![]() ![]() " has transformed the world into a desert with sand dunes that crawl and are swallowing the ruins of a lost world. An official budget for Scorch Trials has yet to be confirmed, but it might well be higher than Maze Runner's $34 million budget - as the sequel explores a Mad Max-style scorched Earth.īall describe the post-apocalyptic setting of Scorch Trials to EW as follows: Nowlin also worked on Scorch Trials the latter has now begun putting together a script for the third installment, The Death Cure, while Ball finishes up post-production on the second Maze Runner installment. ![]() Maze Runner director Wes Ball and screenwriter T.S. well, even more dangerous than their old home. Falling into the latter camp are Maze Runner leads Kaya Scodelario as Teresa and Dylan O'Brien as Thomas - who, last time we saw them, had escaped from The Glade only to discover that the world outside is. While that last chapter is yet to happen, let's pray for the last film to never get split into two.In the meantime, the first official screenshots from Scorch Trials have been unveiled, providing an early look at the film's characters, both new and returning. That's an inevitable additional layer to the heap of flaws that piled up for this outing, but it's extremely hard to completely shrug off the film, especially with an interesting, and riproaring climax, that pretty sets the stage for the trilogy's final phase. Some new characters, like Aiden Gillen's Rat-Man, are introduced, but the rest or more than half of movie's payroll's new names, are barely, if not efficiently, utilized. The first movie's $340million worldwide cume against its $34million budget has given this sequel a bigger financial resource for production, and you would thank that for 'The Scorch Trials' stunningly choreographed setpieces, looming up in and between adrenaline- propelled pursuits. The Grievers are now replaced by hungrier and grotesquely more vicious Cranks, and the obstacles are updated, to provide more hair raising creeps. That being said, there are still some few things to commend, like the fact it has retained, if not improved, its scares and thrills. That's maybe the problem for someone who hasn't read the book like me, ever loaded with 'how's and 'why's, which this sequel seems uninterested in answering, until the final chapter. ![]() ![]() The marathon extravaganza hampers the characters to fully connect with each other, and engage in a conversation, lengthy enough to help us understand. It lacks genuine emotions, and there are barely plot developments well- knitted enough to spark interest. See, that's what sends this sequel spiraling down from the heights the first film has soared past in 2014. But that's just a bump, because as soon as alliances are formed and a hint of the government's agenda, is revealed, it's marathon-time again. After seemingly endless cat and mouse chases, you'd be thankful to see them stumble upon a resistance movement, giving them a few moments to rest (that gives you a moment to rest from following them). What even worse, are Cranks, James Dashner's version of zombies, joining the pursuit. 'The Gladers', still led by Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), are now on the run from the forces of WCKD, the mysterious organization that placed them in the Glade. That doesn't necessarily makes the film bereft of sense and extremely difficult to follow, but that fact itself, hinders the proceedings from delivering a comprehensible narrative. This year, 'The Scorch Trials', its sequel, keeps some of the original beats of its predecessor, but it eventually falls into the scope of the overly familiar trope that the first film has defiantly avoided, which is a bit disappointing, considering the riveting buildup they've pulled off with the first film. Last year's 'The Maze Runner' was en route to a non-conformist course off the young adult/post-apocalyptic sub-genre, delivering less familiar but appealing deviations from the more recognizable standards of the category. ![]()
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