Maze Runner: The Death Cure Review: 6 Ups & 3 Downs

5. Strong Performances Elevate The Material

Maze Runner The Death Cure Dylan O Brien Thomas Brodie Sangster
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Though the aforementioned actors are unfortunately wasted, the younger leads are clearly gifted the stronger, more emotional material to work through, and do fantastic work with it.

There's a danger in this genre for young actors to try too hard and render the fundamentally silly material laughable, but the likes of Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rosa Salazar and Will Poulter in particular balance a serious conviction with an easy charm to keep the movie on an even tonal keel.

Nobody's doing career-best work here, but nobody's phoning it in either, and where it really counts, the central heroes commit to the material without ever pulling a Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games and going full, unintentionally hilarious ham.

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