Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Maze (2010)

A group of friends heading for a day of fun at a corn maze, get lost and then their car breaks down. By the time they get back on the road, the maze is closed for the night.

The kids decide they are going to go in anyway and play a game of hide and seek. This is truly unfortunate as there just happens to be a killer in a hoodie hanging out in the corn maze. Yeah... the killer appears to be a slightly built teenager. Why is he there? If he's waiting for someone to kill, it's only sheer luck that they decided to go in after dark.

The killer chases them, but the kids aren't bright enough to find their way out. Damn it, kids! It's a corn maze. It's not like there are walls. Either barrel through the corn in a straight line until you get to the edge, or try to be stealthy and creep through the stalks. You don't have to go running up and down in the maze. You'll just get lost. They don't call it a maze for nothing. Sigh.

There is also an incredible Scooby Doo moment when the smart girl's glasses get knocked off. She pulls a Velma by getting down on her knees and feeling around for her glasses while asking for help. The killer comes up, hands her the glasses and she thanks him thinking it's her friend. Once she puts on her glasses, zoinks! There is also a prequisite twist ending that is lame.

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