Reviewed
by Nancy Snipper
An intense
sci-fi film with an unusual plot. Enders Wiggin has been chosen as a leader to
fight off another attack from a formidable enemy of insect form – bee-like
creatures led by a Queen bee.
But
what Enders discovers is the final “graduation” simulation battle exercise he
endures with his team is the real thing. This lie fueled his fury and so he
goes to the planet he has just destroyed with his team to face the Queen
leader. He promises he will find another place for her soon-to-be new
generation to live. He feels so sad that he attacked first especially as he saw
in that supposed simulation that the enemy appeared but did not attack first.
This
film is a study in the fine line between peace and war strategies. The special
effects were riveting. An unusual film based on the worldwide best seller, the
director Gavin Hood went for the cerebral aspects of the book rather than
special effects for the sake of sensation.
(This film was viewed, compliments of Le SuperClub Videotron, 5000, rue
Wellington, in Verdun, Quebec.)
(Ce film a été visionné, avec les compliments
de Le SuperClub Videotron, 5000, rue Wellington, à Verdun, Québec.)
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