Even though the action sequences are entertaining, they are all a distraction to a frustratingly messy plot that doesn't only fail at moving the story forward, but also ignores the questions posed in the first film, and adds too many others to count.

Liked the first movie, but this one felt.... Milked. They were almost always running from something, which got quite repetitive. While 'run' is in the series name, it still got old very quickly. The main character, Thomas, seemed to be the only one who was being developed as a character. Everyone else was bland.

What the hell was this movie about? What was the plot? No questions were answered, only added. What is the Scorch, what is the Flare? It all felt like some action packed movie just taking you from the first movie to the next one without adding anything to the story. Big thumbs down.

Very fast paced, and not in a good way. They run and something happens and they run again.