Movie Review: Ender's Game

Ender's Game is a 2013 film based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card. Directed and written by Gavin Hood, the film stars Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, an unusually gifted child who is sent to an advanced military academy in outer space to prepare for a future alien invasion. The cast also includes Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, and Ben Kingsley.


The story goes like this: In the near future, a hostile alien race has attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin, a shy but strategically brilliant young leader, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.

Ender's Game is of sci-fi, action, adventure genre, which runs for approximately 114 minutes. It's rated PG-13 in most countries for some violence, sci-fi action, and thematic material. The first half of the film was very dragging as it revolved around the day-to-day life of the main protagonist (Ender Wiggin). The plot started developing when Wiggin was sent to outer space for training. But the movie only got exciting towards the end when they are already doing battles (simulations and actual). Overall, Ender's Game was full of action and awesome special effects. After watching the movie, I felt like: "Did I just see this movie?" It felt weird as I didn't really connect to it. Perhaps I was not the target audience and it was really aimed at kids and teenagers, who are most likely to enjoy shooting aliens from outer space. But then again, it could just be me. The film is available in Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos.

RATING: 3.5 out of 5 STARS

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