Directed by : J Blakeson
Written by : Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner
Starring : Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, Liev Schreiber
Release Date : January 14, 2016
Based on the young adult novel by Rick Yancey, "The 5th Wave" unfortunately follows the same old formula of these genre of story. Young teenage female protagonist, put in a tragic situation, living in a dystopian world, somehow finds herself in a complicated romantic situation, and surprisingly seems capable in facing the impossible odds put against her. This movie basically does not add anything remarkably new to the young adult novel genre of films.
As uninspiring as the story for this movie is, there are a few plot points that are meant to feel clever to the audience. Unfortunately those developments aren't really that clever, on account of the predictability that comes with these kinds of movies. They could have tackled some of those ideas in a more dramatic and grounded way, but it's like they didn't want things to be too challenging, and only makes me think that this movie was only intended to be seen by a pre-teenage audience; which I'm clearly not.
In terms of the cast, they are all generally adequate. Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, and Alex Roe, are generally likable in their roles, while Liev Schreiber seems like he is just sleep walking through the movie. I suppose if the material that was given to them was more developed, maybe the acting alone could save this movie. It's too bad that the majority of the movie is just a boring and unexciting mess.
All I asked of "The 5th Wave" despite it's reliance on the Young Adult Novel formula is to at least provide some fun and wonder to it's story. It didn't give me that at all.
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