The 5th Wave
About The 5th Wave
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
J Blakeson's The 5th Wave is a 2016 science fiction film. Chloë Grace Moretz appears as Cassie Sullivan, Nick Robinson as Ben Parish, Ron Livingston as Oliver Sullivan, and Maggie Siff as Lisa Sullivan.
It runs 112 minutes and was released in January 2016. Written by Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. It comes from GK Films, LStar Capital, and Material Pictures. It is adapted from a novel.
Shelv files it under based on young adult novel, alien invasion, environmental disaster, and human subjugation. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Starz Apple TV channel. It scores 5.9 out of 10 from 6,211 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.
War of the Worlds, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and Edge of Tomorrow make useful companions to The 5th Wave, all filed under alien and dystopia.