The jokes, however, don't take away from some glaring plot holes, such as an explanation for why scaring and torturing teens is the only means for converting their blood into a cure. In fact, he occasionally uses them as a source of humor throughout, keeping from the story becoming too dark and dour. And of course, he also knows a secret entrance and the key for rescuing Minho: backstabbing, morally-ambiguous Teresa (Kaya Scodelario).ĭespite all these eye-rolling happy accidents, director Wes Ball, who has stuck with the series from the beginning, manages to make light entertainment of it all and doesn't linger on the incredible amount of luck riding on the side of the kids. By sheer chance, he is also part of a rebellion faction just outside the walls of Last City, the final stronghold of the WCKD organization responsible for imprisoning and testing on the kids. It's almost as if the filmmakers were solely relying on coincidences for moving the plot along, perhaps something along the lines of bumping into an old friend from the Glades previously thought dead (Will Poulter). However, it all feels a bit too convenient, a seemingly random coincidence giving the protagonists (O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Dexter Darden) an excuse to carry out another rescue attempt that quickly spirals out of control yet coincidentally works in the hero's favor. Nowlin, who is also responsible for the first two movies and served as co-writer on Pacific Rim Uprising. Granted, mistakenly leaving Minho (Ki Hong Lee) behind is really the catalyst and central point of the whole script, written by T.S. And once again, his command rescues two familiar faces by chance but fails its main objective: saving Minho. He may eventually lead his team to an intended goal and destination, but it's never without extraneous difficulty and a great deal of mistrust, making his so-called successes more a result of dumb luck than as planned. In the opening minutes of this second sequel, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) has apparently moved up the ranks, taking a leadership role in the operation to save his friends despite previous entries leaving us to question his competency in such a role. Last we left the runaway kids, they found safe haven with rebel organization The Right Arm but were soon betrayed by one of their own, making captives of friends and nearly collapsing the resistance group. Knowing this is their final entry in the dystopian sci-fi trilogy, the filmmakers responsible for adapting the popular YA novel series go balls to the wall and to the hilt in Maze Runner: The Death Cure, starting with an unexpectedly thrilling rescue mission aboard a speeding train.
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