angiemas-82693 This movie is the most epic and fitting conclusion to a dystopian future story. Every part of the book that sucked was out, including the forced and unnecessary romance, which was replaced by the bromance. This movie is all about the characters that you're already emotionally invested in. You can't expect to be mesmerized by it if you haven't seen the previous ones. It's like complaining there is no character introduction in Avengers Infinity War. Thomas goes to WCKD for Minho and Newt chooses to stick with his friends until the very end and go down fighting instead of isolating himself from humanity. The characters are what create the pain, the hope, the heartbreak and the chemistry among the cast members is evident in the chemistry among the characters, which intensifies the pain the loss and the heartbreak. Especially the heartbreak. If you've seen the movie you know what I'm talking about.Next, the "bad guys". I love how this franchise justifies the actions of WCKD and I love their portrayal as scientists dedicated to finding a cure, not as the ultimate psychopaths, except of course Littlefing-ehh I meant Janson. Ava Paige and Teresa are in fact grey zone characters who think they're the heroes in their own stories. That adds to the desparation and regret Thomas feels when he asks whether he could have saved his best friend. Even Janson the Douche at some point says that Thomas was born being the cure, he didn't fight for it and probably doesn't deserve it- which is not true, but undeniably justifiable. That's what I call realistic characters. Not everything is black and white, people. Finally, the plot and the action scenes, which are both exceptional. The action scenes aren't random, they're fast-paced and an integral part of the storyline. Combined with the amazing music, they keep you at the edge of your seat every second. The plot, in my not-so-humble opinion was better that the book's. Fast-paced as well, did the characters justice, made sense and led to this epic conclusion we've all been waiting for. There's nothing better that a final movie that does the franchise justice, and Maze Runner: The Death Cure manages to do just that. It broke my heart, it made me sob uncontrollably, it made me feel the loss, the danger, and the pain. And that's how I can tell it succeded.

sarah-beck72 First, I will state that this movie is almost nothing like the book. However, if you can look past that (after all, which movies these days are not vastly different from their literary inspirations?) this was a really good movie.The action scenes were packed and interesting to watch, and the slower scenes did a good job of keeping the movie grounded and developing the characters. Some of the actions scenes did strain credulity, but we don't watch a movie or read a book to experience reality. We watch a movie to escape reality, and that is what this movie does. It gives you an escape from real life, while still holding enough reality to make the characters and their actions relatable.There were definitely some plot holes and questions that really should have been answered, that needed to be answered. For example, why did the immunes have to be put through such horrific "trials" in order for a cure to be found? Why did Thomas not realize that his blood could save Newt as it had done with Brenda, or that it could at least give Newt a little bit more time? But as with all movies, you can't answer every question unless you want a movie that is four hours long. It also isn't realistic to get all of the answers sometimes. How often are we left questioning things in our own lives? Sometimes things happen without us knowing the reasons why.I also feel like the actors did a really good job at portraying their characters in a realistic way. Dylan O'Brien makes Thomas so real, and you truly feel that he wants nothing more in life than to save his friends and keep them safe. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Newt, is the reliable right-hand man who follows Thomas' lead but questions him at times to bring him back to earth. And Will Poulter gives a great performance and makes Gally feel like he is still essentially the same character from the first movie, a good guy who did bad things because he was scared for his friends, and now he wants to make amends for what he's done.Some people will hate this movie because it doesn't wrap everything up in a nice little bow, or because it does not follow the book religiously. But keeping in mind that this is a movie trilogy based on a book series intended to be read by TEENAGERS, I think that this movie delivered exactly what it promised. A movie about teenagers meant for teenagers, who don't always do things the same way that adults would, nor do they look at circumstances, reasons, or questions in the same way either. It gives a unique perspective of an imaginary situation and guesses what a group of teenagers would do if faced with those circumstances, and I think that they did a pretty good job of delivering an answer.Overall, this was a really good movie when you look at it as being there purely for entertainment. And isn't that all that a movie is meant to be anyway?

Jazzy I watched this movie because I watched the previous two movies and wanted to know the ending. It's completely rubbish and the ending was pointless. Stay away from this movie. I even registered myself on imdb so that I can write a review and prevent people from wasting their time.

eddie_baggins Out of the series of high profile teenage dystopian books adapted for the big screen (Divergent, Hunger Games, The Giver are other such titles) over recent years, Wes Ball's Maze Runner series has remained a constantly solid and often impressive adaptation of James Dashner's story, even if the trilogy petered out slightly box office wise with the late arrival of last year's The Death Cure.Facing lengthy release delays due to it's star Dylan O'Brien's serious on-set injuries suffered during a stunt in Death Cure's production, Ball's film felt like it hit an eternity after the 2nd instalment Scorch Trials was unleashed on our cinema screen's in 2015, yet despite a long time between dystopian drinks, Death Cure offers fans of the film's a fitting, if overly long farewell that makes a solid argument for Ball's trilogy to be considered the best of the teenage dystopian bunch.For a film that's budget is relatively low for such a high-end feature, Death Cure makes the most of the tools at its disposal to become a film that's at its most thrilling and engaging when the action kicks in and from the impressive opening train chase, through to some fiery end carnage, Ball displays an impressive handling of the big-scale to give Death Cure some gravitas and spectacle that's of a high-order, even if the character beats and engagement that was found early in the first film's mysterious setting is largely lost here on its journey to tie up proceedings.Fortunate enough to keep its core cast attached for the duration of the 3 - 4 year process, most performers here could now perform their respective roles in their sleep and Death Cure struggles to do much with its large collection of goodies and baddies with O'Brien's Thomas in particular becoming a fairly bland hero as he looks to stop WCKD from kidnapping anymore of his immune friends as the Flare virus rages on around them.Character actors such as Barry Pepper, Patricia Clarkson, Aiden Gillen, a make-up clad Walton Goggins (looking like a character directly out of a Fallout game) and Giancarlo Esposito all pop up to various degrees of success, but really this is the film led and anchored by the youngsters.The biggest issue with Ball's final entry is the aforementioned runtime, at nearly 2 and a half hours, Death Cure does overstay its welcome and feels like it would've benefited greatly from a tighter edit with all things considered.Final Say - It never reached grand heights, but with The Death Cure ringing in the end to the Maze Runner series we can now safely say this trilogy provided enough thrills and excitement to justify its existence and be regarded as the top cat of its dystopian classmates.3 Walton "Ghoul" Goggins out of 5