A trilogy of dystopian action-adventure films based on James Dashner’s novels. Dylan O’Brien of “Teen Wolf” fame stars as Thomas, a teen who wakes up trapped in a maze with a group of other boys with no memory of the outside world other than dreams about an organization known as WICKED (World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department). Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his purpose and a way to escape.
Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape.
A mother drops off her son, Thomas, with scientist Ava Paige and troops of an organization called WCKD. Thomas and other abandoned children are placed in a walled maze in a glade as part of its scientific testing.
Thomas, Newt, and Frypan are the last of the free "Gladers" immune to the Flare virus that has ravaged the world's population. They and The Right Arm resistance conduct a rescue operation where they retrieve other Immunes from a train operated by WCKD, an organization responsible for capturing and experimenting on immune children. They discover that Minho, their remaining Glader friend whom WCKD had captured, was not on that train, which is headed to "The Last City", WCKD's base of operations. Against the orders of Vince, leader of The Right Arm, the three leave their camp to rescue Minho, who is being tortured by WCKD in hopes of developing a cure for the virus. Heading for the Last City, the group is attacked by Cranks, humans infected with the Flare. However, they are saved by Jorge and Brenda, who join them.