Review of The 5th Wave (2016) by Shpostal — 24 Jan 2016

Sorry I suppose to be a downer, but outside the presence of Chloe Moretz, the adorable gal from the "Kick Ass" series, has grown up some into a very beautiful young actress, and her acting is fine - it's the script, lack of originality and a sixth wave of incredible cliches and predictability that sinks this film at least for me, partly because I'm not a teenager, and I don't think modern teenagers can save the world without their smart phones, frankly, and I'm sick of knock offs of "The Hunger Games".

First it was "Divegents", then the "Maze Runners", that one having at least a twist of a tale, and then this film which shamelessly is trying only to capitalize on a teen age Armageddon craze. I'll break the news gently to Hollywood: despite your best efforts, you cannot and will not produce another Jennifer Lawrence any time soon. Lawrence is incredibly smart and talented - her ability is that of the greats. Quit trying to clone her.

Then the plot. I could have come up with something a lot more sinister and threatening, not to mention avoiding the casting, which was so derivative of the other teen apocalypse movies it was aping it was insulting. It seem that Hollywood was willing to bank on a tried and true formula without much thought hoping it could cash in. It probably will, but I'm glad we used a gift card from Christmas so I can honestly say I didn't spend my money on it.