Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin
Plot: Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.
Disc Release Date: 1 March 2016
Ender's Game was filmed digitally using the RED Epic at a resolution of 5K but it was finished using a 2K Digital Intermediate (DI), which presumably formed the basis for this Ultra HD Blu-ray release....
Ender's Game was released theatrically with a number of different soundtracks including Auro 11.1, Datasat, Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos, with the latter being used for this Ultra HD Blu-ray release....
The US Ultra HD Blu-ray release of Ender's Game comes in a black Amaray case with two discs, the Ultra HD Blu-ray and the Full HD Blu-ray. The Ultra HD Blu-ray doesn't use regional coding, however the...
Ender's Game combines tactics, leadership, aliens and growing up in a story that often feels like a more child-friendly version of Starship Troopers. Whilst it certainly has less space-nazis and gore than...
Ender's Game is an interesting, well made and thought provoking sci-fi film that raises pertinent questions about whether a first strike can be ethically justified and how far you're willing to go to win....
The Video score above refers to the original Blu-ray release. The 4K score is for the video quality of the UHD version. Ender's Game is presented on 4K UHD Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Films with an HEVC...
Rather interestingly (at least for audio geeks like yours truly), Ender's Game 4K ditches the DTS codec of the original Blu-ray release (also included in this package) in favor of Dolby audio, in this...
There are no supplements included on the 4K UHD disc. The 1080p Blu-ray included in this package includes the supplements I detailed in our original Ender's Game Blu-ray review....
Whether March is coming in like a lion (Lionsgate?) or a lamb may depend in part on how you're responding to the newest format available for home theater aficionados, 4K UHD Blu-rays. This rollout has...
Ender's Game never quite connects on an emotional level like it seems to think it's doing, but it's consistently entertaining and has some great visual effects. This new 4K UHD disc offers increased detail...
The previous standard blu-ray version looked incredible, video-wise, as you can see here, so I was curious as to how much of an upgrade in color and detail this new UHD disc had. Needless to say, I wasn't...
This UHD release of 'Ender's Game' comes with an upgraded Dolby Atmos track, where I used a 7.1.2 Atmos speaker setup with the normal 7.1 surround and two overhead speakers, plus a subwoofer powering the...
There are NO new extras on the UHD disc, but on the standard Blu-ray version, all of the extras are imported over, which you can see below from Shannon T. Nutt's review of the film. Audio Commentary with...
Gavin Hood’s adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s ‘Ender’s Game‘ is everything I wanted it to be and more. I’ll admit, judging by the trailers to this film, I didn’t quite see how this would work, and I even...
'Ender's Game' the film is a highly entertaining adaptation of Orson Scott Card's book. Although, quite a bit is left out of the film from the book, it transfers well on screen and leaves room for more...