The Maze Runner Page #2

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
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to be a runner?

Have you listened to

a word I've just said?

No one wants

to be a runner.

And, besides,

you gotta get chosen.

Chosen by who?

Whoa!

What do you

say, Greenie?

Wanna see what

you're made of?

Greenie! Greenie! Greenie!

Okay. All right.

The rules are

simple, Greenie.

I try to push you

out of the circle...

you try to last more than

five seconds.

Take it easy on

the Greenie. GALLY: Ready?

Get up, boy.

Come on, Greenie.

We're not done yet.

Stop calling me Greenie.

Stop calling you that?

What do you wanna

be called? Shank?

What do you

think, boys?

Does he look

like a Shank?

Whoa!

Come on!

You know what? I think

I've settled on Shank.

Oh!

There you go,

Greenie!

Not bad for

a Greenie, huh?

Om

Thomas.

Thomas. Hey!

Thomas!

I remember my name.

I'm Thomas!

Thomas!

Welcome home, Thomas.

Good job... Thomas.

What the hell

was that?

That, my friend,

was a Griever.

Don't worry, you're safe here with us.

Nothing gets

through those walls.

All right, GUYS-

Let's tuck it in for

the night. Come on.

It was a good night.

Good job, man.

You're safe here with us.

WOMAN". Wicked is good.

THOMAS". What's out there?

Thomas, Thomas.

Can you hear me?

Everything is going to change.

Thomas.

Shh.

Follow me.

It's peaceful, isn't it?

I know it's hard to believe,

but it wasn't always this way.

We had dark days.

We lost a lot of boys to fear.

To panic.

We've come

far since then.

Established

order...

made peace.

Yeah. Why are

you telling me this?

Because you're not

like the others.

You're curious.

But you're

one of us now.

You need to know

what that means.

What happened

to them?

Like I said...

dark days,

Thomas.

Has anyone tried

climbing to the top?

Tried it. The ivy doesn't

go all the way to the top.

And besides, where are

you gonna go from there?

And what

about the Box?

You know, next

time it comes up-

No, we tried that.

The Box won't go back

down with someone in it.

Okay, what if we-

No, we tried it,

all right?

Twice.

All right? Trust me. Anything

you think of, we've already tried.

The only way out of

here is through the maze.

Now, look,

you wanna be helpful?

Here.

Go dig us up

some more fertilizer.

"Just get the fertilizer,

Thomas."

"Are you sure, guys? I

can't help in any other way?"

"No, just get

the fertilizer.

"You know where it is. It's just

out in the middle of the woods."

Oh!

Uh...

You're Ben, right?

I don't know if we ever

Are you okay?

Get the hell off me!

It's your fault.

I saw you.

You did this.

I saw you!

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Help!

Help! Help!

Help!

I'll kill you!

Hey!

Hold him down.

What are you doing?

Calm down, Ben.

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Noah Oppenheim

Noah Oppenheim (born, 1978) is a writer, Emmy-winning television producer, and President of NBC News.[1][2] Previously, Oppenheim was the executive in charge of NBC's Today Show, head of development at Reveille, and senior producer of NBC's Today Show, where he supervised the 7–8am hour of the broadcast. more…

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