“Maze Runner: The Death Cure” is a dystopian science thriller film directed by Wes Ball, and the third installation in “The Maze Runner” trilogy, based off the original series by James Dashner. In the ...

The “Maze Runner” series, aka the teenage dystopian franchise that’s not “The Hunger Games” and the sci-fi opera that’s not “Star Wars,” returns with an almost gleefully overstuffed third installment.

Hurdling upward fast, and with no visible escape, Thomas -- the protagonist of “The Maze Runner,” played by Dylan O’Brien -- seems to be trapped in the world's scariest dumbwaiter. Released last ...