{"id":170,"date":"2018-05-07T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T15:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2019-01-08T23:53:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T23:53:51","slug":"film-review-the-maze-runner-the-death-cure-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Film Review: The Maze Runner &#8211; The Death Cure (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: -20px;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTYyNzk3MDc2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDk3OTM1NDM@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"283\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, what can we say about the climax movie of a tried-and-tested franchise like\u00a0<em>The Maze Runner<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Okay special-effects, flimsy writing, middling acting.<\/p>\n<p>Was it good? No, but it was enjoyable for what it was.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve definitely seen worse in the genre. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1392190\/\">Mad Max: Fury Road<\/a> anyone? I know it got great reviews, and it was about time we saw a credible and strong female lead in a blockbuster action movie, but really, apart from that and the special effects (which were awesome), it was terrible.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll watch this movie, nibble on your popcorn, maybe with a glass or two of wine (you are watching this at home right, not paying premium ticket prices at the cinema?) and you won\u2019t be bored. You won\u2019t be particularly entertained either.<\/p>\n<p>Not terrible, but instantly forgettable.<\/p>\n<p>I give this film 5\/10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, what can we say about the climax movie of a tried-and-tested franchise like\u00a0The Maze Runner? Okay special-effects, flimsy writing, middling acting. Was it good? No, but it was enjoyable for what it was. I\u2019ve definitely seen worse in the genre. Mad Max: Fury Road anyone? I know it got great reviews, and it was about time we saw a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}