Maze Runner: Scorch Trials is the second part of a film trilogy based on the young-adult fiction Maze Runner pentalogy. That one-line description summarizes the myriad complications which arise in reviewing the film. To find our way through these complications we rely on the clauses in The Made Up Code of Best Practices in Film Reviewing.
Clause #11 – If the film is a sequel, do compare it with the prequel.
The Maze Runner, if you aren't aware, is about a bunch of teenage boys who are dropped by a invisible secret entity called WCKD (pronounced Wicked) ....