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Marguerite Darcy on The 5th Wave

1/22/2016

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The 5th Wave is an apocalyptic movie about the extinction of human race after an extraterrestre invasion. It follows Cassie (Chloë Grace Moretz, Clouds of Sils Maria, If I Stay) an otherwise normal high school senior girl, whose life changes when “The Others” invade the Earth by launching several waves of attacks in order to wipe out the humans -- power failures, floods, epidemics and other nice things. As she is separated from her family, she promises to look after her little brother Sammy, but loses him and therefore makes it her mission to get back to him, even though many miles separates them. The movie also follows Ben (Nick Robinson, Jurassic World,) Cassie’s high school crush, who’s training at an army base with a ton of other kids, AND you’ve guessed it, Sammy, in order to prepare the imminent fight against The Others.
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The 5th Wave tries to deal with delicate subjects such as: how do humans cope with the things they are forced to do in a life-or-death situation, like guilt after killing someone? And actually, what makes us human? And of course, what is Love, and how powerful is it?

The movie presents an interesting invasion strategy, and way to conquer our world, as well as manages to make fun of us humans by reminding us that we don’t need extra help to wipe ourselves off the Earth -- we’re already pretty good at it. The 5th Wave also explores who the enemy really is, as well as how we can be blindfolded by our surroundings, and the inherent values we don’t question.

The film also unsurprisingly offers a pretty crappy love-story between Cassie and a sexy guy (Alex Roe) that rescues her -- and then goes on cutting wood outside of the house or bathing in a river (I’m not complaining.)

So while the unfolding of the alien attack and the questions raised are credible and well thought-out, the actual scenario -- as well as Cassie’s journey -- is far less. But I guess it’s just a typical recipe for an American movie.

Grade: C+
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