The 5th Wave (2016)
Rated PG-13
Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Zackary Arthur, Liev Schreiber, Maria Bello, Ron Livingston, Alex Roe,
Directed by J Blakeson
The Story:
The aliens have made contact, and after 4 waves (Darkness, Destruction, Disease and Invasion) it's time to unleash...The 5th Wave!
But after so much destruction, what could possibly come next?
Cassie (Moretz) is desperate to find her brother (Arthur) who she lost when the Army came to round up survivors and take them to a training facility. There, Colonel Vosch (Schreiber) plans on training the young kids to be the soldiers of the future that can find and destroy the enemy. They shall be...
The 5th Wave!
So, now we know what the 5th Wave is.
How is it as a movie?
Meh, not bad.
It takes the trappings of the dystopian future and places a young female lead into the center of the conflict.
Her quest to reunite and rescue her little brother are the driving force behind the movie, and whether she helps save the world or not is only secondary.
Filled with an ensemble of fine characters to supplement that story, it's nothing earth-shattering and reinventing the sci-fi / action / dystopian future genre...
But entertaining nonetheless.
Probably nothing you haven't seen in one shape or form already, but it's done with enough gusto this go round, you won't feel like you wasted your time.
Final Grade: C+
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