The 5th Wave (2016)

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Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. (imdb)

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Directed By: J Blakeson

Written By: Akiva Goldsman, Susannah Grant, Jeff Pinkner

Starring: Liev Schreiber, Ron Livingston, Maria Bello, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Terry Serpico, Nick Robinson, Tony Revolori, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Talitha Bateman, Zackary Arthur

Genres: Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Action, Adventure

Country: UK, USA

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The 5th Wave belongs to 13 collections

1. Based on a Book (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)

2. Based On Novel (collaborative: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)

3. Alien visitation (collaborative: moderated by djross - 7 stars)

4. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)

5. Young Adult novel adaptation (collaborative: moderated by nauru - 3 stars)

6. Alien Invasion (collaborative: moderated by mpowell - 2 stars)

7. Top 2000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 2 stars)

8. 89th Academy Reminder List (2016) (collaborative: moderated by cowfrappe - 1 star)

9. Available on Starz (public: Jason212 - 1 star)

10. Young Adult (YA) Surge (collaborative: moderated by amazedemon)

11. 2016: Year in Review (public: polanski28)

12. seen in 2016 (public: sproost)

13. Jona cdtjes (public: medium123)

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Stars	User	Rating
7	Kojiless	28 _28th
It's like that episode of Black Mirror everyone hated...but all the actors have better hair. YA science once again rears its ugly head in the shape of EMPs that not only permanently shut down all machinery ever made, but all machinery yet to be made, as no one in the world attempts to build another engine, radio, or mechanical pencil after their current ones die. Watching the 5th Wave is like watching Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe video, except after the EMP, there would be no calling. Maybe.
5	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	20 _7th
The 5th Wave feels like every young adult movie of the last decade crushed up into a two-hour TV pilot. After it faded to black, I expected "Coming soon to CBS" to appear on the screen. It's all setup - building toward a sequel that we very well may never get. And even if we are "treated" with a second one, The 5th Wave is so dull that it's hard to imagine many people caring. Bad acting, very little plot, no originality, and not even enough action or thrills to distract us from all its flaws. [Full Review]
4	d_r_e_s_	1 _8th
SMALL SPOILER ALERT A poor shot at yet another young adult novel. The clichés where close to painful. "That was the last normal day of my life" - "I choose YOU" - "Love is NOT a trick", oh and apparently the aliens have the ability to inhabit human host AND Liev Schreiber is a bad guy. What a shocker! The list goes on... *Bad
3	eCitizen	30 _18th
Chloe Grace Moretz was a treat, but the writing was poor & seemed to get worse as it progressed. A few others in the cast stood out. Some obvious & tedious plot twists. A few OK CGI moments, but humans as aliens was cheap. Excellent music & production quality. A couple of good action scenes. The story was left unfinished, presumably for a sequel that's not warranted. Many good moments but the overall story failed to be engaging, immersive, believable or satisfying.
2	angrypierre	7 _2nd
When the apocalypse does eventually come, I'm going to hide out in either a laundrette or a cosmetics factory, because apparently even after 90% of the world's population have been killed by various waves of terrible, everyone will still be perfectly made up and wearing freshly laundered clothes. The fact that I was pondering this, rather than paying any attention to a bunch of bland, interchangeable teenagers refuse to act, tells you everything you need to know about this piece of crap.
2	Obdurate	35 _6th
Spoilers: So Moretz looks out her window and sees her savior chopping wood and then sees his chiseled physique as he bathes in the lake, splashing water on himself... ahhh, I get it, I'm watching porn. One of the worst love stories in recent memory, and it helps tank an otherwise somewhat interesting movie. Up until a certain point I was into it mildly, even though most of the actors -- including Moretz who I love -- phoned it in. But then it went down badly and I just wanted it to be over.
2	TheRealJ-Ro	25 _7th
Through just two movies (this & The Forest), 2016 is shaping up to be one of the worst years on record. I know January is usually bad but damn. I want to say it's too short, but that might sound like I wanted it to go on longer. Things just needed more time. The "twist" is so paper-thin that it all but smacks you in the lips within the first 30 minutes. I dug Cassie & Evan's dynamic to a point, until it became clear that it was just "pair them up because teenagers". I'm told the book is good...
2	mwgerb	28 _13th
Ugggh. The direction and dialog are pretty horrendous. I actually like the concept, the initial apocalypse scenes are decent, and Chloe Grace Moretz tries, but it doesn't amount to much. An annoying attempt at copying the popularity of other YA novels.
2	Superargo	60 _44th
It descends into formulaic, unsatisfying clich� after about an hour--but that first hour's undeniably pretty muscular and involving, effectively documenting the alien apocalypse through Moretz's increasingly freaked-out point of view. If it had just stuck with that--one scared teenage girl alone in alien territory, trying to find her brother--it'd have been awesome. But it devolves into a DIVERGENT ripoff eventually, which turns out to be a drag.
2	bof	19 _4th
New rule: If you've mastered intergalactic travel but can't even manage to take over Ohio without the aid of whiny teenagers, all other space aliens get to stand around and point tentacles and laugh at you.
2	PluggedIN	40 _35th
The same sorts of things are not being said about the movie. While it has some interesting twists to it, this cinematic rendition feels a wee bit tired--a "me too" addition to already second-string YA post-apocalyptic franchises such as The Maze Runner and Divergent. Indeed, the main way The 5th Wave stands out from its cinematic cohorts is, sadly, through its problematic content. (pluggedin.com)
2	luk51000	70 _21st
Wasted by clichés
2	KeyUtkan	22 _3rd
One of the shittiest things ı ever seen. Full with plotholes, full with logical mistakes and loopholes.. Terrible acting, terrible screenplay and setting, very bad script. Twist is obvious as hell. One of those big shit movies
1	spacefloh	60 _58th
eng; [the 5th wave]; aliens wollen die Erde übernehmen und lassen dafür vier katastrophale wellen auf die Menschheit los, doch um die fünften welle zu überleben muss ein mädchen herausfinden was die Bedrohung ist und gleichzeitig ihren kleinen Bruder retten.;
1	roonay3k	40 _14th
Great trailer! Horrible movie!
1	INDYATMN	69 _22nd
Moretz is a good actress and the alien invasion is done in fairly new ways with seemingly some thought put behind it, so why is it so easy to lose interest in this narrative so quickly? Mainly because the characters never feel like characters but like generic archetypes plucked off the Hunger Games' knock-off rack. Moretz is the standard strong-minded heroine w/ a moppet sibling who only exists to motivate her, who'll have 2 choose between a Hunkbot & a 1st Crush. Its all too derivative
1	jordanlige	100 _51st
really good and really cool
1	burkayadalig	20 _1st
idiot aliens who fail to invade earth because of love... I think I just threw up in my mouth
1	doughbaron	38 _6th
There was one moment of the 5th Wave where I thought, "this might start to get interesting," but then it didn't. Everything here is pretty awful and been done better before, including the same old tsunami scene you've seen hundreds of times by now.
1	hellboy76	14 _4th
There is almost nothing original about this YA entry. I do like the lead, but man this was boring and silly and badly made.
1	Barraoc	60 _38th
An entertaining alien invasion movie. If the unnecessary (and unbelievable) romance was removed it would have been much stronger. As it is, it's still better than Divergent (2014) or The Maze Runner (2014).
1	hamstercan	52 _30th
Its forgettable but not terrible
1	PUNQ	30 _35th
Could have been alright had it not tried to market itself so hard like a pilot for a franchise loaded with stuff ripped off of other franchises.
1	donquixotic	15 _11th
It starts off with a little action, then cuts to sappy drama, then a little action then back again to drama. If they just kept the action going it might be worthwhile, or failing that make it a drama about the post-apocalypse instead it's just deadly boring
1	mrarn	28 _4th
Nothing connects me to the story, there are many places I should feel emotion, but it never happens. Even the action scenes with their special effects are a boor. The ending is awkward and stilted, too much talent for such weak film.
1	christof	18 _3rd
Why did I watch this? I should have known better. Bad, bad, bad.
1	Catnip	20 _9th
What a disappointment.
1	Groovy_Souls	10 _3rd
5th Wave is filmed like a polished high budget music video, and acted with the same enthusiasm. Though I like Moretz, her male counterpart is basically Mark from The Room, and the rest of the cast is blatantly bad at acting. Not to mention the script is horrible. It's potentially one of the worst movies I'll see this year, propped up that it's not only bad, but also disappointing.
1	ikkegoemikke	18 _2nd
Just another blablabla slobbery teengirls movie ... Aaaaarrrgggg not again ! My irritated review here : http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be/2016/04/the-5th-wave-2016.html [Full Review]
1	IceStark7	55 _31st
Despite this movie getting really poor reviews it actually wasn't awful. It's getting too much hate I think, despite having some pretty cool scenes along with an interesting premise that possibly sets up a sequel. I look forward to more.
1	Sir Brandon	2 _9th
Lame sci-fi movie including a routine invasion plot w/ unimpressive effects & laughable characters.

Average Percentile 18.23% from 551 Ratings