You’ll have to gradually piece together that Thomas ( Dylan O’Brien) and his friends Newt ( Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Frypan (Dexter Darden) have survived the Maze, and teamed up with black marketeer Jorge ( Giancarlo Esposito), his ward Brenda (Rosa Salazar) and freedom fighter Vince (Barry Pepper).
There isn’t even an opening title card or voiceover to remind you who’s who, what’s what or how we got to this point as we rejoin the action.