Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

2015Movie131 minEnglish

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.

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IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes39%
Metacritic47/100
Google Users64%
Director: Wes BallGenres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery

Plot Summary

Thomas and his fellow Gladers emerge from the Maze only to find themselves facing a new, greater challenge: a desolate landscape known as the Scorch. This treacherous terrain is filled with dangerous obstacles, including extreme heat and terrifying creatures. The group must race against time to uncover the truth behind the mysterious organization known as WICKED and discover if there's a safe haven to call home.

Critical Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its action sequences and visual effects but criticism for its departure from the source material and underdeveloped plot. Audiences generally responded more positively, appreciating the continuation of the story and the increased stakes.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its intense action sequences and visual spectacle.
  • Criticized for a convoluted plot and deviating significantly from the book.
  • Seen as a serviceable sequel that ramps up the danger but lacks the mystery of the first film.

Google audience: Google users largely enjoyed the film's action-packed adventure and the continuation of the Gladers' struggle. Many found it to be an exciting installment with impressive special effects, though some wished for a more faithful adaptation of the novel.

Fun Fact

The film's production was delayed by a week due to an injury sustained by star Dylan O'Brien during a stunt involving a car rig.

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RalphRahal

RalphRahal

While The Scorch Trials carries over the strong directing, cinematography, and high production values from the first film, it falls short in key areas that made The Maze Runner so compelling. The character growth and connections that I a...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Well, if you are looking for a collection of good looking folks lurching from one perilous scenario to another - desperate to escape the clutches of the arch villain that is Aiden Gillen; then this is the film for you. If you are looking fo...
Gimly

Gimly

I believe the adage is meant to go "Ask me no questions and I tell you no lies". _Scorch Trials_ however seemed to be trialling the new "I pose you 500 questions, I tell you no answers". But there's still some interesting things to find the...
Andres Gomez

Andres Gomez

Let's get to the point. This is bad. A dystopian future full of conspiracies in which we throw the typical ingredients thinking that, magically, would make a good movie: teenagers, zombies, a "Mad-Max"-like desert and a stupid story in w...
Reno

Reno

> The adventure expands outside the maze to seek the answers. Another teen movie in the mid series on the line of 'Divergent' and 'Hunger Games'. As an adult, I don't know what to expect from it, but entertainment was the priority. The f...
Frank Ochieng

Frank Ochieng

It is quite an automatic instinct to compare and contrast the first installment of 2014’s ‘The Maze Runner’ with the arrival of the latest entry in director Wes Ball’s distant dystopian drama ‘Maze Runner: Scorch Trials’. The original bluep...