The Maze Runner (2014)

Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape.

Director:

Wes Ball

Writers:

Noah Oppenheim (screenplay by), Grant Pierce Myers (screenplay by)

Stars:

Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter

4 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dylan O'Brien	...	Thomas
Aml Ameen	...	Alby
Ki Hong Lee	...	Minho
Blake Cooper	...	Chuck
Thomas Brodie-Sangster	...	Newt
Will Poulter	...	Gally
Dexter Darden	...	Frypan
Kaya Scodelario	...	Teresa
Chris Sheffield	...	Ben
Joe Adler	...	Zart
Alexander Flores	...	Winston
Jacob Latimore	...	Jeff
Randall D. Cunningham	...	Clint
Patricia Clarkson	...	Ava Paige
Don McManus	...	Masked Man

Storyline

Awakening in an elevator, remembering nothing of his past, Thomas emerges into a world of about thirty teenage boys, all without past memories, who have learned to survive under their own set of rules in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. With a new boy arriving every thirty days, the group has been in "The Glade" for three years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space (patrolled by cyborg monsters named 'Grievers'). They have begun to give up hope when a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change with the boys dividing into two factions: those willing to risk their lives to escape and those wanting to hang onto what they've got and survive.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage boy | based on novel | maze | open ended | concrete wall | 

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Taglines:

Get ready to run.

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Genres:

Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, including some disturbing images

Details

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Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Maze Runner

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$34,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$32,512,804, 21 September 2014

Gross USA:

$102,427,862

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$348,319,861

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Gotham Group, Temple Hill Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Atmos SDDS Auro 11.1 Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the book, Thomas sees the body of the Glader who tried to escape from the Box hole at the cemetery in the woods, where Ben attacked him and Alby shot an arrow at Ben.

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Goofs

Part way through the film we see Thomas run into the maze to help Minho and an unconscious Alby. When they realise there is nowhere they can hide Alby from the Greavers, they decide to hoist him up one of the walls of the maze so he is hidden amongst the ivy. This is shown to take some time as day turns to night during the effort. However when a Greaver finds them and Minho flees, Thomas is able to continue holding the rope used to hoist Alby up, whilst easing himself underneath a ledge at the base of the wall where he is covered by the ivy. If this hiding place was good enough to stop Thomas being detected by the Greavers, it would have been used for Albys unconscious body in the first place, thus making the time spent hoisting him up the wall completely pointless.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Thomas: Hey! Hey! Help me!

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Alternate Versions

After initially receiving a '15' rating, Fox cut 43 seconds of violence, threat and injury detail from the UK version to earn a less restrictive '12A' rating for the cinema release. This same cut version was later released on DVD and Blu-ray with a '12' rating, although an uncut Steelbook Blu-ray was given a limited release with a '15' rating.

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Connections

Referenced in Geeks Who Drink: Felicia Day vs. Dexter Darden (2015)

User Reviews

A story well captivating and darkly detailed.....

The movie banked in with such a lead that most of us would die to see what Dylan aka Styles do in this novel depiction..Believe me the confused confident curious attitude of our teen wolf Star , worked here too...

Glade was a Habitable place, created in the middle of a evershifting Maze inhabited by mysterious(never seen) creatures. group of teens struggling to survive inside the glades, met a disoriented Thomas who , ever since his visit, starts u...nveilling the secrets of the maze with the help of Runners...To add up the complication a girl named teresa was sent as the last one...From there how they embark upon the journey to freed themselves is what Maze Runner All about....Teen oriented movie with a teen starcast, gave a performance so good and observable that The movie will survive the Box Office...

Good Points: 1)A fresh starcast , with some brilliant performances 2)A story which was well captivating and grippy, at no point it was loose, from the first scene it will hold you back and will keep you surprising till the end...and is refreshingly dark....Much better than the book....It seemed more detailed... 3)The set was the best part, what a creation 4)Cinematography well carried out 5)Sound effects were perfect and gave the movie that extra punch...

Bad Points: 1) The end was abrupt

It's a watchable trade......After a long time , a performance based movie from Hollywood...