The 5th Wave
Directed by J BlakesonFour waves of increasingly-deadly attacks have left most of Earth in ruins. 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.
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- Richard Hendricks2d agoIt’s a very captivating story, you get sucked into the plot very easily, and the writing is actually really decent
- 匚卂尺ㄥFebruary 7, 2025Spoilers..... Alien invasion movie - so there have been many of them, what to do that's different? The aliens don't attack and destroy everything outright with killer bombs of doom, they want the planet when we're all dead, so they use different styles of attack, which are the waves referred to in the title. The film follows the journey of our young hero, from a normal high school teen existence through to a knarled survivalist resistance fighter. There is an occasional narrative voiceover to explain some aspects of what's happening, I always prefer this method to those awful exposition scenes that a lot of films have (where one character explains something to another character for the benefit of the watching audience). The idea of using child soldiers is not a new one, it's been done many times by us humans and in the film it is justified & explained by the dialogue between some of the characters - we are like cockroaches, the aliens know that they won't be able to kill us all with area weapons, better to get the younger ones to kill the older ones then use the implanted trackers to round up and destroy the children. The revelation that the children have can be seen coming, but it's enjoyable to watch the characters catch up as it dawns on them what is happening. And finally, what I really applaud is that this film hasn't fallen prey to the tired woke preaching agenda that so many have recently. This is what equality actually looks like - our hero just gets on with it, they are smart, tough, loyal, hard as nails, resourceful ...and female.
- jakob.la7March 1, 2025I've read the Books before the Film. They are way better (as always). The Film had a very weird pace, and not very good storytelling.
- Mister ArnOctober 12, 2024Nothing 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.
