![]() ![]() Viewers of faith will be intrigued by Christian symbolism and references, including the Gladers’ life-giving blood, a church setting which offers sanctuary, and a character who blesses himself in thanksgiving. Along the way the gang express worthy virtues of friendship, loyalty and self-sacrifice. Like a dystopian Robin Hood, Thomas leads a merry band of mates, including sidekick Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), out of the forest to stage an assault on the Last City and liberate the captives. The WCKD have abducted Minho (Ki Hong Lee) and several other teens, who become guinea pigs for torturous experiments, since the antidote to the plague may lie in their blood. Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson), seeks a cure for the virus from the Gladers, who are surprisingly immune.Īt her side is Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), a Glader turncoat and erstwhile squeeze of the leader of the teen pack, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien). The world has been decimated by a deadly virus called the “flare,” which if it doesn’t kill you, turns you into flesh-eating zombies known as “cranks.”įrom their perch in the aptly named “Last City” sit the leaders of the “World in Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department,” or WCKD. ![]() Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents strongly cautioned. Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Giancarlo Esposito star in a scene from the movie “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-III - adults. Nowlin’s threadbare screenplay, which returning director Wes Ball conducts at a breakneck pace, turning this film into a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride overstuffed with relentless (if bloodless) violence and more vehicle crashes than you can shake a stick at. Our intrepid band of teenagers, the “Gladers,” look positively worn out, having now spent three movies running for their lives from an evil entity in a dreary (and very dusty) post-apocalyptic world.Įqually tired is T.S. NEW YORK (CNS) - The end is nigh, mercifully, in “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” (Fox), based on the third and final novel in James Dashner’s sci-fi trilogy.Īnd none too soon.
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