Ender's Game

Unrated

10/28/20131h 54m

Premiere Release (US)

~ This is not a game. ~

Overview:

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

Director:

Gavin Hood

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$110,000,000.00

Revenue:

$125,537,191.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
fight
starship
intolerance
war strategy
chosen one
earth
child prodigy
futuristic
space
alien invasion
universe
military school
adventurer
morality tale
based on young adult novel
boy group
starships
complicated
disheartening
frustrated

Cast

Asa Butterfield

~ as ~

Ender Wiggin

Hailee Steinfeld

~ as ~

Petra Arkanian

Harrison Ford

~ as ~

Colonel Hyrum Graff

Viola Davis

~ as ~

Major Gwen Anderson

Ben Kingsley

~ as ~

Mazer Rackham

Abigail Breslin

~ as ~

Valentine Wiggin

Aramis Knight

~ as ~

Bean

Moisés Arias

~ as ~

Bonzo Madrid

Nonso Anozie

~ as ~

Sergeant Dap

Suraj Partha

~ as ~

Alai

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Reviews (2)

AG
Andres Gomez
Written 11 year(s) ago
4
Some kind of space Harry Potter in a dull story about doing a genocide US style as if it would be a video game.

Boring and with the stupid "we are not so bad" ending to make everybody happy.

Still wondering what Harrision Ford and Ben Kingsley are doing in this movie ...
CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
I doubt "Ender Wiggin" (Asa Butterfield) would be anyone's idea of a soldier but "Col. Graff" (Harrison Ford) reckons his reaction to some bullies might suggest he has more mettle than his weedy physique indicates. His bootcamp experiences are much the same with loads of muscle-bound bullies making his life difficult but "Graff" isn't interested in making his life any easier, despite the occasional protests of his sidekick "Anderson" (Voila Davis). Indeed he actually ups the ante considerably when the young man is introduced to the eccentric "Mazer" (Sir Ben Kingsley). A veteran of the ongoing deadlocked war with the "Formics" that everyone hopes can train the the young "Ender" to break. Butterfield does quite well here as the youngster but both Ford and Kingsley underwhelm with the latter, tattoo-covered, character more hammy than intimidating as the story gradually stops being about the people and more of a video game with great visual effects, but a rather weak conclusion to the story that is inconsistently paced for two hours. I like the genre and it tries to be a bit different in it's approach to sci-fi story with a bit of a conscience. Worth a watch.