Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
The sequel is terrible and all my original criticisms for the first film still stand, but at least it's a more entertaining kind of awful.
– Andrew Parker,
Globe and Mail,
18 Sep 2015
rotten:
With minimal plot development and far too much running around in dark corridors, The Scorch Trials has a poor story:filler ratio. And much of what happens is poorly thought-out.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
18 Sep 2015
fresh:
The teen dystopian franchise continues to play rough, and now even rougher, with satisfying results.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
18 Sep 2015
fresh:
If it sounds like there isn't an original thought in The Scorch Trials' scripted head, you're right. But at least you won't be smacking yourself in the head trying to figure out what's going on.