The Maze Runner

"Get ready to run."

2014 1h 53m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 18,545

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A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

“Get ready to run.”

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Cast

Dylan O'Brien
Thomas
Kaya Scodelario
Teresa Agnes
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Newt
Ki Hong Lee
Minho
Will Poulter
Gally
Aml Ameen
Alby
Patricia Clarkson
Ava Paige
Blake Cooper
Chuck

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wes Ball
Writers: Joel Venti, Grant Pierce Myers, Noah Oppenheim
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Grossed $348M — a 10.2× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Maze Runner Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wes Ball, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Paesano. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dan Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wes Ball directs. Enrique Chediak behind the camera. John Paesano scores. Dan Zimmerman cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Grossed $348M — a 10.2× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
2Released 12 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.
4Part of the "The Maze Runner Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Wes Ball, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Paesano. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Dan Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Dylan O'Brien and Kaya Scodelario and Thomas Brodie-Sangster carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Get ready to run.".
11IMDB entry: tt1790864 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1218,545 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 9 themes, including "based on novel or book", "escape", "dystopia", "maze".

The technical file

Cinematography: Enrique Chediak
Original score: John Paesano
Editing: Dan Zimmerman
Production design: Marc Fisichella
Costume design: Simonetta Mariano
Makeup / hair: Stacy Kelly
VFX supervisor: Eric Brevig
Sound: Doug Hemphill
Stunt coordinator: Troy Robinson
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $34,000,000
Box office: $348,319,861
Return: 1024% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Maze Runner (2014)

Part of

The Maze Runner Collection

The Maze Runner series consists of three science-fiction dystopian action adventure films based on the novel series by American author James Dashner. When Thomas wakes up trapped in a maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than dreams about an organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his purpose and a way to escape.

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Andres Gomez2015-10-23
★ 5/10
Another forgettable Game of Ender/Hunger Games/Divergent clone. In this case, to compensate that the main characters are often women, we just make the whole cast to be men. Just forget about this.
CharlesTheBold2017-03-15
It was a good movie as far as it goes -- resourceful characters deprived of both freedom and their memories manage to build a society and think their way out of their bondage. The problem is that at the end, it simply stopped. No dramatic reason for ending where it does, no resolution of "why did the captors do this?" . Even in a series a movie ought to have a decent local climax -- for example, Kat and Peeta winning the Hunger Games.
Dark Jedi2017-12-22
★ 7/10
One thing that I liked about this movie from the start was that it was, in my limited experience at least, somewhat original. Yes it was an apocalypse story but I have really not seen anything quite like it before. Yes moving mazes and all that have been done but the story as a whole was new to me. That was refreshingly enjoyable in this age of more or less boring Hollywood remakes. On the whole I quite enjoyed the movie. I would label it a “young adult” movie. Not only because the lead characters as well as almost the entire cast are teenagers but the story itself is clearly at a level directed towards a younger audience. But then, who do not wish they were young again? I quite liked the story. It clearly had its usual collection of illogical moments and plot holes but nothing really really annoying as far as I am concerned. In my opinion all of the cast did a decent enough job of their roles. Some roles mostly consisted of standing around in the background of course but the lead characters was not bad. Teresa was more of a plot element than a lead character in this movie though that has to be said. I did indeed like the maze itself. It had a quite cool look and was well done from a cinematic point of view. The one thing that did not come out in the movie though was the reason for it all. I know that is supposed to be the mystery but it was rather frustrating nonetheless to not get any clues whatsoever. What on Earth could be the purpose of having a bunch of kids live through this experience in that way? Sometimes the behavior of these kids where somewhat annoying of course. I especially disliked the plot element where that dumbass kid seemed to just want everything to stay the same forever. It is of course a classical element in stories like this but it still annoys the hell out of me every time. Bottom line is still that I found this a rather enjoyable movie. I would definitely want to see the other two books made into movies as well. I have not read the books by the way so me thinking this was a new story experience is of course partly due to this fact. SHARE THIS: