Yikes, could this be the end of the world as we know it? Boy, I’m sure glad no other film has posed that threat.īut wait. Making matters difficult for survivors, who gather at a makeshift camp, is that the aliens, called “the others,” can assume human form so you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys. And the 5th wave signals the termination of all mankind. Earthquakes, floods and tidal waves destroy cities and an avian flu epidemic wipes out much of the population. An electromagnetic pulse robs the planet of all its power. OK, she doesn’t rescue manatees but she would if she didn’t live in Ohio.Īll is right with the world until the arrival of a huge alien spaceship, which looks virtually the same as the one in “District 9.” The “wave” in the title refers to the number of catastrophes that the aliens rain down on Earth. We know we’re supposed to like her because she’s awkward around boys, especially the adorably cute Ben Parish (Nick Robinson), she doesn’t break curfew, she loves her younger brother Sammy (Zackary Arthur) and she rescues manatees. Here, Chloe Grace Moretz gets to play the plucky heroine, Cassie Sullivan. This film almost makes one yearn for the dramatic stylings of “Twilight.” Trust me, if you’ve seen “The Hunger Games” and “Insurgent,” you’ve seen “The 5th Wave,” except this blatant ripoff is so lame it’s laughable. Please, boys and girls, I beg you, do not see “The 5th Wave” because if you do, we’ll likely be subjected to yet another trilogy based on a young adult novel, this one by Rick Yancey. Do you hunger for another movie about a teenage girl battling baddies in a post-apocalyptic war? Are you game for another movie where two boys vie for her affections? Will your friends label you an insurgent if you don’t want to see a movie that comes straight from a Xerox copier?
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