As well, the script includes a couple dozen profanities and some crude name-calling. Maintaining order inside the Glade also involves some fistfights and imprisonment.
Violence of course is the biggest concern in this movie, with some bloody and even graphic depictions of fatal injuries, deadly creature attacks, murdered victims and an apparent suicide.
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So it is no surprise that by the time the movie ends there are still lots of unanswered questions… along with an obvious plug for a sequel. Flashbacks also give viewers some hints of a back-story. This origin movie spends a lot of time introducing characters-including the girl (Kaya Scodelario) who shows up in the elevator one day. That night, during a terrifying encounter with one of the grievers, they stumble upon a valuable clue about who may have put them inside the formidable structure. Then one evening, while trying to help Minho rescue Alby, the three teens get caught in the maze after the gates close. Anyone left in the maze overnight doesn’t survive.įor the most part, Alby, Minho, Newt, Chuck, Gally (Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Blake Cooper and Will Poulter) and the others have settled into a routine of just trying to survive inside the enclosure. Yet they have to be home before dark when the gate closes and the grievers (large mechanical looking spiders) come out. Their objective is to find a way to escape. The most dangerous one is that assigned to the runners, who enter the maze every morning as soon as the huge gate opens to reveal the ever-changing labyrinth. Inside the Glade, each person has a job to do. While these efforts have worked better for them than the Lord of the Flies characters, their peace is still tenuous. They have also developed a kind of hierarchal society. Over that time the youth have learned to farm, build homes, and make an alcoholic substitute. For the past three years a newcomer has arrived in the elevator every 30 days, along with fresh supplies. The Glade, as it is called, is surrounded by a massive maze made of huge cement walls. When the metal cage he is in lurches to a stop, he is pulled out by a group of boys and thrown into a large grassy compound. In this story, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) wakes up to find himself hurtling upward in an elevator shaft. Over the past year (2014), we’ve seen the story played out over and over again in Divergent, Ender’s Gameand The Giver. There seems to be a glut of teen movies right now where kids become pawns in the hands of adults-often for the elder persons’ own nefarious purposes.
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