An average movie

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.


6/10