The movie opens with a gun battle, and is quickly followed with Minho chased by a monster in a dark tunnel. You can’t make a zombie movie without scary-looking zombies, and Death Cure has lots of them. Still, the entire series has relevance to our modern-day approach to medical and scientific research, in which the end often justifies the (unethical) means.Įxcessive. (My view: When they escaped the maze, the story lost some of its luster.) The Death Cure has more story and plot than The Scorch Trials, but is still too action-heavy. This one is more entertaining than The Scorch Trials but still not as fun as the first one in the series. They’re based on the young adult novels by author James Dashner. Maze Runner: The Death Cure is the final installment in a trilogy that began with The Maze Runner (2014) and was followed by Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). At the heart of the film is Thomas’ search for his good friend Minho (Ki Hong Lee), who is being held in the last remaining city on Earth – a city surrounded by a large wall. It’s all part of Maze Runner: The Death Cure (PG-13), which opens in theaters this weekend and finds Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his friends working to free the dozens of healthy people captured by WCKD. Thus, for the world to be cured of the flare virus, Thomas and all his healthy buddies first must die. WCKD’s researchers are developing an anti-virus serum through a process that often requires killing the subjects. That’s because something called the “flare virus” has ravaged the population, turning anyone who catches it into flesh-eating, zombie-like creatures called “Cranks.” And with healthy people now outnumbered 3-1, everyone’s getting desperate for a cure.Įnter the scientific group WCKD, which is searching for – make that hunting for – people like Thomas who are immune to the sickness. He’s also one of the few healthy people left on the planet, which makes he and his friends – who also are healthy – curiosities to society. Thomas is a brave young man living in a dystopian world full of desolate cities, rusted cars and blowing tumbleweed.
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