Michael Ledo This is an alien attack film combined with a kids save the world movie. It centers on Cassie and not Katniss (Chloë Grace Moretz) who keeps a journal for first person narration so we can get the heavy meaningful themes, recapped at the end of the feature in case you missed the point. 40 minutes into the film, we cover the first three waves of the attack and Cassie's high school crush. The fourth and fifth wave are a bit ambiguous and seem connected, but "The 4B Wave" wouldn't sell.Cassie spends most of the film looking for her brother (Zackary Arthur). If you have seen a film before you quickly realize the twist as we painfully wait an additional 40 minutes for it to manifest itself to the characters. During this time we suffer through long painful dialogue. The ending leads us open for a sequel as this appears to just be a long introduction of characters for a series that could go on ad infinitum. David Vincent knows they're here.The film is designed to appeal to teens and younger. There is no humor in the film as there was in "Independence Day." No colorful characters, except for maybe that one girl (Maika Monroe and not a hot Asian chick) and we didn't get enough of her to carry the film. There was nothing wrong with the performance of Chloë Grace Moretz, other than she had dry lines and couldn't do anything with them. They needed to cut 10-20 minutes out of the film.We find out Cassie was poorly named for Cassiopeia the beautiful, vain, and boastful queen. Where is JK Rowling when you need a meaningful name? Ben (Nick Robinson) is another story that would be funny, but they made sure it wasn't.Kids will love this film more than adults. There is minimal swearing, my understanding is they removed a lot from the book in that regard. No sex or nudity. While there is killing, the graphic scenes are more off screen than on. No religious content during the end of the world. More like a PG-11 than 13.

davisnola I would recommend this film to anyone seeking adventure, drama, and action in a film. This film is really the first of its kind it includes all types of techniques from the actors and also the fact about camera focuses on the emotions of the characters which emphasizes what the film is about and links in still with the main story line. This movie have a lot of similarities with the film "Divergent". Both movies have been based on a society that is divided into different groups. For example, Divergent society was divided in five fractions: Abnegation the selfless, Dauntless the brave, Erudite the intelligent, Candor the honest, and Amity the peaceful. On the other hand, "The 5th Wave" was divided into two groups: the normal people and people who have diseases. This movie is about four waves deadly attacking Earth, leaving every state and every country ruined. The aliens drain energy and create diseases that effected millions of people and died. The main character in this movie is Cassie. Cassie lost her mother by the disease. The Army came to take the people to the army base and that's how Cassie father died, army people gunned him and others down. The survivors was transferred to the army base on a school bus. When Cassie left the bus to get her brother stuffed animal the bus was driving off, Cassie was running trying to catch up with the bus but she didn't make it. Cassie goes on adventure to look for her little brother named Sam that was left on a bus. While Cassie looks for her little brother Sam, Sam is at the military base being trained by the military to fight the enemy. You can not tell whose the enemy or not because they all looked the same.

bethanj-77319 Was an okay film, however it was increadibly predictable. I knew as soon as I saw the army walk in that they were "the others". It was also crindgy at some points.Having said that, I felt like the acting was alright (I've seen better, but their kids I guess).

Tss5078 The 5th Wave is a rare of example of a film I enjoyed despite hating the novel it was based on. The book was extremely slow, as it was narrated by the lonely girl the film is focused on. She re-lived her experiences in flashbacks in the book, while the movie is more straightforward, therefore eliminating some of the monotony. Still the film isn't without it's flaws, as it is based on an idea that has been done to death. Aliens have invaded the Earth once again and this time they have done it in four crushing waves. Most of the planet is in ruins, millions are dead, and the few that are left have banded together to try and form some sort of resistance. A 5th wave is coming and the military has surmised that children will be the least affected by it, and have begun rounding them up and training them as soldiers. Cassie Sullivan (Chloe Grace Moretz) is one of these children, who is devastated to be separated from her family, but at the same time happy to be fighting along side her life long crush Ben Parish (Nick Robinson). For me, this film was less about the story and more about it's stars. As I said I didn't really care for the story, it's been done, and the whole Hunger Games love angel just seemed to be a lazy rip off. What I did enjoy was seeing two of Hollywood's biggest young stars together in the same film, Chloe Grace Moretz and Nick Robinson. Both of them have been getting bigger and better roles and to finally see them together in a major blockbuster film was a treat. Moretz's character was just another Katniss Everdeen/Tris clone, but she played in well. The true star of the film, was Nick Robinson, the popular kid in High School who transforms into Zombie, the fearless leader of the youthful army. Films like Kings of Summer and Being Charlie saw Robinson take the reigns and make those films his own, and in a way he did the very same thing here. He may not have been THE star, but he certainly was the one to watch, as he was involved in every great scene this movie had to offer. The 5th Wave is a mix of elements and characters simply stolen from other similar stories. The special effects were terrific, the young cast was out of this world, but as a whole, this film wasn't anything special.