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‘Ender’s Game’
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The sci-fi film by director Gavin Hood is based on Orson Scott Card’s cognominal novel. The film centers on 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.
In 2086, an alien species called the Formics attacks Earth. Mazer Rackham, commander of a small reserve patrol force, halts their advance and apparently sacrifices himself during their attack.
Fifty years later, young cadet Ender beats a school bully named Stilson at a hand-held virtual game while Colonel Hyrum Graff and Major Gwen Anderson from the International Fleet watch via Ender’s monitor on his neck.
Graff and Anderson visit the Wiggin family and offer Ender a place in Battle School, admitting that the final test is to see how Ender would react to his monitor’s removal. Graff talks privately with Ender and is able to convince him to accept, because Ender believes that “it is what he’s born for.”
Ender is the last “launchie” to arrive at the shuttle taking off for Battle School.
Upon arrival, the launchies are introduced to Sergeant Dap, who explains how the school’s Battle Room works. Ender soon gains the respect of the other launchies. Anderson authorizes for Ender to discover the “mind game,” a way for the school to secretly gauge the emotional state of the students in the form of a video game ...
• Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford and Hailee Steinfeld
• Release date: January 7
• Where to watch: Yonghua Cinema, Shanghai Film Art Center, Stellar Cinema City, Studio City Cinema, Peace Cinema, Cathay Theater, Grand Cinema, Broadband International Cineplex
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