The latest attempt at a YA novel-to-screen franchise starts by blowing its meagre effects budget in the first fifteen minutes on a Roland Emmerich greatest hits tribute, leaving the rest of the film with a very predictable and generic plod as Chloe Grace Moretz tries to locate and rescue her little brother whilst dealing with her two heavy-eyelashed, handsome and wishy-washy love interests and - when she remembers - alien invasion. The 5th Wave touches on too many previous YA film tropes (and Moretz is no Lawrence to hold the audience's attention), there are silly logic holes, the twist fails to surprise if you are awake, and the dire-logue keeps getting worse (an army barracks scene is the low point). Ten-year-old girls might declare this to be the best film ever - but curiously the film has an unnecessary 15 rating in the UK - leaving the rest of the audience needing to find a lot of patience.
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