And of course, there’s an open-ended conclusion which promises the story will continue. These characters are mostly symbols rather than flesh & blood people with unique personalities.Īs for the story.these aliens appear to be really stupid, especially after a third act plot reveal which suggests their multi-wave attack is a half-assed plan in danger of being thwarted by a batch of teenagers. In this case, it’s Cassie (Chloe Grace Moretz), who spends most of the time looking for her little brother after they become separated. Despite being well-performed by a great looking cast of talented actors, these kids are walking cliches lifted from better movies, such as the badass chick who takes no shit (and suspiciously resembles Bella from Twilight), a few charming little rubes whose purpose is to unexpectedly die, and two hunky dudes obviously created to establish an obligatory love-triangle with the female lead in future movies. So kids are recruited by the Army to train and fight.
The explanation for this isn’t very convincing, having something to do with the aliens able to mimic adults but not the children. Unfortunately, the focus shifts to a batch of bland teenagers who are the only ones capable of fighting back. These first 20 minutes are as dark and ominous as any young adult adaptation you’d care to name (including The Hunger Games), prepping us for an exciting post-apocalyptic war between the remaining survivors and the alien invaders. A multi-waved attack by unseen aliens devastates most of the Earth through electromagnetic pulses (causing a worldwide power outage), massive quakes & floods and a lethal virus. It's sort of a shame, really, because The 5th Wave begins like gangbusters.
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The film feels cynically assembled with the conceit that every popular novel series is a franchise waiting to happen. It’s not badly made or anything, but like the Divergent films, there’s just nothing unique or memorable about it either. Yet another start-up attempt at a franchise based on a popular series of young adult novels, The 5th Wave offers strong evidence the genre has reached its nadir. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, Liev Schreiber.
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