
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is a movie directed by Wes Ball in 2015 and based on the book The Scorch Trials by James Dashner, first published in 2010. The movie features Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, and others.
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Storyline
A mother drops off her scared reluctant son, Thomas, with the scientist Ava Paige and troops of the organization WCKD. With help from Aris, the first maze survivor to arrive in the facility, Thomas discovers that WCKD’s leader, Ava, is still alive and that Mr. Janson is working for WCKD when they discuss experiments on the Immunes and that Janson has yet to find the Right Arm, a resistance group in the mountains.
Movie vs Book

Year
2015
Minutes
131
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Director: Wes Ball
Country: USA
Year: 2015
Length: 2h11m
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Year
2010
Pages
362
Book Rate
7.82
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Book
The Scorch Trials
Author: James Dashner
Country: USA
First published in: 2010
Length: 362 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Maze Runner
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