Could have lived without it...

Rating: 3/10 (2 February 2014)

Let's start with the positive aspects of Ender's Game. It is technically OK and the actors play their roles well. So this is no 'B' movie (or worse). The story on the other hand is a disaster from my point of view. Sci-Fi movies have to be of sufficient technical quality but also logically as error free as possible. The movie fails the latter one miserably. The number of illogical moves, unmotivated assumptions and unfinished sidelines is more or less uncountable. The story is pretty predictable. But the worst part is that it is build upon the role of child soldiers belittled to their actions in a video game without serious ethical reflection. Kids with remorse of adults in a world of conscienceless grown-ups? I do not buy it together with most of the rest of the story. SD