The 5th Wave (2016)

The YA genre has some wonderful qualities, and Miss Moretz is good at what she does, usually, but 5th Wave is a showcase for neither of those things. It's post-apocalyptic YA sci-fi nonsense that caused in me some kind of movie-response brain-freeze. The part of me that registers and rejects utter bullshit was firing like a fourth of July parade, but like a fool I stuck it out.
The film does eventually answer the burning question that discerning viewers will want answered, but the pay-off isn't worth the time it takes to get there. Then, just five minutes afterwards it drops a second surprise 'plot-twist' that almost ended me. To add insult to injury, it seems to be part one of a longer story. If I'd known that prior to watching, I'd not have wasted my time on it.

1½ switches flicked out of 5