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THE 5TH WAVE ( 2016 ) FULL
Had it been a full training montage film, building each of the squad members, before heading to the same climax, that would have been great. The military scenes were easily the best in the film, and had they been the main focus, this could have been a very good, slightly fun young adult/sci-fi/action flick. It was so forced and pointless you can tell the studio forced it in to try and sell more tickets. Honestly I think the film would have been a lot better if Cassie just stayed on the bus and had been part of the military without the inclusion of a male sidekick. Cassie’s involvement ultimately comes down to a romance story that I don’t think the filmmakers even believe.
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He comes in and just stops all the momentum the film had been building up. The film’s weakest scenes arguably come from Cassie, mainly because the writers decided to add a love interest. The pair both end up getting recruited for the army, and this is where the film really gets interesting. This is where the plot branches out and starts to follow Ben Parish (Nick Robinson). At this point, she gets separated from her brother Sam (Zackary Arthur), and she goes on a quest to find him. The first 45 minutes or so just show wave 1-4 of the attack, which is really interesting, and although it could have been handled a bit better, it’s done a lot better than I expected it to be. The film follows Cassie (Chloe Grace Möretz), as she witnesses an Alien invasion. I didn’t expect this film to be good, not even slightly good, but you know what? Although it has a lot of flaws, and a lot of things about it I would change, it also does a lot of things well, which is pretty rare in the young adult genre.