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THE 5TH WAVE (2016 MOVIE
Okay, so I liked a lot of what this movie had to offer but there two things that irritated me - just a little bit.įirst off, the romance(s). Liev Schreiber is fantastic as the army Colonel and Chloe Grace Moretz does the role of an older sister in search of a younger sibling very, very well. The cast did a great job, the writing was a little hokey in places but the cast really did a good job with what they had. This, to me serves to make the aliens more threatening than you'd typically find. technology) or to inflict psychological harm (i.e. These guys have actually planned this out very carefully with each wave strategically executed to remove potential threats to the invaders (i.e. It's not like the aliens just show up and instantaneously have everything they need to wipe out human civilization. I also really liked that the alien attacks came in waves. Earthquakes) and moving on to a viral epidemic is scary serving to illustrate just how far these 'others' will go to get what they want. The idea of an alien invasion where they start by wiping out most of the technology and then start causing natural calamities (i.e. It's a little stale by now, let's be real but the aliens in this film do things differently. I've seen so many alien invasion movies where the aliens come in these massive ships and drop robots or some other similar piece of tech to conquer the planet. Overall, not a bad plot a bit generic with the alien invasion thing but at least the approach to the conquest was interesting. What's Good? Cassie and her little brother Sam (Log's Line)
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Of course, nothing is what it seems and Cassie will have to move fast to get her brother back. She later teams up with a guy named Evan to get to the military base where her brother is being held. Since she was left behind, Cassie witnesses the breakdown of communication between the parents left behind and the military personnel resulting in a mass shootout that kills pretty much everyone. Among the survivors Cassie Sullivan ends up left behind as the other children are taken away. The survivors of the first four waves are contacted by what's left of the US military who take all the children to a military base nearby. They do this through 4 waves of assault bringing human civilization to its knees. Oh, and there will be some spoilers ahead! The PlotĪn unknown alien species (called 'others' in the film) sets about invading the earth. I haven't read the book myself so I don't know how closely the film stuck to its source material but let's get to what you guys clicked for! The 5th Wave was based on a YA sci-fi novel of the same name by Rick Yancey it was released in 2016 to a largely negative critical reception although it did make $109 million on a $54 million budget. I've no idea when I put it there but I decided that if nothing else the premise was interesting and, come on, you're supposed to watch campy movies on Friday nights.or is that just me? Still I was browsing on Netflix looking for something to watch and found The 5th Wave on my 'To Watch' list. Now, I should point out that I've been burned by obscure titles before where they look great and end up being a slog to get through. I love finding obscure titles that almost nobody's heard of because it gives me hope that the genre may survive the trend of ghastly remakes of the last few years. An Unknown Title on Netflix: What is The 5th Wave? Cassie hunting for supplies (The Guardian) This brings us to the subject of this review: The 5th Wave. I've heard a lot criticism aimed at the genre for being either alien invasion or apocalypse/post-apocalypse stories and I understand that but most of the time it doesn't bother me if I like it great and if not then I don't watch it again. The sheer amount of sci-fi entertainment out there means that I'll always find something at least mildly entertaining. Admittedly, it's not that hard for a film to entertain me - that's the whole point of a film - but if I get bored halfway through the film then it's not really something I'll likely watch again. With that said, I'm also very picky about the sci-fi that I watch or rather re-watch. I have multiple favorites: Doomsday, Bloodsuckers, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.the list continues but you get the idea. The answer is: I don't have one single favorite. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before but I'm a huge sci-fi fan.