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Niklas Terki
The plot of The Scorch Trials takes place immediately following the previous installment, as Thomas (O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers have just escaped from the facilities of the powerful World Catastrophe Killzone Department (WCKD), which had imprisoned them. On the run in the desert and ruined cities, they must escape WCKD soldiers and face the perils of the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles. Filming began in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 27, 2014, and officially concluded on January 27, 2015.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials was released in select international territories starting September 9, 2015, in 2D, 3D, 4DX and Barco Escape, and was released on September 18, 2015, in the United States in 2D and premium large-format theaters by 20th Century Fox. It was originally set to be released in IMAX, but this was canceled, except Japan (converted to 3D), as Everest had all worldwide IMAX screens booked until the release of the film The Walk. The Scorch Trials received mixed reviews: some commended its action sequences and performances; others criticized the film for its lack of plot and character advancement. Like its predecessor, the film was a commercial success grossing $30.3 million on its opening weekend, making it the ninth-highest grossing debut in September.[5] The film went to the number one spot at the box office during its opening weekend, and grossed $312 million worldwide.
In a flashback, a mother leaves her son, Thomas, with the scientist Ava Paige and troops of the organization WCKD. Thomas and other children are placed in a moving maze in a place known as the Glade as part of the scientific testing.
Years later, shortly after being rescued from the Maze,[a] Thomas and the remaining Gladers are taken to a facility run by Mr. Janson. He says that the facility is a haven protecting them from the "Cranks", infected humans that were zombified by the Flare virus. Under Janson's care, they discover that they were not the only people in the experiment and that many more Mazes were constructed aside from their own.
Thomas becomes suspicious of Janson and investigates the facility. With help from Aris, the first Maze survivor to arrive in the facility from another Maze, Thomas discovers that WCKD's leader, Ava Paige, is still alive. Also, Janson works for WCKD and discusses experiments on the Immunes, mentioning they are still seeking the Right Arm resistance group in the mountains. The Gladers, including Aris, rescue Teresa and escape the facility to the desolate outside world; the Scorch. Janson send troops to track them down.
The group arrives at an abandoned shopping mall and encounters hordes of Cranks. They escape, but Winston gets infected by one of them. By morning, his infection becomes worse, which forces the others to let him kill himself to prevent his transformation.
While crossing the desert, the group takes shelter in an abandoned facility from a deadly lightning storm. Inside, they meet Brenda and Jorge, who leads a dangerous band of survivors. They agree to take them to the Right Arm, abandoning the other survivors.
WCKD locates the facility, and Thomas and Brenda are left behind, as the rest escape with Jorge. As the pair escape the Cranks, Brenda is infected. Thomas experiences a flashback of him and Teresa working for WCKD in which he tries to warn her of WCKD's plans, only for both to be apprehended by the soldiers. As Thomas and Brenda reunite with the rest of the group, Jorge interrogates Marcus, a survivor who secretly works for WCKD, into revealing the location of the Right Arm.
The group eventually arrives at a roadblock, where several people ambush them. However, two young women, Harriet and Sonya, recognize Aris and stands down. They take the Gladers, Brenda, Jorge, and Aris to the Right Arm's outpost camp, where other immune survivors are present.
Vince, leader of the Right Arm, greets them. As Brenda's infection gets worse, he threatens to shoot her, only to be stopped by Mary Cooper, a former WCKD scientist. She reveals that Thomas was their informant, as he'd become disillusioned with WCKD, so has helped the Right Arm take down WCKD's major operations ever since.
As Mary halts Brenda's infection by using an enzyme cure, she explains that the enzyme must be harvested from an Immune's body, not manufactured. Arguments over the methods of manufacturing the cure with Paige led to Mary's departure from WCKD. Teresa calls WCKD to their location since she still believes their motivations are good, which leads to them being attacked.
WCKD soldiers quickly overwhelm the rebels and line up the survivors in front of Paige and Janson, who arrive in a Berg (a very large WCKD aerial transportation vehicle). Teresa explains to Thomas that she got her memories back from WCKD whilst with Janson. Mary is shot and killed by Janson, and WCKD troops take the immune survivors, including Minho, Aris, and Sonya. With only a fraction of the survivors left at the site, Thomas plans to kill Paige and save everyone from WCKD.
The early development of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials suggested to many that Fox was confident in the potential success of The Maze Runner.[6][7] On November 19, 2014, John Paesano was confirmed to return to score the film.[2] Creature designer Ken Barthelmey returned to design the "Cranks" for the film.[8]
On September 26, 2014, Aidan Gillen was cast as Janson, also known as Rat-Man.[9] On September 30, 2014, Rosa Salazar signed on to the cast as Brenda.[10] Within the next few days, Mud star Jacob Lofland[11] and Giancarlo Esposito[12] joined the cast, playing Aris Jones and Jorge, respectively. Nathalie Emmanuel was cast as Harriet, co-leader of Group B, on October 22, 2014,[13] and Katherine McNamara as the other co-leader on December 22.[14] On November 3, 2014, there were two additions to the cast, with Lili Taylor as Mary Cooper, a "doctor who helps Thomas and the Gladers",[15] and Barry Pepper as Vince, "a survivalist who is one of the last remaining soldiers of a legendary unit called the Right Arm".[16]
On August 31, 2014, Ball announced they were "about nine weeks out from shooting". He also revealed "we are in New Mexico right now. We've got a crew and stages. We are rapidly approaching our shoot time. The sets are being built. A lot of the same crew is coming back. Most of the cast is coming back, except for the ones who were killed [in the first film]. The script is coming along".[18] A week later, Ball told BuzzFeed that "we've got stages, we've got crews coming in, Dylan [O'Brien] will be back in a few weeks, we're building sets, and the script is being written. It's a bit of a race this time because we're cautiously optimistic, but we're feeling excited we're about to do something that's way more sophisticated, way more grown-up, and set up a saga here."[19]
On August 31, 2014, Ball revealed he is hoping "the movie will be out in about a year".[18] On September 21, 2014, it was announced the film would be released on September 18, 2015, in the United States.[24][non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed] The film was released in Barco's multi-screen immersive movie format Barco Escape in across 25 countries with approximately 20 minutes of the film converted into the format.[25] It was also released in the Dolby Vision format in Dolby Cinema in North America.[26]
The first official trailer was released on April 23, 2015, at 20th Century Fox's CinemaCon.[30] It was not released online at the same time, but the 1 minute and 44-second teaser trailer premiered before Pitch Perfect 2 in May 2015.[31] The trailer was released publicly on May 19, 2015.[32] On July 10, 2015, a 30-minute sneak peek was screened at San Diego Comic Con International, with Ball, Dashner, and O'Brien also at the screening.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials received mixed reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 48%, based on 155 reviews, with an average rating of 5.41/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is an action-packed sequel at the cost of story, urgency, and mystery that the original offered."[52] Metacritic gives the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[53] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[54]
The main criticisms of the film were its narrative, particularly its changes from the source material, and lack of character development.[55][56] Forbes said the film suffered from "middle movie syndrome", claiming that it did not offer an introduction nor a finale.[57] The Wrap stated that, "it doesn't offer much plot or character development".[58] Stephen Kelly of Total Film said, "Scorch Trials ambitiously opens up its world with mixed results: gripping action, so-so script."[59] Walter Addiego of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "there's lots of eye candy, and the pace is fast, but somehow the movie falls short."[60]
Some critics considered it to be an improvement over its predecessor, highlighting its action sequences and performances.[61][62] John Williams of The New York Times wrote, "the many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline",[63] and Brian Truitt of USA Today said, "Maze Runner's action, suspense and twists give movie fans of all ages a chance to embrace their inner on-the-run teenager."[64] Rafer Guzman of Newsday said, "the teen dystopian franchise continues to play rough, and now even rougher, with satisfying results."[65] Bilge Ebiri of Vulture said "essentially, The Scorch Trials makes up for the humdrum Apocalypse of its first half by going a little bonkers in its second."[66]
In March 2015, it was confirmed that Nowlin, who co-wrote the first and wrote the second film, has been set to adapt the third book, The Death Cure.[69] Ball confirmed that, if he returned to direct, the film would not be split into two films.[70] On July 9, 2015, it was revealed that filming is set to begin in February 2016.[71][non-primary source needed] On September 16, 2015, it was confirmed that Ball would return to direct the third film.[72]