text: The 5th Wave DVD Review
  Okay so let's just cut to the chase. This is another film in the same vein as The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner and so on. This is a Sci-Fi futuristic, apocalyptic teenage action rom flick. The first half of the film has great intensity and draws you deeply into the key character's plight. I was superbly surprised how much I was enjoying it, until I wasn't. Around the hallway mark, it descends into just another film like all the others. With love triangles and overly forced emo drama.
  Like the other film franchises that I mentioned, this is based on teenage scifi thriller books. In fact, lead actress Chloë Grace Moretz revealed that she read the novel this movie is based on 3 times. She said that she was very excited to play her favorite character from the book. You might like to know that there are two more books in the series, so the big question will be if this film has done enough at the box office to warrant a continuation.
  This film is aimed at teenagers and certainly not adults.
  Stuck inside on a rainy weekend? This should be bearable, but keep an umbrella ready in case you need to escape. Unless you're a teenager and then, it's the ultimate.