The 5th Wave (2016)
Director
J Blakeson
Main cast
Nick Robinson; Alex Roe; Maika Monroe; Zackary Arthur; Maggie Siff
Genres
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Description
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.
J Blakeson
Main cast
Nick Robinson; Alex Roe; Maika Monroe; Zackary Arthur; Maggie Siff
Genres
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Description
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.
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