The Maze Runner (film)

The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action thriller film directed by Wes Ball, in his directorial debut, based on James Dashners 2009 novel of the same name. The film is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced by Ellen GoldsmithVein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers and T.S. Nowlin. The film stars Dylan OBrien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas BrodieSangster, Ki Hong Lee, Will Poulter, and Patricia Clarkson. The story follows sixteenyearold Thomas, portrayed by OBrien, who awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn hes been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with a large number of other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the everchanging labyrinth all while establishing a functioning society in what they call the Glade.

A 16yearold boy Dylan OBrien wakes up inside an underground service elevator with no memory of his identity. A group of male youths greet him in a large grassy area called the Glade that is enclosed by tall, stone walls. Every month, a new boy and supplies arrive in the elevator. The boys, who call themselves Gladers, have formed a rudimentary society with each assuming specialized tasks. Alby, Aml Ameen their leader and the first to arrive in the Glade, says every boy eventually recalls his name, but none remember their past. The boy learns that a vast Maze surrounding the Glade may provide the only way out. During the day, designated Runners search the Maze for an escape route, returning before nightfall when the entrance closes. No one has ever survived a night inside the Maze.While in a competition with another boy, named Captain Gally Will Poulter, the boy suddenly remembers his name Thomas. The next day, Thomas is attacked by Ben Chris Sheffield , a Runner delirious from being stung by a Griever deadly technoorganic creatures that roam the Maze at night. Ben is forced into the Maze and left to die as there is no cure for what the Griever infected him with. Minho Ki Hong Lee, the lead Runner, and Alby later retrace Bens steps inside the Maze. Minho reappears at dusk dragging Alby, who is stung, but they are unable to reach the closing entrance in time. Thomas spontaneously runs into the Maze to help but all three are trapped. During the night in the Maze, Thomas and Minho tie Alby up high on the Maze wall to hide him from the Grievers, but Minho abandons Thomas when a Griever emerges from the center of the Maze. Thomas slides under the Maze wall, managing to hide from a Griever. Later, Thomas finds Minho and his actions during the night keeps them alive, and he kills a Griever by tricking it into a narrow, closing passageway thus causing it to be crushed, making him the first to ever survive a night in the Maze and kill a Griever. To the other boys astonishme

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