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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials poster

Overview

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.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Overview

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.


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's left-leaning bias stems from its central critique of a powerful, unethical scientific/government institution (WCKD) that exploits vulnerable individuals, championing collective rebellion and liberation as the necessary solution against systemic oppression.

The movie features a visibly diverse cast in key roles, contributing to a sense of inclusion without explicitly altering traditionally white characters for DEI purposes. The narrative maintains a neutral stance on traditional identities, focusing on a dystopian struggle rather than explicit critiques of race or gender. This combination results in a light presence of DEI characteristics.

Secondary

The film 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is entirely focused on the main characters' struggle for survival and their conflict with the governing organization, resulting in no LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate.

The film "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on dystopian survival, escape, and the search for a cure, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.

Female characters like Brenda and Harriet participate in action sequences, primarily using firearms against male opponents such as WCKD soldiers and Cranks. However, there are no scenes depicting a female character achieving victory over one or more male opponents through direct physical combat, hand-to-hand fighting, or melee weapons.

All major characters in "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" retain the same gender as established in James Dashner's original book series, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.

Based on the source novels and the preceding film, the main characters' races in 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' are consistent with their established portrayals or descriptions. No character canonically, historically, or widely established as one race is depicted as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.3
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6.7

Critic Ratings

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4.8
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4.3

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