(This review may contain spoilers).
This is another film I haven’t (yet) read the book for, but when I saw this film advertised, I found myself really intrigued by it. I’d already decided I was going to see it, but when my brother (who watched it on Saturday) told me it was good, that kind of cemented my decision.
The premise of this was quite an intriguing one. I got pulled into the film pretty quickly and I think that a lot of that came from how the actors portrayed the characters. I recognised quite a few of the actors in this (and it was very weird to see one in particular older, when I saw him in Love Actually and Nanny McPhee), but I also liked the characters played by actors I hadn’t seen before.
The atmosphere in this film was quite tense at times. I found relating to the characters really easy. I think I really liked Thomas as a character… and I particularly liked his friendship with Chuck.
There were a few things that I did see coming in this film. That didn’t detract from my enjoyment; I think the foreshadowing was more responsible for that.
The maze itself was quite intriguing, although I do think that Thomas acted a bit stupidly at one point in the film. (Possibly in the book, too…) Watching the film definitely made me interested in reading the book and I think this film is definitely one I’d like to watch again in the future.
Ink of Blood 