The story tells the story of a teenager Thomas who was placed in a wilderness surrounded by high walls for some reason. It was found that dozens of teenagers here had the same amnesia and were trapped here, living a life of isolation. When the high wall opens during the day, the "runner" among the teenagers enters the spider-like moving maze outside the wall to find a way out. Unfortunately, they have failed in three years but lost a lot of manpower. The curious Thomas is also determined to join the "runner" and dig out the secrets of the maze to save everyone. Just as the dawn of hope appeared, the wilderness habitat was devastated by murderous spiders. In the end, many teenagers (plus a girl with a very low sense of existence) plucked up the courage to plunge into the dangerous maze with Thomas, defeat the monster and successfully escaped. How did the children know that as a drug research experiment, their tragedy journey has just begun.
The quality of the entire production should be considered top-notch. Especially under the cool style of modernity and original atmosphere, the visual effects design is more magnificent. The director Wes Ball, who is a graphic designer, used his housekeeping skills to create a deep palace with great visual impact and imagination, allowing the audience to peep into the majestic and dreamy part of the maze during the thrilling expedition of the male protagonist. In addition, the action design of the film is wonderful and smooth. The few rounds of chasing parkour between the male protagonist and the creatively uninspired mechanical spider are very eye-catching, and the contributions of the young doubles should not be underestimated. The beautiful action scenes added to the director's fast rhythm, which made me fortunate to see Zhou Gong this time. However, on the whole, there are not many action pens in the film, and the maze chasing scene is not as good as the flirting and cursing scenes in the forest. The heavy-flavored science fiction fans who like headshots may not be addictive.
Also worthy of recognition is the sincere performance of the young actors in this film, forming the image of a menacing back wave of the youth boy group. With a smile, Dylan O'Brien, the male protagonist who reproduced Jim Carrey, has a green face but enough to support the show. The freshness and fearlessness of hard work is getting more and more pleasing to the eye, and MTV Rising Star wants to have a bright future. However, this guy is actually 23, and the other male matches are even more tender. Thomas Brodie-Sangster looks like a little chicken one year older than the male lead. He is a 90-year-old Asian male Ki Hong Lee with squinting eyes. The black boss Aml Ameen has lived up to expectations and led other men’s group "predecessors." "The collective rushed to the third. I think that Brenton Thwaites, who was born in 1989, was able to interpret the youth in the season in "Teacher of Memory", which shocked my faith. Do Hollywood male stars all grow up in reverse this year...
Although the performance is commendable, the design of the hot-blooded young characters in this film is nothing new, and some of the characters are even crudely portrayed. The heroine looks like Emma Stone and Kristen Stewart fit together, but it is a pity that it is not only the two rabbit teeth that betray her, but also the weak sense of existence and the effect of being deliberately exaggerated. Even if the director gave it to the scene, it was still covered by various Zhengtai lights. The author who has not read the original can only imagine that its sequel will play a key role. The villain Gally is played by Will Poulter. Although the interpretation is in place, the character changes such as conflicts, infighting and convulsions in the second half are slightly far-fetched. The role of the little fat baby Chuck is obviously to increase the funny plot. I didn't expect that the most serious of the whole group is him. With an elderly heart, the sensational scene is very contrived. The black boss Alby seems to be in order to increase ethnic diversity. Two attempts can be done twice, and he can be squeezed out of power by the little bully at any time. But the film’s efforts to include all kinds of people are also commendable.
The characters generally fall into the stereotypes, and the overall plot is also quite satisfactory. The biggest highlight of the plot structure is that the suspense created at the beginning has kept the audience's appetite until the end of the film. However, this is also the only question mark in the whole film. The rest of the story is clear at a glance, and there are even many loopholes and deficiencies in the narrative. First of all, the specific social construction of the film is not comprehensive enough, and the sudden ending makes people only glimpse the background of the story but not the whole picture. Of course, this also creates a certain mystery for the sequel and pave the way for it. However, the sequel seems to be heading towards the mediocre path of dystopia, and it is said that the concept of the second book is even more ridiculous... Another thing that I can't help but ponder is the interpretation of the question that runs through the film at the end of the film. The reason for imprisoning ignorant boys in a wild maze in a perverted way is actually not difficult to design. For example, aliens use humans as guinea pigs for experiments, and technical testing of mazes and spider spirits is the ultimate goal, and so on. Just to build a modern miracle purely to stimulate the brains of the victims, the social pressure is really small. Of course, these problems ultimately come from the original novel. As far as the movie itself is concerned, what is good to see is the extreme display of survival in the wilderness and maze exploration. No matter how bad his truth is, a good-looking process is enough to meet the needs of lower-age audiences.
In addition, although the plot of the movie is simple, with its sincere and serious positioning and concept, it will not give most adult audiences a sense of disability. There is no hypocritical ambiguity, nor deliberately following the trend of the trend, the director only shows us boys running through the maze. At the beginning, YY, the ignorant teenagers who have long bodies, are hard to have a straight man for three years; until they see all the members face the only woman without a single mind, the dog-blood triangle in similar movies has no signs of signs, even more Bei feels relieved to realize that this piece is not pure in general.
Personally, I think The Maze Runner is a refreshing and high-quality work overall. The film does not hold high the banner of dystopia and fictionalize a doomsday society with repressive human nature, but pay more attention to portray the inner struggle and escape journey of teenagers in a totally enclosed world. Therefore, under the horror and mystery of the survival adventure film and the once smashing escape game style packaging, the film has also collided with the youth who have come out in recent years such as "The Hunger Games", "Divergent", and "Teacher of Memory". Movies are distinguished. The director also did not treat the film with a pediatric mentality. It is even more important to create such a serious and mature work with a young lineup and simple story. Of course, perhaps because it is too faithful to the original, the movie will inevitably copy many logical loopholes and plot criticisms in the book. It is said that the sequel has already started shooting, and if there is a breakthrough on this basis, it is still worth looking forward to.
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