Mazerunner: Lord of the Flies meet Lost

I did not plan to watch Mazerunner in the first place. Lyn read the trilogy and was disappointed with how the story end. Then again, with my free TGV ticket expiring soon, I have not many choices left for free list. So, once again, I headed for the young adult dystopian story. Boy, it was a nice surprise.

Mazerunner runs exactly like Lord of the Flies. Thomas wakes up one day in a elevator and was transported to a small village, The Glade, which is trapped in the middle of a large maze with a village of young boys. Apparently, in a fixed interval, the elevator will send ample supply for survival, with a young man, sedated, and wiped memory. The only way out seems to be through the maze. However, it is not as simple as it is. The entrance is open every morning and close before nightfall. Those who did not make it back to the village will be prey to certain creatures, Grievers, which looks like cyborg spiders. To complicated matters, the maze change its path every night. With the arrival of Thomas, things seems to change, and subsequently the elevator sends a girl instead.There are those who do not like Thomas pro-active approach, and oppose the changes while Thomas was anxious to look for an exit through the maze. There is where it mirrors the Lord of the Flies, with the boys divided into clans and reach the inevitable separation. With more questions than answer, and each turn of the maze presented more questions; it actually felt like watching Lost, the series. Each answer will lead to more questions and seems to weaved into a bigger sinister story.

Forget about the acting, it is not the star of the show. True enough, the young actors manage to hold their fort, but it was the script, and story that drive the show. The action is bit of let down though, the director opted for the handheld haphazard style of action sequence which blurs the whole frame. The few clearly exciting scenes were when the boys were running in the maze while the maze was changing.. akin to Prince of Persia (the game, not the pathetic movie). The built up was good, though at times, were bit slow in the beginning. However, the pseudo explanation given at the end of the movie made me felt short-changed. Somehow, it was bit disappoiting as well. And the ending scenes gave the whole direction of the story away... it is going to be another dystopian story.

ratings: 3 poink~!
comments: with so may adaptation of young adult novels, this seems to be on the top, along with The Hunger Games. I just hope it would not tank later.