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January 22nd, 2016 (Wide) by Sony PicturesĪpril 12th, 2016 by Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
#The 5th wave (2016 plus
January "junk?" Thankfully no.Ĭontaining an intense, dystopian flavor (even for something rated PG-13), featuring a romantic interest in the form of a half-human, taking place in Ohio, filmed entirely in Atlanta, GA, and based on a novel of the same name (written by Rick Yancey), The Fifth Wave throws buildup out the window as it contains two important flashbacks (one of them having varying camera angles) plus the adage of top billed actress Chloe Grace Moretz narrating Earth's cordial demise. The storytelling is taut, the troupers are ones you generally care about, the action sequences are quite nifty, and the 80's-style soundtrack is seemingly legit. And despite a few spaceships roaming the sky and one giant mothership coming out of some cumulus clouds, this is more a military affair than an extraterrestrial glop fest.
I mean yeah they're disguised as humans but you can hardly tell. "Wave" is about countless alien invasions but doesn't give you enough visually, to think that any alien species really exist. Eh, no biggie.Īnyway, with its themes of quarantined isolation and genocidal deception, The 5th Wave has a rather small budget even for a sci-fi, action thriller (a poultry $38 million). And here I was expecting to have something to tide me over until Independence Day: Resurgence came out. I as a critic, got a Maze Runner/ Day After Tomorrow vibe more than anything else.
Having never seen anything from those sets of franchises, I couldn't make a supposed juxtaposition.
Critics everywhere have been comparing it to Twilight and/or The Hunger Games flicks. Her latest release is The 5th Wave and it regretfully got shuffled into the month of January (never a good sign). In fact, she's about to show up in four movies via the year 2016. Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Liev SchreiberĬhloe Grace Moretz is all over the place these days.