And, because this is the first chapter of a planned trilogy, we’re left with a tepid ending that teases future installments that may never be made.īy all accounts, the book holds together better and it’s not hard to see how that could be the case. Trying to cram too much material into about 100 minutes, the filmmakers lose control of the narrative as snowballing contrivances become difficult to ignore. The storyline is generic apocalyptic science fiction and feels a lot like an uninspired fusion of Independence Day and the TV mini-series “V”. Although many recent multi-book YA properties have made successful book-to-screen translations ( The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner), The 5th Wave is a departure from this trend. The 5th Wave is an adaptation of Rick Yancey’s 2013 YA sci-fi novel.
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