The Maze Runner

‎I can finally tick this movie off my watchlist. It's been three years. Before I started the movie, I'd seen some snippets and edits on Instagram and saw one of my favourite actors, Dylan O'Brien. And he's literally one of the top reasons I decided to watch the movie. And oh-he did not disappoint me or make me regret. I enjoyed every second of it, it was intense, fulfilling and thrilling. And I got into it more and realize it's from a dystopian young adult book written by James Dashner.
‎

Source
‎Let's go through the storyline, shall we?
‎
‎It revolves around a character named-Thomas. Thomas wakes up in a metal cage with no memory, rising into the Glade where fifty boys have built their own society. Alby leads them, Newt keeps peace, and Gally distrusts newcomers. Chuck becomes Thomas's first friend, explaining their situation: they're trapped by towering walls that open each morning to reveal the Maze.
‎
‎Runners like Minho map the ever-changing Maze daily, returning before walls close at night. Anyone caught outside faces Grievers, mechanical monsters that sting victims into madness. Thomas desperately wants to be a Runner but feels drawn to the Maze for unknown reasons.
‎
‎Everything changes when Teresa arrives, the first girl ever, unconscious and clutching a note: "She's the last one. Ever." She somehow knows Thomas's name, and they share fragmented memories. After her arrival, the sky turns gray, supplies stop coming, and catastrophically, the Maze walls don't close one night. Grievers invade the Glade.
‎
‎During an attack, Alby gets stung. As he and Minho race back with walls closing, Thomas breaks the cardinal rule and runs into the Maze, trapping himself inside. That night, Thomas discovers his instinct for the Maze, helping kill a Griever by crushing it between moving walls. Nobody has survived a night before.
‎

Source
‎Now a Runner, Thomas and Minho make a crucial discovery: the Maze walls spell out words when viewed from above. With Teresa's help, they crack the code. The words aren't random; they're part of an elaborate test.
‎
‎Thomas and Teresa start remembering they once worked for WCKD (World Catastrophe Killzone Department) and helped create the Maze. As Griever attacks intensify, taking one boy each night, Gally snaps and tries sacrificing Thomas and Teresa to stop the carnage.
‎
‎Thomas realizes the truth: the Maze isn't a prison but a test. The exit lies through the Griever Hole, where the monsters emerge. Using their discovered code, Thomas convinces half the boys to make the deadly run while Gally's group refuses.
‎
‎Fighting through hordes of Grievers, they reach the Hole and drop into a sterile laboratory. Dr. Ava Paige appears on screens, explaining everything: solar flares devastated the world, unleashing the Flare disease that creates zombie-like Cranks. The boys are immune, and WCKD tested them to develop a cure. Thomas and Teresa were originally WCKD employees who had their memories wiped.
‎
‎Dr. Paige thanks them and apparently shoots herself, declaring the experiment over. Armed soldiers rescue the survivors, bringing them to a clean WCKD facility where they're fed and sheltered.
‎
‎But Thomas spots Dr. Paige alive through a window, talking to other WCKD personnel. Her suicide was staged. The rescue is fake. They're still prisoners.
‎

Source
‎The movie ends with Thomas realizing their escape was orchestrated. WCKD wanted them out of the Maze all along. As they're led deeper into the facility, Thomas and Teresa understand the horrifying truth: the real test is just beginning. The Maze was only the first phase of something far worse.
‎
‎And yes, it has two other sequels which I'm in the middle of watching, kekeke. Anyways, it's a PEAK movie and I hope you try it out if you haven't;)
‎
‎Thanks for reading.
‎

Posted using CineTV