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The 5th Wave

Play trailer 2:25 Poster for The 5th Wave PG-13,  2016,  1h 52m,  Sci-Fi/ Adventure/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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16% Tomatometer 141 Reviews 32% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
The human race stands on the brink of extinction as a series of alien attacks decimate the planet, causing earthquakes, tsunamis and disease. Separated from her family, Ohio teenager Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz) will do whatever it takes to reunite with her brother Sam. Fate leads her to form an alliance with Evan Walker (Alex Roe), a mysterious young man who may be her last hope. Forced to trust each other, Cassie and Evan fight for survival during the fifth assault from the invaders.
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With unimpressive effects and plot points seemingly pieced together from previous dystopian YA sci-fi films, The 5th Wave ends up feeling like more of a limp, derivative wriggle.

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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Aug 16, 2016
1.5/4
With a terrific cast and a director who at least is making an attempt to shake up the literary dystopian status quo, there's really no reason for this one to be as outright terrible as it ultimately proves to be. Go to Full Review
Roxana Hadadi Chesapeake Family Magazine Aug 2, 2016
1.5/5
The 5th Wave is simultaneously boring and cringingly overwrought, with a bland protagonist, a completely nonsensical story, and another teen love triangle. Go to Full Review
Udita Jhunjhunwala Scroll.in Jun 21, 2016
The 5th Wave, which has echoes of Divergent and The Hunger Games, both of which have strong female protagonists, is too obviously just the introductory chapter. Go to Full Review
David Griffiths Subculture Entertainment Oct 29, 2024
3.5/5
The 5th Wave is a good action sci-fi that has a little more bite than some would predict. Easy-to-warm-to-characters and an interesting storyline means the audience quickly feels part of this new world Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Oct 13, 2024
2/5
No one is going to take tactical gear-wearing, elementary school-age kids with pretend-intimidating codenames and armed with semi-automatic weapons seriously. Go to Full Review
Joe Lipsett Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast Jun 18, 2024
2/5
Despite featuring likeable actors like Grace-Moretz and Robinson, the film adaptation of Rick Yancey's novel has no time for anything. There's a propulsive need to barrel forward, but nothing lands (characters, plot, not even action). Go to Full Review
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Theodore W Apr 19, 2019 15%? I thought I would hate it. But somehow I just loved it. Even with some cheesy dialogue, it is held up by some great sequences and of course great source material See more
Rey M Apr 13, 2019 The world in under an alien attack which comes in 5 waves. The first wave brings power cuts, the second tsunami and earthquakes, the 3th sickness and after that the aliens are among the people. No one can be trusted and among this all is a girl called Cassie trying to find back her little brother Sam. On her way she meets Evan Walker who lives alone in the middle of the forrest and has a well kept secret. She also stumbles into her old high school crush Ben Parish, who is now a soldier with his own squad. One thing they have in common, they all want the aliens gone. I love the cast of this movie, so perhaps that made the movie better for me. I know there are a huge load of these kind of movies and they are all sort of the same and this is just another one of them. I did enjoy the story though and I'm curious about what is going to happen next (I'll probably read the books because I don't want to wait). I liked the plottwist in the movie, didn't see that one coming. Okay so as I said before, there are so many movies like this one lately and I just don't have a lot to say about it anymore I guess. I still enjoy watching these "teens who kill" movies a lot, they are very enjoyable. For me so was The 5th Wave. See more
Harry W Mar 31, 2019 My favorite movie by far. There were a few not so great scenes but other than that 10/10 recommend. There are so many bad reviews for this movie on here and I donâ(TM)t know why, it was an amazing movie. See more
Harry W Mar 16, 2019 good story, some good effects, Chloe is very good, really holds interest. The problem is with the 2 male/boy leads. One is supposed to be cruched emotionally and called "Zombie". The other isn't quite human. Both are charisma free. Now their parts are probably written that way, so I don't know if it was the actors and or the script but these keeps it from being a really good movie. Still for end of the world/alien invasion movies, it's very watchable. See more
Mar 4, 2019 I cannot believe I watched this in the theater. Totally wasted my money.
George S Mar 1, 2019 Don't get me wrong. This definitely IS NOT a good movie. But I really liked Chloe Grace Moretz's acting and fairly realistic decisions/behavior UP UNTIL the ridiculous 3rd act. I found everything up until the final act to be satisfying and plausible and generally appreciated the seriousness with which she took the script. But then as usual for 2nd/3rd tier Hollywood YA sci-fi, it all goes to pot REALLY QUICKLY. See more
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Synopsis The human race stands on the brink of extinction as a series of alien attacks decimate the planet, causing earthquakes, tsunamis and disease. Separated from her family, Ohio teenager Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz) will do whatever it takes to reunite with her brother Sam. Fate leads her to form an alliance with Evan Walker (Alex Roe), a mysterious young man who may be her last hope. Forced to trust each other, Cassie and Evan fight for survival during the fifth assault from the invaders.
Director
J Blakeson
Producer
Tobey Maguire, Graham King, Matthew Plouffe, Lynn Harris
Screenwriter
Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
GK Films, Material Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Brief Teen Partying|Some Sci-Fi Thematic Elements|Violence and Destruction)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 22, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$34.9M
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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