Maze RunneR: The DeaTh CuRe

released OUT NOW! 2018 | 12 | Blu-ray/dVd/download

Director Wes Ball Cast dylan O’Brien, rosa salazar, Kaya scodelario, Thomas Brodie-sangster

You may wonder why production was delayed on Maze Runner: The Death Cure after star Dylan O’Brien was involved in a stunt accident on-set, when it looks for all the world like it’s been assembled from deleted scenes from the previous two films. The original Maze Runner was a fun, smart twist on the then-en vogue YA dystopia genre, but the sequels are little more than bargainbasement Hunger Games with all the politics sucked out.

The Death Cure is a plotless series of well-crafted but conceptually undistinguished action set-pieces strung together by youthful actors frowning a lot. They’re attempting to rescue a trusted colleague from the evil WCKD organisation, which is experimenting on teens immune to a virus that’s ravaged the world.

Utterly bereft of anything approaching original ideas, it’s competently made, and features spirited performances from its young stars, but adds absolutely nothing new to the genre. Or, indeed, the Maze Runner series.

Extras The DVD has a director/writer/producer commentary, plus two short featurettes. The Blu-ray adds three more featurettes; deleted/ extended scenes (28 minutes); effects footage; a gallery; three storyboard sequences; and a gag reel. Dave Golder