The Maze Runner

Hello?

-Hello? -(SQUEALING)

Hey! Hey! Help me!

Go get him.

Day one, Greenie.

Rise and shine.

He looks like a slopper to me.

I could use some help in the kitchen.

(SHOUTING) Oh!

Hey, we got a runner!

Oh!

Take it all in.

He's all yours.

Hey.

Hey there, Green Bean.

You're not gonna run again. Okay?

Good.

My name is Alby.

Can you tell me anything about yourself?

Who you are?

Where you came from? Anything at all.

No.

Can you tell me your name?

I, uh, I can't remember anything.

Why can't I remember anything?

It's okay.

Hey, relax.

Relax.

It's normal.

It happens to us all.

You'll get your name back in a day or two.

It's the one thing they let us keep.

What is this place?

Let me show you.

We eat here.

We sleep here.

We grow our own food.

We build our own shelter.

Whatever we need, the Box provides.

The rest is up to us.

The Box?

Yeah. It's sent up once a month

with fresh supplies and a new Greenie.

This month that's you.

Congratulations.

Sent up? By who, though? Who put us here?

That, we don't know.

-Hey, are you all right, Alby? -A-ha!

Green Bean, meet Newt.

When I'm not around, he's in charge.

Well, it's a good thing you're always around then.

That was some dash you made earlier.

For a second, I thought you had the chops to be a runner,

-till you face-planted. -(LAUGHS)

That was great.

Wait, a "runner"?

Newt, do me a favor. Go find Chuck.

-All right. -Thanks.

Look, I'm sorry to rush this.

You came up a little late, and there's a lot to do.

We got something special planned tonight.

Yeah. You'll see.

I hope you're not afraid of heights.

Let's go. Come on.

This is all we got.

We've worked hard for it.

If you respect this place,

you and I will get along just fine.

What's out there?

We only have three rules.

First, do your part.

No time for any freeloaders.

Second, never harm another Glader.

None of this works unless we have trust.

Most importantly,

never go beyond those walls.

Do you understand me, Greenie?

Hey, Alby!

Hey, Chuck. Where you been, man?

It's basically the same story for all of us.

We wake up in the Box, Alby gives us the tour,

then here we are.

Don't worry.

You're already doing better than I did.

I clunked my pants three times

before they got me out of the pit.

No, come on.

Dude, where are you going?

I just wanna see.

You can look around all you want

but you better not go out there.

Why not? What's through there?

I don't know. I just know what I'm told.

And we're not supposed to leave.

Hey, Chuck. New Greenie, huh?

How does it feel to be promoted?

Feels great, Ben.

I thought no one was allowed to leave.

I said we're not allowed to leave.

They're different, they're runners.

They know more about the maze than anyone.

Wait, what?

What?

What? You just said "maze."

I did?

Yeah.

Where are you going? What are you doing?

I'm just gonna take a look.

I told you, you can't.

No one leaves, especially not now.

It's not safe.

Okay, all right, I'm not gonna go.

Hey!

-(GRUNTS) -(WHIMPERS)

We gotta stop meeting like this, Greenie.

Get off me!

All right! Calm, calm, calm.

Don't touch me!

Whoa! Take it easy!

Just relax.

What the hell is wrong with you guys?

Just calm down, all right?

No, okay? Why won't you tell me what's out there?

-We're just trying to protect you. -It's for your own good.

You guys can't just keep me here.

-I can't let you leave. -Why not?

What the hell?

Next time, I'm gonna let you leave.

Welcome to the Glade.

Light him up!

Hell of a first day, Greenie.

Here.

Put some hair on your chest.

Oh!

-(LAUGHS) -(COUGHING)

Oh, my God! What is that?

I don't even know.

It's Gally's recipe.

It's a trade secret.

Yeah, well, he's still an asshole.

He saved your life today.

Trust me. The maze is a dangerous place.

We're trapped here, aren't we?

For the moment.

But,

you see those guys?

There, by the fire?

Those are the runners.

That guy in the middle there, that's Minho.

He's the Keeper of the Runners.

Every morning, when those doors open, they run the maze,

mapping it, memorizing it,

trying to find a way out.

How long have they been looking?

Three years.

And they haven't found anything?

It's a lot easier said than done.

Listen.

Hear that?

It's the maze, changing.

It changes every night.

How is that even possible?

You can ask the people who put us in here,

if you ever meet the bastards.

Listen, the truth is,

the runners are the only ones

who really know what's out there.

They are the strongest and the fastest of us all.