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Maze Runner: The Death Cure

December 14, 2018
By MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
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 Maze Runner: The Death Cure is the third and final movie in the Maze Runner franchise and epically concludes the adventures of Thomas and his friends. It all starts with Thomas and other Gladers doing their best to run away from W.I.C.K.E.D and save other young adults in the process, before the evil corporation can mentally torture them and study their blood and bodies. However, when Thomas realizes that he still hasn't saved his old friend Minho, him and a few of his other friends that have been there since the very beginning, journey to the last city on the planet, in an attempt to end things how they started them: together. Even though Thomas soon finds help in a strange source, he's going to need more than all the help that he can get to break into W.I.C.K.E.D and survive a city that is littered with thousands of already turned people infected with the deadly virus that everyone is so intent on finding a cure for. 
 Even though parts of the movie are more than just slightly predictable, Maze Runner: The Death Cure does a good job of adding some much desired suspense and drama. The beginning of the movie does a brilliant job of jump starting the excitement and jam-packed to the brim with adventure and action. Although the middle of the movie tries its best to help the movie flow throughout, this part feels the most boring, stretched out, and over-stuffed by far. The enticing end of the movie is arguably the best part and takes advantage of the incredible character development that the franchise has developed and progressed over the course of three films. This ending manages to tie the entire series together and bring the franchise to a proud close that ensures viewers won't be confused or entirely let down. Although the movie doesn't really want to let go and tries its best to hold onto every last minute that they can grasp, the heart-warming, yet at the same time, heart-shattering ending ties together everything to transform the franchise into a cohesive, complete story and combines everything that the three movies had been building up to. All loose ends are tied up, and it really is magnificent to see a franchise end in such a triumphant manner.

 The vividly terrific visual effects are amazing and help to capture the ferocious battle scenes. These superb special effects are without a doubt one of the movie's main highlights and help to bring out all of the characters' inner-strength, while also being incredibly entertaining to watch. 

 Even though Maze Runner: The Death Cure was a hit with viewers, critics were far from being thrilled with the movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a poor 43%, and IMDb only gave the movie a 6.3/10. However, an outstanding 94% of Google users liked the movie, which probably best demonstrates how the movie was most successful with young adults. Maze Runner: The Death Cure isn't perfect, but it manages to bring the franchise to a close without giving fans an absolute flop. 


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"There's no guarantee we'll make it back from this." - Thomas


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