Run to the World Premiere of Maze Runner: the Scorch Trials

If you believe the trailers, and who doesn't, the next installment of Maze Runner should be awesome. Scorch Trials picks up where the original Maze Runners left off. Those poor Gladers are never going to find any peace it seems. Of course, this is exactly what the evil villains of WCKD want, and they're determined to pull it off. The Gladers think they've escaped, but what kind of movie would that be? The new trailer, which debuted at San Diego Comic-Con, shows non-stop action and mystery. Could it be that WCKED is actually good, or have our heroes fallen into yet another trap?

Director Wes Ball called this film the highlight of his career, which is saying something. He called it a bit of a horror movie, given that the villains, The Cranks, are a zombie-plant hybrid like an angry vine. They're dripping and creepy and nothing you want to invite to join your bridge club.

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The world premiere on September 15th is going down in Hollywood, but it doesn't have to go down without you. That's right. All you have to do is pick up some tickets at vipmoviepremieretickets.com and you can go to the premiere AND the after party. It's as easy as buying tickets online, and we all know how simple that is, except these are special tickets. They get you onto the red carpet and into the first showing of Scorch Trials, which sounds so freaking hot. Must be that Scorch bit in the title.

We all know how popular films about dysfunctional worlds and young adults who have to deal with their plight are. That's just natural. To most teenagers, life must seem like a Scorch Trial. I don't mean to proselytize, but damn--life isn't easy and getting older sucks, especially when you get out of those years when you aren't really expected to do anything. Suddenly you're supposed to have a job and a place to live. How can you start a family without some sort of direction for your life? Life seems like a Scorch Trial.

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Anyway, this film, like the predecessor, has a group of heroes who are eminently identifiable and easy to get behind. Everybody loves an underdog, except perhaps the favorite. Add to that the line by Brenda (Rose Salazar) who says that no one's come out of the scorch in a long time. Yikes. Talk about the prophet of doom. Just because WCKD has vastly superior forces doesn't mean the Gladers aren't up to the task of running the Scorch. Hell, there's another book in this series, and everybody knows how Hollywood loves to turn those third-in-a-trilogy into two films. Be assured, The Gladers are going to get past their scorching test.

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The trailer is pretty disgusting, in the best way possible. There are shots of mutilated bodies that were hit by the flare plus more corpses hanging by their ankles from the ceiling. Jeez. The Maze sucked, but the Scorch sucks even harder.

So, if you're a fan, check out the latest trailer for Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials at http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/themazerunner/#sthash.vEq8rf5r.dpuf. Then, head on over to vipmoviepremieretickets.com and pick up your tickets to the world premiere and after party on September 15. It'll still be summer in Hollywood, but it won't be nearly as hot as the Scorch.