"The 5th Wave": A young woman attempts to save her brother after four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth destroyed. With: Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson and Maggie Siff. (1:52) Rated PG-13 for violence, destruction, some
It's clear that “The 5th Wave” (based on the first novel in a trilogy by Rick Yancey) aims to tap into the audiences for “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent.” But it's just “Hunger Games” or “Divergent”-lite. Chloë Grace Moretz plays the pouty heroine
Which is part of the reason an alien-invasion drama like The 5th Wave feels so fundamentally hollow. The film, which adapts Rick Yancey's bestselling 2013 young-adult novel, doesn't tap into any particular collective concern, or into any ideas larger
Unisex boot-camp adolescent training scenes where boy/girl one-on-one martial arts is the abstinence equivalent of sex? Check. Well, this one starts in a lively way, and the natural disaster scenes of giant waves crashing over buildings are pretty
The 5th Wave is heavy on post-apocalyptic trappings; U.K. director J Blakeson—following up his debut, the tough little kidnapping drama The Disappearance of Alice Creed—commits to all camo gear, survivalist grunge and kids with guns, all the time.