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),
Grant Pierce Myers (screenplay)
Stars: Dylan O'Brien,
Kaya Scodelario,
Will Poulter
In Movie Theaters: Friday, September 19, 2014
Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, including some disturbing images
Companies: 20th Century Fox
This is the YA adaptation we're rooting for, mainly because it seems more aligned with The Hunger Games
than the other youth-bait movies that have come and gone over the
past couple years. (And if you're over the age of 40, it smacks a bit of
Logan's Run and other genre films.) It's also a rare case of
shifting release-date hijinks that actually increased our interest in
the movie, mainly because Fox has steadily built its marketing campaign
and hasn't overloaded us with clips and featurettes. Since I haven't
read the novel, my hope is that the story keeps my interest once the
initial secrets and structure of this world are revealed.
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