Maze mystifies trapped teens
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The Maze Runner is based on a 2009 book of the same name by James Dashner.
Directed by Wes Ball, The Maze Runner is an exciting new science fiction action thriller.
Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) wakes up in a moving lift. When the doors open, he finds himself among a colony of boys who welcome him to the Glade — a large open expanse surrounded by enormous concrete walls.
Thomas has no knowledge of where he is, where he came from or even his name. He and his fellow Gladers only know that each morning, giant concrete doors that lead to the Maze open, and that every night at sunset they close. Every 30 days, a new boy arrives in the lift. Soon after Thomas’ arrival, the first girl ever to arrive at the Glade, Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), also appears.
Thomas learns that each resident of the Glade has a role to play, from gardening to being one of the runners who map the walls of the Maze that keep them captive and change configurations every night. Maze Runners race to cover as much ground as possible before the end of each day when the Maze locks down.
Thomas soon feels an unsettling familiarity about the Glade and the Maze. He believes that there is something locked away in his memory that might be the key to solving the mysteries of the Maze and the world beyond.
Catch the mystery and action when The Maze Runner opens in local cinemas on September 18.
Vocabulary
- expanse (n): a wide and open area of something, especially land or water
configuration (n): an arrangement of the parts of something; the form or shape that this arrangement produces
unsettling (adj): making you feel upset, nervous or worried
