" Oftentimes, we dream our future, only to seek it out and destroy it "

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2014)

Director Gavin Hood must have had fun directing this movie as it seem he created a gigantic Video game. Taken from the novel by Orson Scott Card, it purports to tell the story of Ender Wiggin, (Asa Butterfield) a young man who dreams of joining the military and becoming a great Space hero like his former brother. However he suffers from strange dreams and bad nightmares which aggravates his inferiority complex, not to mention school bullies who seek him out for sport and ridicule. Still he show so much promise a high ranking Officer (Harrison Ford) believe he has the makings of an officer and a great fleet Commander in outer space. In addition, a powerful and fearsome alien race has already attacked Earth some 70 years ago and is said to be waiting to return to destroy humanity. To this end, Earth has taken to recruit Earth's finest young cadets and is training them to become the last line of defense. Ben Kingsley, stars as Mazer Rackham, a high ranking Officer who sets out to hone Wiggins' natural talents and prepare him to do battle with the Alien enemy. Despite his gifts, Wiggins, doubts himself and his the abilities to become the Future Leader his superiors believe he will become. Finally there are the terrible dreams which nightly haunt him as if warning him of his future. The film is jam packed with action, excitement and phenomenal scenes which nearly memorizes the audience. All in all, it's becomes a great movie and one which not only entertains us, but is thought provoking in it's message. The book delves into far more detail, but the film does it's best and is slated to become a Classic. Highly recommended as a Great Sci-Fi for the future. ****