The Maze Runner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nIn an era of teen dystopian Sci-fi films all of which are based on books it takes something truly exceptional to stand out from the crowd and leave its own distinctive mark on the genre however, I can tell you with absolute sincerity that \u2018the Mazer Runner\u2019 \u2026 is not that film. The Maze Runner is already a ubiquitous franchise with the success of the books and the films but I\u2019m one of the people that can\u2019t understand the success firstly, the film suffers from the problem that seemingly every modern action film has \u2018shaky-cam\u2019 which makes everything in the frame go out of focus and the viewer has difficulty seeing it. It also suffers from another problem plaguing modern action films the fact that the camera quickly cuts from people fighting and the camera is in so close that the film just uses exaggerated sound effects to convey the impact of a punch or a kick. The film\u2019s acting doesn\u2019t fare much better as apart from a great turn from Will Poulter as a generic antagonist of sorts to our main hero Thomas, Thomas is played by Dylan O\u2019Brien a who has no natural charisma and can\u2019t convey any real emotion. The film\u2019s biggest problem is the script it has nothing in the way of natural dialogue because all things considered the characters speak to each other only to explain needlessly complicated colloquialism\u2019s and the films \u2018TWIST\u2019 was so embarrassingly simple it would make Nancy Drew blush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Congratulations to\u00a0Luke Kelly in the S1\/S2 Film Club who has won Review of Week for his review of The Maze Runner and has won a great prize. Luke’s review can be read<\/p>\n
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