The 5th Wave

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Original title: The Fifth Wave (The 5th Wave)
Year: 2016
Running time: 112 min.
Country: United States
Director: J Blakeson
Screenwriter: Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner (Novel: Rick Yancey)
Music: Henry Jackman
Cinematography: Enrique Chediak
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, Liev Schreiber, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, Zackary Arthur, Gabriela Lopez, Michael Beasley, Cade Canon Ball, Flynn McHugh, Geoffrey Kennedy, Matthew Zuk, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Bailey Anne Borders, David Maldonado, Paul Ryden, Parker Wierling, E. Roger Mitchell, Charmin Lee, Tony Revolori, Terry Serpico, Madison Staines, Courtney Munch
Producer: Columbia Pictures / LStar Capital / Material Pictures
Genre: Sci-Fi | Aliens. Natural Disasters. Survival Film. Young Adult
Synopsis / Plot: 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.

Critics' reviews

"For those kids looking for a little more 'sci' in their 'fi,' The 5th Wave acts as a perfect Alien Invasions 101 assignment for the teen set (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"

Brian Truitt: USA Today
Another week, another plucky teenage girl with the fate of the world on her shoulders, buffeted by smoldering glances from two strong, yet sensitive, young men

Harry Windsor: The Hollywood Reporter
"A movie with a very high bodycount but a very small amount of grit, either emotional or literal"

Clark Collis: Entertainment Weekly
“'The 5th Wave' is very much a January release — in other words, not very good (...) For its first half hour, the movie is interesting and alarming in the best way (...) Rarely does a movie that fails so utterly start so well"

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"An effectively decent post-apocalyptic, young-adult, world-in-the-balance survival thriller."

Eddie Cockrell: Variety
"Everything that comes after the confident, dangerous first half-hour just makes you pine for what could have been as this devolves into ten-a-penny teen-lit sludge (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"

Olly Richards: Empire
"[An] uneventful Mockingjay-lite (...) whatever hairstylist Moretz is using to get that perfect, chicly tousled, end-of-the-world look just right? (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"

Tim Robey: Telegraph
"Like many films designed to double as opening chapters in ongoing screen sagas, The Fifth Wave always feels padded, its focus on establishing a springboard for future sequels rather than satisfactorily exploring its own narrative"

Sarah Ward: Screendaily

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