The 5th Wave

We fight back

This week's biggest release was not too well received by the critics, despite having Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman helping out on the script. Set during an alien invasion, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, a young woman is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal 5th wave, she teams up with a young man who may become her final hope... if she can only trust him.

112 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Violence).
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I don't think the busses are running today ...

Credits

Cast	Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, Liev Schreiber
Director	J. Blakeson
Screenplay	Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinker, from the novel by RIck Yancey
Music	Henry Jackman
Cinematography	Enrique Chediak
Editing	Paul Rubell
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	Columbia Pictures, GK Films LStar Capital, Living Films, Material Pictures

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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Harry Windsor Movie will only make waves with the young adult market.	2
Die Burger Carla Lews-Balden Wesens uit buitenste ruim sorg vir aksie.	5
ScreenIt Jim Judy Clunky, predictable and not at all engaging.	6
Metacritic.com 28 critics	7
Rottentomatoes critics 89 critics	8
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer With unimpressive effects and plot points seemingly pieced together from previous dystopian YA sci-fi films, The 5th Wave ends up feeling like more of a limp, derivative wriggle.	4
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	8
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Disappointing adaptation has violence, some romance.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 78 users	13
Rottentomatoes users 20011 users	10
Internet 7076 Netizens Chloe Grace Moretz is the best again!	11
Average .. 36%	7