The Maze Runner Page #3

Synopsis: Awakening in an elevator, remembering nothing of his past, Thomas emerges into a world of about thirty teenage boys, all without past memories, who have learned to survive under their own set of rules in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. With a new boy arriving every thirty days, the group has been in "The Glade" for three years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space (patrolled by cyborg monsters named 'Grievers'). They have begun to give up hope when a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change with the boys dividing into two factions: those willing to risk their lives to escape and those wanting to hang onto what they've got and survive.
Director(s): Wes Ball
Production: 20th Century Fox
  4 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG-13
Year:
2014
113 min
$98,537,272
Website
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"She's the

last one... ever."

What the hell

does that mean?

Whoa!

Thomas...

Do you still think

I'm overreacting?

Jeff, what's going on?

What's the matter with her?

Why won't she wake up?

Hey man, I got my job

the same way you did.

Do you

recognize her?

No.

Really? Because she

seemed to recognize you.

What about

the note?

We'll worry

about the note later.

I think you should

worry about it now.

We've got enough to

deal with at the moment.

He's right, Newt.

If the Box isn't

coming back up,

how long do you

think we can last?

No one said that.

Let's notjump

to any conclusions.

We'll just wait until she

wakes up and see what she knows.

Somebody has gotta have

some answers around here.

Okay-

Where are you going?

Back into the maze.

Hey-

Hey, Thomas.

What is this with you, huh?

A death wish?

You just got out and

now you want back in?

Newt said that no one

has ever seen a Griever

and lived to tell

about it, right?

Minho, now we have one.

You're telling me you're not

even a little bit curious?

Not really, no.

So, what's the plan?

You're gonna go out and dissect

that thing all by yourself?

I will if I have 110.

Have the other

runners left yet?

The other runners

quit this morning.

After Alby

got stung, they're not

in any hurry to

get back out there.

WhY are you?

I think it's time we find out

what we're really up against.

All right.

But you're not going

back out there alone.

Meet me in the woods

in half-an-hour.

Will this be enough?

Okay-

Let's go.

Come on!

That's disgusting.

There's something

in there.

You mean, besides

a Griever pancake?

Whoa, what are

you doing?

Whoa!

Ithoughtyou

said it was dead.

Was it a reflex?

You hope.

Okay, come on. Let's

try and pull it out.

Everyone get a hand on it. Come on.

All right, ready?

On three.

One, two, three!

Are you okay, Fry?

Yeah. Thanks, brother.

What the hell is that?

Interesting.

Okay, whatever it is...

can we take this up

back at the Glade?

Because I don't want to

meet this guy's friends.

He's right.

It's getting late.

Come on.

We found this.

It was inside a Griever.

These are the same letters

we get in our supplies. Yeah.

Whoever put us here

obviously made the Grievers.

This is the

first real clue,

the first anything, you've

found in over 3 years.

Right, Minho?

Right.

Newt, we gotta

go back out there.

Who knows where

this might lead us.

You see what he's

trying to do, right?

First he breaks

our rules...

and then he tries to convince

us to abandon them totally.

The rules are the only thing

that have ever held us together.

Why now are we

questioning that?

If Alby was here, you

know he'd agree with me.

This shank needs

to be punished.

You're right.

Thomas broke the rules.

One night in the pit,

and no food.

Come on, Newt!

One night in the pit?

Do you think that's gonna stop

him from going into the maze?

No.

And we can't just

have non-runners

running into the maze

whenever they feel like it.

So let's just

make this official.

Starting from tomorrow,

you're a runner.

Wow.

Gally...

No, Fry.

Thanks, Newt.

Hey, where

are we going?

You'll see.

It's the maze.

All Of it.

What do you mean "all of it"? I

thought you were still mapping it.

There's nothing

left to map.

I've run every

inch of it myself.

Every cycle.

Every pattern.

If there was

a way out,

we would have

found it by now.

Why haven't you

told anyone this?

It was Alby's call.

People needed to believe we

had a chance of getting out.

But maybe now...

we have a real chance.

Take a look at this.

About a year ago, we started

exploring these outer sections.

We found these numbers

printed on the walls.

Sections 1 through 8.

See, the way it works,

is every night,

when the maze changes...

it opens up

a new section.

So today,

Section 6 was open.

Tomorrow, it will be 4,

then 8, then 3.

The pattern

always stays the same.

What's so

special about 7?

I don't know.

But last night, when you

killed that Griever...

Section 7 was open.

I think it must be

where it comes from.

Tomorrow, you and I are

gonna take a closer look.

Hey!

What are you guys doing?

You're not allowed in here.

Sorry, it's just the,uhH.

It's the girl.

Is she awake?

You could

say that.

Chuck, what's going on?

Girls are awesome.

Leave me alone!

Watch your head!

Hey, throw one more

of those things- Ow!

Go away!

We come in peace!

Vvhathappened?

Justduck!

I don't think she

likes us very much.

What do you want

from me? We just wanna talk.

I'm warning you!

Take cover, y'all!

Take cover!

Hey, it's Thomas!

It's Thomas!

I'm gonna

come up, okay?

Okay-

Just me.

I'm coming up.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Okay, just...

Easy, all right?

Where am I?

What is this place?

Why can't I remember anything?

This is all normal. Okay?

We've all been through this.

Okay?

Your name will come back

to you in a couple of days.

It's the one thing that... Teresa.

What did you say?

My name.

It's Teresa.

Teresa, I'm Thomas.

But you already knew that,

though,lguess,huh?

They said I kept saying

your name in my sleep.

Who are you?

I don't know.

I can't remember.

None of us here can

remember anything.

We all woke up here

just like you did.

Hey, I promise...

I'm gonna take this.

Okay.

What's going on up there?

Is she coming down?

Um...

Hey, listen, you guys just

give us a second, okay?

All right.

Come on.

Is this what all

girls are like?

That girl is crazy.

"She's the last one."

What does that mean?

I'm not sure.

Ever since

you came up,

that Box hasn't

gone back down.

I just think it's got

everyone a little worried.

Especially Gally.

He thinks

it's my fault.

Are you sure you don't

remember anything else?

I remember water...

feeling like

I was drowning.

These faces

staring at me.

And this woman's voice saying

the same thing over and over.

"Wicked is good."

Ever since I've been here,

I've had these dreams.

Well, I thought

they were dreams.

You...

You were there.

You were there...

and you told me that

everything was gonna change.

What does it mean?

I don't know.

I just always get pieces.

And the others don't

remember anything?

No.

Why are we different?

These were in my

pocket when I came up.

"W.C.K.D."

"Wicked is good."

What if we were

sent here for a reason?

Alb)'-

We don't even

know what this stuff is.

We don't know

who sent it.

Or why it came

up here with you.

For all we know, this

thing could kill him.

He's already dying.

Look at him.

How could this possibly

make it any worse?

Come on,

it's worth a try.

All right.

Do it.

Okay-

You shouldn't be here!

You shouldn't be here!

No!

Watch out!

Get the syringe! Let go!

Well, that worked.

Okay, from now on...

someone stays here and

watches him around the clock.

Hey-

Sundown, Greenie.

Time to go.

Hey, what is your

problem with me?

Everything started going

wrong the minute you showed up.

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