Ender's Game

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Ender's Game

PG-13

2013

1h 54m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

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When hostile aliens called the Formics attack Earth, only the legendary heroics of Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) manage to attain a victory. To prepare for the next attack, Col. Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and his cohorts initiate a military program to find the next Mazer. Recruit Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) exhibits an unusual gift for the training, easily mastering all of the challenges thrown at him. Mazer Rackham, himself, takes Ender as a protege to prepare him for the oncoming war.

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Critics Consensus

If it isn't quite as thought-provoking as the book, Ender's Game still manages to offer a commendable number of well-acted, solidly written sci-fi thrills.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/06/2017

4/5

Starship Troopers, Alien, Tron and Star Trek also make up the movie's DNA but the story - a provocative study about the morality of warfare and conflicts of leadership - injects something powerful and new into the familiar 'chosen one' plot trajectory.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

02/21/2014

2/5

The battle scenes are spectacular but lifeless and hard to engage with. We're watching a cascade of computer-game imagery.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

02/18/2014

2.5/5

It was a bit like standing in a room where someone is playing a video game on a screen and you're not actually taking part in it but you have to watch interminably this game being played and it's just really a bit boring.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

08/15/2024

B+

Ender’s Game is a fun, dramatic look that is different and unique for most sci-fi movies. While it follows the basic trope of alien invasion, it quickly turns into a moral dilemma that involves some heavy and complex themes.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

09/08/2023

2/4

Not having read Card’s novel, I couldn’t say whether it was truly “unfilmable,” but what ends up on the screen is indeed “filmable” in that we’ve seen these narrative threads countless times before in science fiction cinema.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/22/2022

2/4

A joyless video game experience, complete with levels of increasing difficulty and a main character who never really faces a true conflict.

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TheKallse

@SG546 Dec 28

The acting is ridiculous and the story is far-fetched. Brain torture.

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David B

Nov 29

Incredibly slow & boring, I gave up after 1 hour & 12 minutes.

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Matthew M

Nov 22

A criminally underrated sci-fi film with strong central performances, action and an amazing ending.

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Leaburn O

Sep 25

I usually enjoy sci fi and here’s another decent one. Not enormous philosophical depth but enough to keep things interesting. A bit of a leadership guru’s wet dream. Watched on Amazon Prime.

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Roy M

Sep 23

Undervalued! Love this movie. Strong ideas, well paced - engaging throughout, great cast and performances. Deserves sequels.

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Mudassar K

Sep 3

Coming from somebody who has not read the book and a general fan of Sci-Fi movies, I found the movie very entertaining. I can't understand why this was a so called flop. Acting was great, graphics were amazing, even now in 2025 I would not have thought that it was a movie made in 2013, story was well paced, ending left questions and wanting more. People found that the movie felt unrealistic, for god sakes its a sci-fi. Its not based on a true story. But also if you look at it now, some things are not as fake as it seems. For instance, our younger generation are adapting faster and outsmarting some of our seasoned adults. I believe human brains are evolving so fast that in 200 to 300 years time 13 year old 'kids' might end up being smarter than the equivalent 35 year old today. If this movie was released today, I think it would get more recognition.

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Gavin Hood

Director

Harrison Ford

Col. Hyrum Graff

Asa Butterfield

Ender Wiggin

Hailee Steinfeld

Petra Arkanian

Abigail Breslin

Valentine Wiggin

Ben Kingsley

Mazer Rackham

Ender's Game: Official Clip - Mazer Rackham's Story

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - The Mind Game

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - Battle Simulations

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - The Hive Queen

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - Game Over

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - Ender Battles Two Armies

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - I Quit

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - The Battle Room

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Ender's Game: Official Clip - The Final Battle

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Synopsis

When hostile aliens called the Formics attack Earth, only the legendary heroics of Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) manage to attain a victory. To prepare for the next attack, Col. Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and his cohorts initiate a military program to find the next Mazer. Recruit Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) exhibits an unusual gift for the training, easily mastering all of the challenges thrown at him. Mazer Rackham, himself, takes Ender as a protege to prepare him for the oncoming war.

Director: Gavin Hood
Producer: Gigi Pritzker, Linda McDonough, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Robert Chartoff, Lynn Hendee, Orson Scott Card, Ed Ulbrich
Screenwriter: Gavin Hood
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Co: Taleswapper, K/O Paper Products, Digital Domain, Odd Lot Entertainment, Lions Gate Films, Summit Entertainment, Chartoff Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Violence|Sci-Fi Action|Thematic Material)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $61.7M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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