Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
Practical Effects
Actual sandstorms, real heat exhaustion, tangible misery
Acting
Giancarlo Esposito arrives and instantly outclasses everyone
Cinematography
Ruined cityscapes that actually look expensive, rare for YA
Director
Wes Ball
Dylan O'Brien
Thomas
Kaya Scodelario
Teresa Agnes
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Newt
Giancarlo Esposito
Jorge
Ki Hong Lee
Minho
Dexter Darden
Frypan
Rosa Salazar
Brenda
Patricia Clarkson
Ava Paige
Aidan Gillen
Janson
Barry Pepper
Vince
Nathalie Emmanuel
Harriet
Alexander Flores
Winston
Jacob Lofland
Aris Jones
Lili Taylor
Mary Cooper
Alan Tudyk
Blondie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The sandstorm scenes were filmed in a real New Mexico dust storm that sent the cast to actual medical tents for eye injuries.
This arrived at peak YA dystopia saturation—Hunger Games was ending, Divergent was peaking, and this franchise was fighting for relevance with sheer production value.
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