide to achieve your goal in this way and not in another way?”
Attempting to respond to a fierce fan of the series will cause terrible pain in the head from the realization of imperfection in the world and its role in this.
I’m not saying the movie doesn’t have fans. I confess honestly, if you turn off your head and just watch what is happening on the screen, then even somehow do not want to leave this imaginary world. But I don’t like to turn my head off, and therefore I don’t like Transformers, Superman, X-Men, etc., because the eye is constantly clinging to something.
I can say the following about the film:
1. It gives an example of true friendship and mutual assistance between people.
2. It shows that often acting is a much more profitable tactic than standing and thinking.
3. This is an example of very good special effects for your budget. That is, they are 2-3 times better than in the new Ghostbusters and about two times worse than Terminator 5, with budgets of $34 (Runner), $144 (Hunters) and $150 (Terminator).
Yes, there is a lot of stupidity in the film, a lot of naive dreams, a complete misunderstanding of the relationship between the sexes in adolescence within a closed collective.
I could give a lot of examples of the ill-conceived world, goals and ways to implement them, but again I rest on spoilers (seriously, why not make it possible to add spoilers that could be hidden under the kata, as is often done on forums). ) .
Overall, the film left mixed feelings. On the one hand, the implementation of the idea is largely disgusting. The idea itself raises a lot of questions and conflicting emotions.
However, when the credits went, I caught myself thinking that I was “interesting, what’s next?”
If I were 14 or 16 years old, I would be thrilled. Maybe even 18. Now, of course, the impressions are not the same, but I am not the target audience of the film, and it teaches quite kind and healthy things. On this explanatory note, I swear.
Wes Ball's picture I've seen twice so far. A year and a half apart. It is believed that the film "Maze Runner" received mixed and positive reviews. It's almost like that. However, in the area where I live, the picture was rather negative from the viewer. And I don't know why. Of course, she's not a supermasterpiece. And, of course, there are certain shackles in it. And the denouement at all, alas, slides down to the banal teenage ... But about everything in order, because I did not in vain start this text.
The picture is intriguing. It's growing along the way. Watching this is fascinating and even conveys a tense atmosphere in the frame, as well as the experiences of the characters. Why does that feel? There is a logical explanation for this: What will happen in this labyrinth? This uncertainty is exactly what bribes. Moreover, the structure over and over again harbors new secrets, traps and new creatures-grivers.
According to the plot, Thomas (quote), "caught on a strange elevator in the Glade - a square space surrounded by a Labyrinth" (material from Vicky), wakes up and does not remember how he got here. Just scraps of some weird dreams. It turns out that Gladers have been living here for years. And according to the laws of a new and fashionable genre, Thomas arrived here with the label "chosen."
Well, that's as short as possible. And it turns out that the film, on the one hand: with the touch of modernity (well, when you have to dance to the tune of the producers), on the other hand, it somehow holds and continues to hold. But maybe it’s because we don’t know what’s around the corner.
Simply put, there is a cliché, but there is no overkill with this component. For me personally, this film was seen more as a thriller both times. Even the Labyrinth reminded me of the Cube from the painting of the same name!
Visual effects? Well, I think there's an overabundance of chromacea.
Actors and roles? Now, despite me, everyone liked it. And in particular, this is, of course, the lead actor - Dylan O'Brien (Thomas), the only girl in the range of gladers - Kaya Scodelario(Theresa), Will Poulter (leader by the name Gully) and Aml Amin (Albi). Well, you can also Ki Hong Lee note in the role of a runner Minho...
Some scenes look ridiculous, meanwhile. For example, why did they run in this labyrinth? Lack of time? What, no one in two years has learned the workings of a hellish multi-level neighbor? And it looked ridiculous how they ran to this labyrinth ...
So there was a two-way movie. Like that medal. And if this movie is no longer perceived as art, but as entertainment, then it is necessary. The ending crosses out everything in the world, but I remember not only the last. And for me personally, that coin fell by a third party. Therefore, I make the following assessment...
Dystopian youth books are popular today. Of course, sooner or later they will be filmed, which also affected the book by James Dashner ' Maze Runner '.'The Hunger Games','Divergent' and now it is...
I can't tell if it's a good movie or a bad movie.
Plot
We've seen this before. A group of teenagers (played by non-teens) find themselves/live in a very bad/weird place. But sooner or later there is a person who wants to change everything. In this film, the main character is a sixteen-year-old boy named Thomas. Of course, the rebel protagonist. Not only does it change the world, it also changes people’s lives. And not always for the better (Oops, spoilers)
Attempt to change the rules, first love, friendship and even ' Acquisition' enemy.
Well, then, turn around, turn around. . .
Actors
From the cast I can single out Thomas Sangster and Dylan O'Brien.
Thomas, thank you for being able to recreate a great character like Newt.
And Dylan should be thanked just for being here. Still, he turned out to be a good hero (Kitniss and Tris nervously smoke on the sidelines).
I recommend the film only to fans of the book. They are the ones who will appreciate it. And those who just decided to watch another youth dystopia, I advise not to include ' Maze Runner'. In extreme cases, this is a film for 1 time.
I laughed at this moment for a long time, especially when you see that this “tumb” is allegedly locked with twigs, even more I laughed that he was saved from the “hungry night” by a small one bringing food, it is clear that this is done in order for the small one to whine and show his toy, but this is such a joke as the authors of the film can do this. Thomas with such greed swallowed the food brought to him, as if he sat there for 3 days and did not eat anything, but in fact only a couple of hours, well, if you are such a hunger girl, would eat plenty before the "punishment" in your pockets stuff bread, chocolate bar or what they have. And in general they say at night to eat bad, you need to sleep. What's all this nonsense about not getting into the maze? At least 30 meters, at least 300, in 3 years the whole forest would drink on the stairs and building "forests". How did the first Albi know that you had to return from the maze before a certain time, and if you stayed there you would die? There are 100 young males there in transition, and at the sight of one single girl for 3 years, a few simply smiled at this, there they not only memory, but all instincts knocked.
In general, there is enough playful delirium in the film, but at the very beginning of the viewing, a phrase like “in the distant future” sounded, I immediately regarded it as “in one distant galaxy” and I was ready for all the above and just looked at what was happening.
And what's happening minus the delirium looked fascinating. The landscapes are colorful. The teenagers mostly played at a good level, liked the character of an angry guy, Harry like his name. The role of the girl was not disclosed in this part, but the main character is easily given, biocyborg spiders are interesting, special effects are generally good. The film looks dynamic and curious.
The final episodes are a complete failure, as in the first this evil was teleported to a place with the exit, and sobbing about a small person who, fearing everything in the world, climbs his body to protect a friend from a bullet looks so fake that even causes a smile.
7 out of 10
Attack in the form of a film adaptation of everything that just came out on paper, befell the cinema simultaneously with the release of the first film about a spectacle with a scar on the forehead. Since then, we are fed at least twice a year with film adaptations of adventures of all sorts of children, then in the field of magic, then hand-machine with hoarding, and even a cross between post-apocalypse and dystopia. “Maze Runner” – yes, in the first edition of the book it was exactly so, just belongs to the riotous flowering of stories about children, in a world where for some reason Alez kaput came.
Here's Thomas, he wakes up in an elevator and doesn't remember a prick. No, this is not the plot of a humorous series about drug addicts - everything is serious here. Having vomited and pecked, the boy gets acquainted with the commune of the same boys who also do not really understand where they came from here. They live on an auxiliary farm, and what the elevator will bring - and he persistently every month presents food and a new freeloader. Discipline in the makeshift community is maintained by a negro with a very amusing name Albi (something like "Beljak"), and a bloated appearance of Galli. Oh, yes, around the perimeter there are four epic walls with narrow gates in each - at night the gates are closed, and in the daytime "runners" go through them to explore the mysterious labyrinth.
In fact, the film leaves a mixed impression. On the one hand, of course, plus the complete absence of snot on half the screen and “you are not like everyone else!” You're the Chosen One! - and a Glavger for some time a guy. However, the plot engine, as usually happens in teenage action, is an exceptionally impenetrable stupidity of the hero. Thomas is arrogant, rude, arrogant and extremely restless. Only strict discipline and a certain atmosphere does not allow everyone else from the heart to push the boy on the first day. However, the rest are also strangely prescribed characters, so Thomas in his local cretinism is not alone. Some where when watching a completely different movie — for example, the first Resident of Evil, but here is only a move with amnesia and cunning glances about this.
On the visual side, the film is very good, and at least freed from excess cardboard, as the same "Hunger Games", it is clear that the design was done quite tightly, although the trouble of all such films slips in places - excessive lyse surroundings where it should not be in principle. Are you showing us the post-apocalypse? So what tomatoes are all cleanly washed and in general?
The film, well, about six out of ten — kind of intrigue, but watching a sequel of desire is not enough.
A strange movie is a youth dystopia. It seems to be an attraction of the day of teenagers, and seems to drag a long-grown uncle.
The first thing to start with is that I haven’t read the book. The review may not be long... well, come on.
Many reviewers scold the concept of the world, saying that it is stupid to build huge labyrinths for a bunch of teenagers. And these same authors give low ratings to this picture. From such individuals I start to burn wildly. This concept of the book may be primitive, but the film is made from the original source, which means that it simply repeats / changes / complements the previously laid concept. So to criticize the universe in the review of the film I consider very stupid.
I’m not going to write down the acting game, and I’m not going to do the camera work because it just looks good. Not great or bad, just good. So I'll move on.
Narratives
It's on a level here too. At first it seems to be long, and then it will take! The only thing I’d like to do is spend more screen time on Thomas’s stay in the Glade so that we can get to know the inhabitants and their problems (although that would make the film a psychological thriller, but that’s my personal wish). Suspence is skillfully aged, the whole film is thinking:' What will happen next? What happens next? What happens next? '.
Environment
For a not so big budget, the filmmakers made an excellent entourage of almost primitive Glade time where children live in houses covered with branches. A huge labyrinth made without falsehood at all, you directly feel all its massiveness and dangerous grandeur.
Output
Good kinzo, not perfect, but not bad. He is good at keeping the bar in such a specific genre of cinema.
It’s kind of strange when the only girl (Theresa) got into the Glade, 60 young people looked at her as if it was right:' Well, the girl, come on. I need more wood to chop for the evening campfire & #39; But what about all these teenage hormones and 3 years in the company of the same guys? Why didn’t anyone start having bad thoughts? I’m afraid we’ll never know, and if we do, it will be a different story.
I think I know how, with a relatively small budget for an AAA film, the picture turned out to be very decent. Just as a young actor, the main thing is not a large fee, but only if they were taken to the shooting of a movie. Make your own conclusions.
It was hard to imagine that there could be anything more stupid and shameful in the genre of dystopia than hunger games (from a conceptual point of view). But human stupidity is as infinite as the universe. In this case, the idiocy of the concept, the extreme illogicality of what is happening is so infernal that special effects (but they are very good everywhere now, if we talk about blockbusters) and the play of actors (inversely, extremely mediocre) do not even make sense to consider.
So, to save humanity from an epidemic that destroys it, you need to get some hormones from immune adolescents in a state of stress. It's actually stupid. Oh, come on. And then the abuse of the mind begins.
1) What would you do to put teenagers in a stressful situation of survival? Torture? Beatings? Games in the style of "saw" (for especially perverted and original thinking experimenters). Nope! Real heroes always go around! You need to create a piece of a very nice landscape and surround it with a labyrinth that changes its structure every day. All this in a dying world, clearly not crowded with productive resources. And for many years to drive the locals into stress the idea of the inability to get out of the maze.
2) In order for the maze to be scary to run, you should populate it with something dangerous. It makes sense. But what? Of course, huge semi-semi-mechanical spiders! (this is despite the fact that a malicious virus turns people into crazy zombies, and most of the population is already them; take handfuls and throw them into mazes!)
(3) Children with their hormones are very valuable. But this does not prevent them from stressing so that at any moment they can die for real. And to break several years of experiment, at the same time, to the wind labor resources of a giant scale.
(4) At the end, they still play (experimenters) a strange spectacle, from which the children must conclude that the corporation engaged in all the aforementioned nonsense is good.
The film can only be useful for Russian officials to further improve the art of solving problems through an unimaginable waste of resources and time with a 95% probability of zero result. And to social scientists as an example of how idiocy can become the norm. After all, this is a product of Hollywood, thousands of people in the high-income industry were employed in its creation. But what’s even worse is that it’s designed for a multimillion-dollar audience. And he -- he was successful! And even critics of the film paid attention to anything but the absurdity of the very idea of the film (which suggests that the attraction of idiocy simply went unnoticed).
There must be a limit to everything. And even if there was an incredibly brilliant acting, still 0. Because everything multiplied by zero is zero. The “concept” multiplier is zero.
In short, [Maze Runner]. This film was made from a book, which is quite common, but I have not read the book, so I cannot compare this film adaptation with its original written in print format. And this is even good, because usually, the film does not fully reflect the written reality and this often disappoints the viewer. When watching, I expected from the film dynamics, action, interesting and exciting plot, in general, so that it did not turn out to be boring and banal kin.
Briefly, , the plot is quite simple. There is a maze, there are runners whose main goal is to find a way out of the maze, but everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance. The main character, Thomas, wakes up in an elevator, remembering nothing but his name. Once on the surface, he finds himself among teenagers like him who do not remember anything and do not know why they were sent to the center of a huge maze. Later, Thomas learns that once a month a new teenager is sent to them on the elevator, for three years. During these three years, they learned to survive by growing different foods on the ground, as well as trying to find a way out of it, as later recognized quite a huge maze that surrounds their habitat. Among these teenagers there are those who are called gliders. They, as soon as the doors of the labyrinth open, run in search of an exit, but closer to the evening they return, because if they do not have time to arrive before the doors close, then they are waiting for a night in the maze in which creatures teem - grievers. And so, one day, a couple of guys do not have time to run to the door, because of the wounds of one of them. Thomas, without thinking twice, is determined to save those guys, thereby slipping through the doors, before they close. This is where the most interesting thing begins.
So, , the film lived up to my expectations, leaving a pleasant impression. I recommend this film to everyone, because it has: a great plot, which throughout the film, opens new doors, in front of the viewer; a beautiful acting, which is really interesting to watch; what about the soundtracks, they fit perfectly into the actions taking place in the film. Most importantly, this is the ending that puts an end to this story and opens the door to a new chapter, the survival of teenagers who have emerged from the maze.
About the movie 'The Maze Runner' my brother has been telling me for months. I remember, after watching it in the cinema, he returned all delighted, with such emotions told me the plot, and I told him only ' aha' in response.
I put off watching the movie for a long time, and the main reason was that I didn’t know anyone from the cast. For me, caste plays an important role, so unfamiliar faces in the frame did not attract me very much.
I'll start with plot.
The book 'The Maze Runner' I started reading after watching it and immediately noticed a discrepancy on the front pages. But this is not surprising, because now most (if not all) adaptations have little to do with the source.
Thomas, who initially does not even remember his name, wakes up in the elevator and as soon as this elevator is at its destination, the young man is met by similar young guys. He finds himself in an unknown place surrounded by giant stone walls. As a normal human being, the question naturally arises: '. Who am I? Who are you?' and so on. No one gives him explanations, everyone is trying to hide something, keeping quiet about something, thereby escalating the situation. After all, it is normal for a person to say: ' It is impossible there' and do not give reasons why, he wants to know what the matter is.
And then everything begins to revolve around our main character, because curiosity took over him. I’m not going to retell the whole film, I just want to notice some non-matchings that I noticed.
First, the number of people does not coincide with the time of stay of the guys in Glade (as they called this green island surrounded by the Labyrinth). In the story, once a month arrived new and supplies. If you can still put up with the supplies, they themselves grew corn, vegetables, they were delivered animals in the form of cattle, then the number of boys is unclear. Galli, who disliked our hero, repeatedly mentions that they spent 3 years there, so it is 36 months and the person then should be 36, but for reasons unknown to us, more. Although it is possible that it was Galli who stayed for 3 years, Albie, who was the first of all, could have been there longer.
Secondly, I cannot understand why Thomas was so eager to enter the Labyrinth, forgetting about everything, even about the lapses in memory, and the same Albee, who had been there for a month alone, was alive and well, and apparently did not go into the Labyrinth. Wasn't he interested in knowing where he was put and why? But this is justified by the fact that he is not the main character.
Third, the Grievers. Monsters who kill the rest of the Labyrinth at night. Everyone is afraid of them, but no one has seen them, because there are no survivors. How do you know about these terrible creatures? Maybe those who stayed overnight in the labyrinth UFO kidnapped? It's also an option, and some Grievers invented ... This line should be clarified. I don't know about the book, I didn't get to the point of explaining or meeting Griever, but in the movie it seems a little weird. . .
Fourth, what I noticed (by the way, this was my first question at the first viewing, the rest of the shortcomings I focused only on the next viewing) is the appearance of the girl Theresa. Let's think about it. Guys who look mostly 15-18, no, a lot of guys, very, and one girl... And no romance! Yes, there are romantics, the guys spent more than one month in the men’s company and even more than one year, and then there was a potential victim, which just needed to pounce on (based on men’s needs). But this can be justified by the fact that the guys are busy solving the question: how to get their asses out of this terrible place?
Well, in the rest, I do not recall any grandiose blunders of the plot, so if we sum up, then we have a rather not bad plot for a teenage anti-utopia, which just needed to be better played and explain to the viewer in more detail some points.
The second point will be, of course, my acter compositionin.
As I said earlier, I was unfamiliar with the caste before, so I could appreciate the game for the first time.
Dylan O'Bayen, aka Thomas, interested me in his game from the first minutes. Why play first, and not the appearance that many teenage girls fell for? Because the first time I saw the movie, I thought, ‘God, couldn’t they have found a better actor?’ ' I don’t know why a lot of people were unhappy with his performance, and I think he did it. His eagerness to find answers convinced me, and the Chuck scene at the end of what? I personally believed him.
Our next heroine, Teresa, aka Kaya Scodelario, reminded me of Kristen Stewart. Same face. When she woke up and started talking to Thomas, all ' shocked ' happening when Alby woke up and she ' joyous ' ran to notify the guys when Griever broke into their Glade, when she and Chuck were trying to type code, and even the same moment of goodbye to Chuck, she didn't care at all... Couldn't you have found a more emotional actress?
Will Poulter and his Gallie are very good. His character was unhappy that with the appearance of the newcomer and his girlfriend Teresa, everything went awry, he would prefer to leave everything as it is, exist during the day, and sleep peacefully at night, because the Grievers are only in the Maze. And all his attacks on Thomas convinced me, because a certain dislike for his character I was imbued.
Ki Hong Lee only revealed himself to me in one moment, when he ran away in the Labyrinth and left Thomas, and in the other scenes I did not notice the great talent in him. Not bad, but it can be done.
Newt performed by Thomas Sangster did not convince much, but the charming chubby Blake Cooper conquered me with his naive childhood eyes.
I am silent about the background, everything was like a log. They didn’t have to be very talented.
Music Not that I did not remember, I did not pay attention to it, I do not know why, apparently it was almost there, but nevertheless, the dynamics of the film are observed and the accompaniment with all this running is not necessary.
In the end, I still consider the film worthy, in the end, the taste and color, as they say, markers are different. I’ve really become a fan of this trilogy now, while the Hunger Games haven’t really caught on. Again, markers.
Watched the movie. I didn't like it. I read a book. I like it. Watched the movie. I like it. For those who have not read the book, I do not recommend watching Maze Runner, because not only do you risk not understanding anything, but the film will seem a little absurd. And yet...
And yet there are many deviations from the novel in the film. There's no explanation for the names, no explanation for why you couldn't escape through the Box mine, no signs in the Labyrinth, and the Labyrinth isn't code. What the film means, unlike the book, is not said. And the actors could pick up the ages of the characters, not seven or eight years older. This is clearly in the negative, because in the book Thomas is 16 years old. Nevertheless, cinema is interesting in its own way; and in principle, any film adaptation is secondary to a literary work.
The story of my viewing of this film is quite strange: when it became known that the sequel to “Maze Runner” in 3D format was coming to the screens, I decided to watch the first part and go to the cinema for a sequel, because I really like fantastic action films and 3D format, although I was not interested in the first film before the news of the sequel. I had a similar situation with Percy Jackson, and in both cases the first part gave a lot of positives, and the second one disappointed. The second “Maze Runner” showed not the continuation of the acclaimed dystopian movie hit, but a banal post-apocalyptic action movie. In turn, the first part turned out to be a rather non-standard fantasy film, in which they delight not so much with action as with dialogues and the situation, and the denouement caused applause at all.
The film reminds me of the acclaimed The Hunger Games, and in fact it is an alternative to them. In both films, several teenagers find themselves in extreme conditions, only in GI they had to kill each other for the amusement of the audience, and in Running, on the contrary, help each other and look for a way to get out of the confined space. The story is also reminiscent of 2010’s Predators, where a group of people found themselves in an unrecognizable place and were looking for a way out. Before us is a fantastic thriller, intriguing from the very beginning, delighting with interesting actions and dialogues of the characters, and a shocking finale. Elements of the thriller bring fights between heroes and monsters that live where, presumably, there is an exit from the closed territory. Our heroes, who do not suspect what awaits them outside, are given a real "deadly" ride, checking who can get out of the maze alive and find out what brought him to this place. There is no abundance of computer graphics and expensive scenery, here primarily sharp plot. And that's the main thing for this film.
I did not get to the paper version, and I did not intend to, this is frankly speaking, but the film simply forces itself to rehabilitate, well, at least in the script.
The guys gather in the meadow, stunned to admire the stone blocks, which are regularly transformed into that unfortunate labyrinth. Having watched, sighing about his difficult fate, the boy is engaged in farming - wandering back and forth, diligently uprooting a lonely tree..., so it should be done, you will be punished for laziness and your name will be scraped from the rocky history of the life of a male hostel. In the evenings, they drink some kind of local fermentation sivukha, that is, they had enough brains to cook a drunkard, but there are no huts to build, but these are trifles, especially just sit and feel sorry for themselves drunkenly, this is what a pleasure!!! But there was trouble, in their male slender ranks arrived female beauty and then began ... no, nothing interesting, no household, hungry males reacted to this event very phlegmatically, which was very suspicious, just finally the plot began to accelerate, or it became quite boring. And began those races through the labyrinth, for which we sat down at the screen.
It may seem like I'm making the film easier, but I'm not. Of course, there were monsters there, but they were just entertainment for the viewer, yet the monastery is not a circus. I also do not deny the presence of semantic load, it is on the surface and I hope everything will be more complicated in the book. But the picture does not give an opportunity to think at least a little bit, all this primitive chatter, illogical actions, emotional caricature, did not give a chance to rattle your brain.
Acting was present, but when the character spews one complete stupidity, it becomes very difficult to objectively assess the efforts of young talents.
I will not recommend the film for viewing, it is typical, for modern cinema, youth nonsense, which does not carry a single ounce of usefulness, complete disappointment. I watched this on the recommendations of friends, I am afraid and mostly for them.
3 out of 10
A blanket.
P. C. Now I'm going to have to watch the sequel... the execution continues.
There is a certain type of book-films & #39, which callouses the eyes of the adequate population, but the youth they wildly like. Twilight, hunger games, 50 shades of gray. Here it is ' running in the maze'.
The most offensive thing is that the film is a good start, which keeps the first thirty minutes at the screen. Of course, yes, in these initial moments, a lot of questions arise to the logic of the writers and others (Why lock a person in a cage and immediately let him go). If you can safely engrav your names with a knife on concrete, why has no one ever tried to drill a wall?, but this is all forgivable in an ordinary teenage movie.
It gets worse and worse literally every minute. For three years, the closed settlement could do nothing (allegedly) and then bam! There is a Chosen One, and for the first time, a Girl (apparently for a change). And did this topic with the chosen one seem to me alone . . . worn and beaten, or what? There are some boring, boring and uninteresting dialogues (clearly to reveal the characters) that you do not want to listen to, because the main characters are completely uninteresting people. That is, they would probably be if they knew something about their past life, and so they can only get bored.
Everything that happens - smells of secondary, and the desire ' to remove to make money' And as it turned out, the film was written for the same purpose. What is the cultural value of this?
Okay, not all movies have any value, but they're good, but they're spectacular, they're swirling, they're a nice cast, and up the list. There is ' quality film' and ' meaningful film'. And the rest of consumer goods, such as ' running through the maze'.
Why is the review called that? I only lasted an hour and just fell asleep. I woke up in the final credits. And there was no desire to rewind. What else can we talk about? A good film should keep any skeptic at the screen, not finish him off. ' You slept through the most interesting', I heard in my address. Well, let it be so, but I do not regret that I will not know how this story ends.
Because the story should be interesting from beginning to end.
5 out of 10
At first I expected to see another variation of The Hunger Games, i.e. again post-apocalypse, again "special" teenagers and the struggle against the brutal world that adults have created. This is exactly what the movie is about.
And since this is another clone, I have no choice but to compare it to other clones. You know them well - this is the stupidest "Divergent", the dullest "Hunger Games", as well as the less well-known, but no less "teenage-apocalyptic" series "Hundred".
Unlike the above, “Maze Runner” has several significant advantages for which the film can be praised.
Good actors are a really good selection of young people, each of whom is struggling to play his role. Each character is unique, personalities are not cardboard, but with character and their own characteristics.
High-quality 3D graphics and special effects are really well-drawn grievers and maze locations. Impressive.
The film is not dark – I mean the shade of the video frame, now it has become very fashionable to shoot blockbusters in complete darkness, so that not a damn thing can be seen, as, for example, in the new “Terminator: Genesis” or “Insurgent”. In The Running Labyrinth, the colors are natural and not darkened.
Thanks to these three advantages, the film is worth the time spent, it is not boring, very dynamic, and does not build a deep philosophical arthouse. It is obvious that the author of the original book is a man. You can watch and even enjoy it.
But all the advantages of a fat cross cross cross crosses the plot. If in short – cages made of bamboo and an observation tower, these kids were able to build, but to make forests or stairs to the top of the walls of the maze and pass it on top, where there are no obstacles or grievers – did not guess.
And even from the corpses of grievers did not disassemble metal sharp details that could be useful in battle and as tools.
Dystopia in cinema. The popularity of this genre has significantly gained momentum among the masses, offering the viewer various variations of the abuse of the authorities over the ordinary population. The concept of such a world catches our vague thoughts about the future and plays through the world’s antimorality. And if you add someone’s written book to such ideological perfection, then you get a glorious fast-paying movie.
“Maze Runner”, based on the novel by James Dashner, attracted the interest of the viewer last fall, leaving warm hopes in the hearts of an interesting sequel to the film. "Labyrinth" successfully entered the young audience and offered a watchable version for book lovers. However, a year has passed, and Wes Ball launches the second part. The pre-show marketing of “Fire Trials” hinted very clearly to us about the “hardcore” battle coming in a terrible future, among hitherto tested maze, or rather the small group that remained.
However, the hints turned out to be false discrepancies with reality - the picture is deflated, and without having time to inflate. From the very beginning, that very test of brazier fades into the background and becomes only a shadow from the name of the movie. In addition to loud threats about a hot death from Aidan Gillen, or “little finger” from “Game of thrones”, the film does not bear any tests. The awkward running of the main characters back and forth in search of what, not knowing what, occupies the entire timekeeping, picking up new characters on the way to his team, who are unknown from where and unknown as survivors. The disaster of the zombie apocalypse, along with the problem of the nutty Hunger Games government, plus a mythical camp of virtue waiting for help or not even existing on a post-apocalyptic Earth, smells like the Book of Eli. All a little, and the result is deplorable: boring and filmy.
Explanation and logic defy almost everything presented on the screen. A strange plot with no less strange characters, rolling alcohol parties in the middle of the end of the world. Even with a persistent emphasis on the privileges of a young audience, the film dulls attention and boredom. A love branch broke down, as did revenge for dead friends. The apogee of the victory of the last part is forgotten and scattered to the wind along with the efforts to build a labyrinth by the mysterious company POROCK. The famous team of guys with one girl in the composition is not a team at all, but a fussy and cowardly bunch of fleeing and distrusting characters. Thomas, as a true headliner and just the most adequate of the list, tries to decide everything for everyone, while these all fall apart, scattered in different directions. Acting is imperfect, but this is not the main thing when even the action itself is not encouraged. The track list is also unlikely to be replenished with interesting sound.
The film lacks the holistic concentration that was present in the first part and wrapped the plot - the goal of the struggle of the main characters remained known only to the author of the book. A poor interpretation of living corpses, as well as graphics in general.
Disappointment...a complete defeat of expectations.
