Thomas, Newt, Minho, Teresa, Frypan, and Winston are taken to a safe haven after surviving the maze trials. The group meets survivors of other mazes. Thomas discovers that the safe haven is run by WICKED, the very organization that they were trying to evade. After escaping WICKED, the group finds themselves in the Scorch, a deserted wasteland. ‘The Scorch Trials’ was rated PG-13 by the MPAA. It runs for 2 hours and 9 minutes.
‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ stars Dylan O'Brien as Thomas, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt, Ki Hong Lee as Minho, Rosa Salazar as Brenda, Kaya Scodelario as Teresa Agnes, Jacob Lofland as Aris Jones, Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge, Aidan Gillen as Janson, Dexter Darden as Frypan, Alexander Flores as Winston, Barry Pepper as Vince, Lili Taylor as Mary Cooper, Alan Tudyk as Marcus, Patricia Clarkson as Ava Paige, Nathalie Emmanuel as Harriet, and Katherine McNamara as Sonya.
The film was directed by Wes Ball and edited by Don Zimmerman. The producers are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wych Godfrey, Marty Bowen and Lee Stollman. The screenplay is by T.S. Nowlin. The film is based on the novel The Scorch Trials by James Dashner. The $61 million budget film features music by John paesano. Cinematography is by Gyula Pados. It was produced by Gotham Group, and Temple Hill Entertainment. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Movie Rating and Info.
RogerEbert.Com: 1.5/4 stars
IMDb: 7.2/10, based on reviews by 8,790 users
Metacritic: 43 - Metascore, based on 29 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes: 50% - Tomatometer
Movie Reviews
“The teen dystopian franchise continues to play rough, and now even rougher, with satisfying results,” wrote Rafer Guzman from Newsday.
“The first "Maze Runner" film was a wilderness saga refitted with robotic monsters. "The Scorch Trials" is a "Mad Max" film on foot,” wrote Michael Sragow from Los Angeles Times.
“The many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline,” wrote John Williams from The New York Times.
Thomas Brody-Sangster at Comic-Con in San Diego, California on July 2015.
