Director - Wes Ball
Disappointing sequel to the enjoyable first Maze Runner film. Picking up where that film left off the surviving kids find themselves chased from location to location trying to find figure out who can be trusted along the way. Whereas the first film had momentum this one just plods, the savvy plot twists of the original are sadly absent too. So what we end up with is a road movie that goes nowhere. Missed opportunity.
Director - Louis Malle
Bonkers Louis Malle film set in a not so distant future where the war of the sexes (literally) is in full swing. Lily (an Alice in Wonderland type) stumbles across a farm (Malle’s own county pile in fact), and ends up being drawn into the weird goings on inside. Malle made the film up as he went along and it shows, there’s almost no dialogue and what little there is emanates from the mouth of the various animals rather than the humans. Best approached as the sort of film you'll probably only ever watch the one time. But if you're a fan of Malle then it at least deserves that one viewing.
Director - Wes Ball
Dystopian teen flick. Bunch of teen boys find themselves in a huge clearing surrounded by high walls on the other side of which is a vast ever-changing maze. Food and provisions are sent in to them at regular intervals, so the big question is should they stay or should they try and escape? It's Logan's Run meets Lord of the Flies filtered through modern Big Brother culture. It's also one of the many slew of teen flicks that have arrived on screens in the wake of The Hunger Games. The Maze Runner rattles forwards at a fair old pace, the acting is pretty good (especially Will Poulter) and visually it's quite a treat too. Bit too scary for anyone not quite into their teens, but otherwise perfectly good Saturday night fluff.
