Odeon, Cineworld, Vue and Reel cinemas are now taking bookings for the showings of The 5th Wave.The human race stands on the brink of extinction as a series of alien attacks decimate the planet, causing earthquakes, tsunamis and disease. The 5th Wave is an entertaining, if emotionally malnourished, opening chapter that whets our appetites for the remainder of the trilogy, but hardly leaves us feeling ravenous.Ĭasting Moretz, best known as Hit-Girl in the Kick Ass films, as the beleaguered heroine is a savvy move.Ĭassie is no Katniss Everdeen, but the 18-year-old actress brings grit and vulnerability to a role that would be more compelling if director J Blakeson didn't have to continually cut away from her emotionally wrought odyssey to events involving family and classmates. Is it worth a watch?Īdapted from Rick Yancey's young adult novel - the opening salvo of a trilogy - The 5th Wave employs an alien invasion as the catalyst for one plucky teenage girl's blood-spattered rites-of-passage. Other stars include Million Dollar Arm's Gabriela Lopez, Todd and Anne's Matthew Zuc, The Change-Up's Bailey Anne Borders and Flight's E. Kick Ass' Chloë Grace Moretz plays Cassie Sullivan, Mad Men's Maggie Siff plays her mother Lisa, Band of Brothers' Ron Livingston plays her father Oliver, child actor Zackary Arthur plays her brother Sammy, Jurassic World's Nick Robinson plays Ben Parish and The Fugitives' Alex Roe plays Evan Walker. Sammy joins Squad 53, led by Cassie's crush Ben, who must overcome his own fears to inspire his ragtag platoon. Meanwhile, little Sammy is conscripted into a children's army under the control of US Army Colonel Vosch (Liev Schreiber).

Her trek unfolds during the aliens' fifth wave: the eradication of survivors using human hosts under the control of parasites.Ĭassie works alone, unable to trust anyone, but serious injury jeopardises her plans until hunky farm boy Evan Walker (Alex Roe) comes to her rescue. In the ensuing chaos, Cassie is separated from Sammy and she vows to track him down. Overnight, the teenager's world shifts on its axis when an extra-terrestrial mothership enters Earth's atmosphere and wipes out vast swathes of mankind with a series of power cuts, earthquakes, tsunamis and modified avian flu. She has a sassy best friend, Lizbeth (Gabriela Lopez), and an embarrassing crush on star football player Ben Parish (Nick Robinson). What is it about?Ĭassie Sullivan (Chloe Grace Moretz) is a 'normal high school student', who lives with her parents (Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff) and cherubic younger brother, Sammy (Zackary Arthur). The new sci-fi movie, which is based on bestselling novel The 5th Wave, is out in cinemas now.īut how good is the film and is it worth a watch? Here is everything you need to know about The 5th Wave (15). The 5th Wave sees Chloë Grace Moretz playing the lead role as she tries to save her brother and fight off an alien invasion which threatens to destroy the Earth.

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