Main character Thomas is a strong role model, helping his friends and standing up to authority when necessary. Characters die, and the scenes in which the mechanized Grievers kill the boys are particularly disturbing. There's more strong language ('s-t,' 'a-hole,' 'bitch') in the movie than in the book, which featured mostly made up curse words like 'shuck' and 'klunk.' Unlike many other popular teen movies, The Maze Runner doesn't highlight a central romance (at least in this installment), but it definitely includes the same amount of intense violence - some of it teen on teen, some of it creature on teen, and much of it weapons based.

The movie, like the book, is a cross between Lord of the Flies, Ender's Game, and The Hunger Games and should appeal to fans of the books and of star Dylan O'Brien ( Teen Wolf).

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