Working at a bookstore, I’ve read big three teen dystopian series that I’ve mentioned above (The Hunger Games novels being my favorite) and seeing (and mostly enjoyed) watching their theatrical jump from pages to screen these past years. At the same time, Ben enrolls in Vosch’s new military army, consisting of young soldiers (including Cassie’s younger brother) to combat the impending the final “wave” from the alien attackers.

Determined to be reunited with her brother, Cassie travels with Evan as they plan to rescue Sam, waiting for the opportune moment to strike. Cassie is left on her own to fight off “The Others”, soon finding a helping hand from Evan (Alex Roe), who knows the ways of survival during this post-alien invasion world, as the young teenager warms up to her new companion.

Following the death of her parents, Cassie looks after her little brother, Sam (Zackary Arthur), as the siblings are soon separated during a covert excavation ordered by the Colonel Vosch (Live Schreiber). However, Cassie’s life drastically changes when alien invaders arrive over Earth (nicknamed “The Others”) and begin a systemically waves of coordinated attacks, wiping out a large percentage of the world’s population by loss of electricity, flooding, and airborne virus.

Is this newest teen dystopian adventure worth seeing or does stand in the shadows of its predecessors?Ĭassie Sullivan (Chloe Grace Moretz) was living the average life of teenager adolescent, concerning herself with friends, parties, and her quasi-crush on her fellow classmate Ben Parish (Nick Robinson). Now, following in the footsteps of The Hunger Games, Maze Runner, and Divergent), Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures) and GK Films are ready to present the theatrical adaption Yancey’s first novel in the movie The 5 th Wave. Back in 2013, author Rick Yancey’s The 5 th Wave (the first of a planned trilogy) was released and has, since then, growing in popularity. In addition, those same three series have proven strong enough to be adapted into feature films, with each one turning their own lucrative profit within their movie franchise.

Their popularity has catapulted the whole “dystopian” aspect into that section, pushing out the paranormal romance novels (vampires, werewolves, demon-hunters, etc.) and making room for numerous tales of tyrannical governments, rebellious uprisings and bleak futuristic societies. It’s clear that the big three teen dystopian series (The Hunger Games, Maze Runner, and Divergent) have proven to be the staples of recent teen / YA literature.

Evan shooting cassie the 5th wave