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The 5th Wave
2016 · Film · 112 min
Directed by J Blakeson
Science FictionAdventureAction
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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This reminds me of the movie “The 5th Wave” (2016)
> the military have used deception and technology to convince the rescued children that the humans outside the base have been possessed. They provide military training to the children, forming them into squads to go on kill missions outside the base. Meanwhile, the military was in fact run by the aliens
If it's analogy against "young adult" books you have to consider what the market for "young adults" books really is.
"Young adults" don't buy "Young adult" books, rather public librarians buy "Young adult" books and shelf them in a special section because they believe a collection of "Young adult" books will attract "Young adults" to the library and encourage lifelong reading.
Once a highly prolific author gets labeled a "Young adult" author they are certain to sell a number of profitable hardcovers to libraries and their publisher is likely to handcuff them to the grindstone, the way they did to Piers Anthony. (It is so agonizing to hear Anthony write about he's forced to write those cringeworthy Xanth books.)
It was discovered at some point that "Young adult" books can be turned to gold at the cinema multiplex, so you get movies like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Wave_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_(film)
Unfortunately for Anthony those Xanth books are so
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squicky
that any effort to turn them into film and TV gets stuck in development hell.
Few public libraries collect video games so there is no market for "Young Adult" games marketed to libraries. I suppose you could turn "Young Adult" books into video games but turning books and movies into video games is a much less reliable way to make cash than turning books and video games into movies.
I bought a number of plastic "jerry cans" that all had stickers on them saying you shouldn't use gasoline or diesel to start fires.
Oddly the reason why is different for the two fluids. Gasoline can catch fire quickly and form a fireball, whereas diesel is hard to ignite and won't help start a fire.
This movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Wave_(film)
has a scene where the kids set a school bus on fire with the fuel which isn't realistic.
There is a FAQ if you go through to the 5th wave link that covers it:
https://www.kernel.com/movies/the-5th-wave
Looks like its being built as a platform to upsell/preorder for movies.