She teams up with Evan, who may be her final hope, if she can learn to trust him. The story tells how in the midst of the wreckage, as one of earth’s last survivors, Cassie must fight to save herself, and her brother, as the fifth wave looms. The likes of Nick Robinson (playing Ben Parish) and Liev Schreiber (Colonel Vosch) also star.
It focuses on a young girl, Cassie Sullivan, played by Moretz, who is bidding to survive in a world that has been decimated by four waves - huge, earth-shattering events, from tidal waves to pestilence - which are unleashed upon the planet by some unknown force. The film is an adaptation of Rick Yancey’s hit novel, published in 2013. Young British actor Alex Roe stars as the conflicted Evan Walker in the hotly anticipated sci-fi adventure-drama “The 5th Wave” opposite Chloe Grace Moretz.