Time: 143 Minutes
Age Rating: M – Violence
Cast:
Dylan O’Brien as Thomas
Kaya Scodelario as Teresa
Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt
Dexter Darden as Frypan
Nathalie Emmanuel as Harriet
Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge
Aidan Gillen as Janson
Walton Goggins as Lawrence
Ki Hong Lee as Minho
Jacob Lofland as Aris
Katherine McNamara as Sonya
Barry Pepper as Vince
Will Poulter as Gally
Rosa Salazar as Brenda
Patricia Clarkson as Ava Paige
Director: Wes Ball

I liked the first two Maze Runner movies, but for some reason I didn’t check out the third and final entry in the series when it came out, titled The Death Cure. Years afterwards, I finally got around to it, and I ended up liking it more than I was expecting to. It is probably one of the better YA adaptations.

In many ways, The Death Cure is the best of the trilogy. Storywise, it’s the strongest and delivers on being an epic finale. The emotional stakes are good, even if it does go into melodrama territory at points, and the third act was particularly effective. It’s a little overlong at nearly 2.5 hours in length, but it is still paced relatively well. It’s also the most entertaining of the trilogy, especially with its action scenes.

Like with the previous two movies, The Death Cure is supported by a good cast who have believable chemistry together, with the highlights and standouts being Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Rosa Salazar, and Giancarlo Esposito.

Wes Ball’s direction is solid as always. The visuals are stunning and the action is really good, with thrilling, large scale and staged well set pieces with effective tension.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure is the best of the trilogy, delivering on the performances, action and emotion.