The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave

Protect your own.

PG-13 2016 · 112 min · ★ 5.9 (6K) · Science Fiction, Adventure, Action

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

Directed by J Blakeson · Written by Susannah Grant

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