Maze Runner: The Death Cure subverts this trend as it actually starts out with some bombastic action, a Mad Max reminiscent wasteland chase sequence involving vehicles, trains housing captive passengers, and a rescue helicopter.
Reason being is that most of the time, the series (possibly also an issue with the novels by James Dashner) is far too concerned with adding more questions than either answering established inquiries or cutting to the chase with spectacle. Let me clarify that statement, once this 142 beast of a blockbuster picks up steam, the stakes are palpably high, and that’s something typically never felt when watching a film from the franchise. It lacks the advantage of the virtual reality maze or luscious post-apocalyptic landscapes, instead, taking place in a WCKD stronghold city with little to no futuristic imagination behind it (it continues to resemble sci-fi 101 with electricity based rifles, glossy white laboratories, and unmemorable monster designs), but the story has momentum and stakes going for it. It’s like attending a high school reunion or similar social gathering where someone randomly approaches you and asks if you remember them as you nervously nod your head “yes” not knowing who the heck you’re talking to and looking for the nearest exit.įar stranger than anything written above is that Maze Runner: The Death Cure turned out to be my favorite of the bunch. With that preamble out of the way, during the first hour or so of The Death Cure, major plot elements, characters, motives, and more were completely unrecognizable with barely anything coming back to mind watching the finale unfold. Rarely do I ever rewatch past films to prepare quite honestly, I have a terrific recollection of past events and often find it unnecessary, but most importantly trust my judgment for future reviews even without doing so. I took a glance at my reviews of previous entries before heading to the screening, which is usually enough to jog my memory. The Maze Runner has always been a disposable run-of-the-mill young adult dystopian franchise, but that sentiment truly got put to the test as I watched its trilogy capper The Death Cure as fairly as I watch and review every other new release. Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the “Flare”.