Ender's Game (IMAX)

This is not a game

The popular youth sci-fi novel has been brought to the screen at last, by none other than Gavin Hood. It is set during a time when the Earth had been ravaged twice by the Buggers, an alien race seemingly determined to destroy humanity. Seventy years later, the people of Earth remain banded together to prevent our own annihilation from this technologically superior alien species. A six year old boy may become the savior of the human race. He is separated from his beloved sister and brought to battle school in deep space. He will be tested and honed into an empathetic killer who despises himself as he learns to fight in hopes of saving Earth and his family. This film is releasing in both normal and IMAX formats, this is the IMAX format.

114 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Violence).
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi.

Are you a good minion?

Credits

Cast	Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Aramis Knight
Director	Gavin Hood
Screenplay	Gavin Hood, from the book by Orson Scott Card,
Music	Steve Jablonsky
Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Editing	Lee Smith, Zach Staenberg
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat, Dolby Atmos, Auro 11.1
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Summit Entertainment, Oddlot Entertainment, Chartoff Productions, Taleswapper, K/O Paper Products, Digital Domain

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action, adventure, science fiction
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Low impact, fantastical
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Themes relate to an alien invasion and a child's role in the battle. He must show compassion, courage and strategic and leadership skills.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG-13 for some violence, sci-fi action and thematic material.
Runtime	114
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 12 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 39 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 179 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	12
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	15
What the People say
Internet 27973 Netizens If you're a fan of the novels, walk away and never look back.	14
Average .. 63%	13