Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Reviews

Thoughts before I watched this.
1. The first of these recent young adult post apocalyptic style survival movies are always fun and interesting.
2. Then the second one happens and it completely changes the rules, but it still usually ends up being an enjoyable film.
3. It does have strong new additions like Aiden Gillen, Alan Tudyk, and Giancarlo Esposito.
4. It's also always good to see the people we already knew once again.
5. For once it seems to be that the duo who worked on the first film are once again tackling the storyline.
6. They will do so again for the third entry.
7. You don't see that very often anymore.
8. One thing I'm excited to see is the "zombies" known as Cranks.
9. I'm hopeful that this will be enjoyable

"The Gladers have escaped the Maze, but now they face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a world ravaged by solar flares and disease."

Thoughts while I watched this.
1. That very first scene made me feel like I was watching the wrong movie.
2. It definitely doesn't start slow!
3. Can Petyr Baelish be trusted?
4. Something fishy is going on.
5. Whoa what the hell?
6. Here comes trouble.
7. That expression seems to allude to opposing ideas!
8. Oh man that was a close call.
9. Haha nice one Thomas!
10. None of these are good signs.
11. Boys will be boys lol.
12. The cranks kind of remind me of what to expect from The Last of Us movie.
13. Oh shit that was intense!
14. That doesn't look too good.
15. Thomas sort of reminds me of Rick Grimes in the way he leads.
16. Aww that was kind of sad mostly because of the reactions from the group.
17. I'm usually fine with thunderstorms, but if it's pretty much only lightning and no rain I'll pass.
18. That's a very creative little trap!
19. There are a whole lot of horror elements to this installment.
20. Was it really necessary to make the rat CGI or couldn't they find one to what they needed?
21. That view probably would have been better if times were different.
22. Oh man that's just not fair!
23. So this place seems like a crack/whore house.
24. Was this series meant for teens in the first place or did they make it more teen friendly?
25. Is it me or is the idea here similar to The Lotus flower effect from Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters?
26. I find Brenda way more attractive than Teresa.
27. Nice Nathalie Emmanuel!
28. Hmm suspicious.
29. OMG WTF!?!?!
30. That was not expected whatsoever!
31. I don't think the end justifies the means here.
32. What does he got up his sleeve?
33. Yeaaaah get 'em!!!
34. Oh no!
35. Not good! Not good! Not good!
36. Aww come on.
37. I guess I should have figured it would be a huge cliffhanger.

Thoughts after I watched this.
1. Damnit do I really have to wait 2 years to find out what happens next?
2. I honestly hope they don't go around and decide to make Teresa good again in the final installment.
3. I do appreciate though that the final installment will be just one movie unlike all these young adult series that get split.
4. It seems nowhere in this post-apocalyptic world is really safe.
5. I loved the new additions to the cast.
6. There was always something happening throughout.
7. I would have like for more Cranks, but still happy with what I got lol.
8. As I heard this doesn't cater to the book fans as much as it does for us movie fans.
9. If you are one of the movie fans I would definitely recommend this high octane sequel.

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. Back then, we (my step-son and I) went to see 'The Maze Runner' in the movie theatre and since it turned out to be better than I expected, we were quite eager to watch this sequel. Eventually, I have to admit that it was not bad, it was visually pretty spectacular and I thought it was fairly entertaining but the previous installment worked better, at least for me. Indeed, its biggest asset was basically the cloud of mystery surrounding the whole thing and it was really missing here. Basically, during most of the running time, I was hoping that they were again stuck into some other elaborate game but it wasn’t unfortunately the case, I'm afraid. Instead, they gave us something similar to 'The Hunger Games' with a dictatorial governement and our heroes getting involved with the local resistance group. The fact that they did add some zombies as well to the mix was also so generic and rather annoying. Seriously, I have seen this way too much before to really care this time. At least, there was still something quite appealing about Thomas, the main character. Indeed, this time again, he challenged basically everything around him which made him really charismatic and interesting to follow. On the other hand, after rewatching the damned thing, I noticed that many parts of the plot were still kept in the dark, which was a good thing, but the question is how will they conclude this tale in the final installment? Anyway, to conclude, even though it was slightly disappointing, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.