Movie; The 5th Wave (2016) Caution; Spoiler Alert

The 5^th Wave

Came out; 2016

Time; 1 Hour 52 Minutes

Watched on; Amazon

Rating; PG-13 for violence and destruction, some sci-fi thematic elements, language and brief teen partying

IMDB Rating; 5.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score;

Tomatoemeter: 16%

Average Rating: 4.2/10

Reviews Counted: 126

Fresh; 20

Rotten:  106

38% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother

Staring;

Chloe Grace Moretz as Cassie Sullivan

Gabriela Lopez as Lizbeth

Nick Robinson as Ben Parish/Zombie

Ron Livingston as Oliver Sullivan

Maggie Siff as Lisa Sullivan

Zackary Arthus as Sam Sullivan

Tony Revolori as Dumbo

Live Schreiber as Colonel Vosch

Maria Bello as Sergeant Reznik

Alex Roe as Evan Walker

Storyline;

Four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal fifth wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her final hope-if she can only trust him

Thoughts;

So, the movie starts off with people just doing their daily lives. It turns quickly to the “alien” ships above and then goes into explaining what is happening and what each wave is and the destruction is causes.

The mother of the family dies and then the family sets off to a camp. Pretty soon the army shows up (who mysteriously have running cars when no one else does) and they gather everyone and explain that they will be taking the kids to safety first then the adults. Once the kids are all on the buses and gone (with the exception of Cassie who got off to get her brothers bear), all the adults are gathered in what appears to be a barn. The are now being told that the adults will not be joining their kids. Things get crazy, someone starts shooting and pretty soon all adults and some army are dead. Cassie sees the entire thing.

This is where the movie gets a little boring. It just shows Cassie running, sleeping, writing in her journal (truly most of this could have been skipped) She comes upon a highway where dead bodies and cars are everywhere. All of a sudden gun shots ring out, Cassie is shot in the leg. She tries to run but passes out.

When she wakes up she is in a house with her wounds wrapped up. She discovers her gun is missing and then meets Evan.

Once they decide to go and get her brother it again is in the woods, sleeping, running. Nothing that we really NEEDED to see.

Once they reach the army base however things are different, Cassie gets in, kills Sergeant Reznik and sets out to find her brother. The movie ends shortly after this when the Sergeant tells them that they are all aliens and that the need their bodies. Evan comes in and blows up the army base.

All in all, this movie was really just Ok. It could have been better and it could have been worse. I like Chloe Grace Moretz, but I feel that she couldn’t even make this movie any better than it was.