Maze Runner: The Death Cure Film Review

Finished watching Maze Runner: The Death Cure, directed by Wes Ball and starring Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosa Salazar and Barry Pepper. The film opens with Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) leading his friends in trying to rescue their friend Minho (Ki Hong Lee) from a train carriage after he was taken by WCKD at the end of the previous film. After retrieving one of the carriages Thomas and the team realised that even though they save a large group of people Minho was not among them. This leads to Thomas to go to a city built by WCKD to keep out infected people as they attempt to find a cure, along with his close friends Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Frypan (Dexter Darden) along with Jorge (Giancarlo Esposito) and Brenda (Rosa Salazar) not far behind the group plans of rescuing their friend before the leader of the resistance against WCKD Vince (Barry Pepper) leaves with a large group of people that have been rescued from WCKD travel to a much saver place. Overall this was a great film as it brings a conclusion to the franchise that not only can work standalone to the other two thanks to film having enough exposition for new viewers while not ruining the pace of the film. The film as some great character driven moments throughout the film as each member of the primary cast get a nice amount of time to develop which helps to make some scenes feel even more emotional. The action set pieces of the film are great as there is a great amount of tension in places thanks to how the scenes are shot and what's at stake within the film. 8/10.