The 5th Wave (2016)

Frank Ochieng January 26, 2016

Well, the young adult movie adaptation genre continues to percolate despite the farewell sentiments as demonstrated by hugely popular products meant to entice the teen scene such as the Twilight, Divergent, Maze Runner and The Hunger Games film series. Sure, why not tamper with a proven formula that guarantees all the right ingredients to tap into the angst-ridden world of young feminine empowerment set against a background of apocalyptic strife and undefined self-discovery? In director J Blakeson’s drippy and derivative dystopian drama The 5th Wave we are introduced to another similar sci-fi serving of a disillusioned heroine out to reflect some consciousness in a boundary of uncertainly and destructive despair. Sadly, The 5th Wave is nothing more than a stillborn alien invasion soap opera that wants to spout off its Hunger Games-esque copycat coating but fails to delve into anything …

Reno April 24, 2016

★ 5/10

> Another teen film trilogy, alien invasion theme on a roll. The 80s teen films were different, (like the recent one 'Turbo Kid') especially those I watched when I was growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s. But now most of them are dystopian action-adventure-fantasy/sci-fi themes, and obviously trilogies with high end graphics. I won't blame for that, the time has come for a change, the movies have technical qualities and they know how to render them, but the stories are terrible. To me this was just an okay film. Felt like the action-adventure versions of 'The Host', but I loved that one, not this. I know it's a trilogy, so, more stories to come with more explanations, but the first film in a series is always important and it failed to impress me. This installment is all about a teen girl and her younger brother. After getting separated during the chaos of alien invasion, she…

Killa-What? September 10, 2016

★ 2/10

Here we go again, another female empowered teen movie. HW seem to be literally pumping this garbage out for the last few years. Is it any wonder why movie sales are down with garbage like this on the shelf? Designed to be for all those teens who like the idea of blood, but really don't want to see it (think twilight, hunger games etc). Save your money and 1h50m of your time and skip. If you really need to see it, in brief it's about a 16 year old girls world turned upside down by an 'alien' invasion when her brother is taken by supposed US army to fight the aliens and father is shot. Befriended by one of 'the others' helps to get the aliens on the run. Nifty idea, however for me falls way short as you don't see any real 'aliens', mediocre acting and story line is very predicable. Look for it in the bargain bin at videoezy in 12 months.

Gimly September 24, 2016

★ 2/10

It's like someone read _The Road_ and went "Oh hey, that was pretty good, I know how I can ruin it!". It's a worse _Hunger Games_ movie than even the last _Hunger Games_ movie was. It's the kind of film where after the opening scene, there is a 40 minute flashback sequence of pure awkward exposition. It's the kind of film that manages to avoid being "offensively bad" by by the skin of its teeth, only because it is instead "embarrassingly bad". It's the kind of film that thinks it's going to get a sequel, so it resolves **nothing**, but that sequel will never happen. I terms of acting? Look, Liev Schreiber was okay, but his role is both minor and beneath him. Chloe Grace Moretz has never been worse. Even Maika Monroe who was amazing in _It Follows_ and _The Guest_ is absolutely awful in this. Everyone else was terrible. There are so many moments in The _5th Wave_ that had me shaking my…

Matthew Brady January 27, 2020

★ 2/10

The 6th wave was the wave of people leaving the theater during the movie.

tmdb15435519 May 10, 2021

★ 3/10

This is so utterly terrible, I don't know where to begin. The most obvious? The writing is some of the worst I've ever experienced. Chloë and Maika, what were you thinking?? Please get better agents.

Ricardo Oliveira March 10, 2023

★ 5/10

"The 5th Wave" is a science-fiction thriller directed by J Blakeson and starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, and Gabriela Lopez. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Rick Yancey and was released in 2016. The story is set in a world that has been devastated by a series of four catastrophic waves, including an electromagnetic pulse that destroys all electronics and a deadly virus that kills billions of people. The survivors are left to fend for themselves against an alien invasion, with no idea of when or how the fifth wave will come. The film follows Cassie Sullivan, played by Moretz, as she tries to survive in this new world and rescue her younger brother, who has been taken by the military. The movie is filled with action, suspense, and emotional moments, as Cassie encounters both human and alien enemies on her journey. Moretz delivers a strong performance as…

Vizinet December 5, 2023

★ 6/10

**Spoiler Alert** The ending made me laugh. I don't want to spoil anything, but it's nice that you mention hope saving you in the end, even though the aliens are still present according to the ending. 😂