The movie starts off with a quote from A.E. Wiggin,
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him."
The year is 2086, an alien species called the Formics attacks Earth. In the attack, Mazer Rackham sacrifice himself and blow up, what seems, to be the alien's main ship. And it ends there. It was a video shown to cadets at the school.
In school, Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin (A.E. Wiggin) plays a game with another student and the student lose. However, the student challenges Wiggin to another game which he refuses. And they are observed by Colonel Hyrum Graff and Major Gwen Anderson from the International Fleet. Colonel Graff observes how Wiggin handles the situation tactically. Graff question what would happen if Wiggin experience rejection through the removal of the monitor at the back of his neck. He gets bullied by the student and he retaliates by kicking the student down. This alarms Major Anderson but excites Graff as he thinks Ender is the one.
Ender goes home and tells his sister, Valentine. His brother comes in and plays a game with him. The game? Acting as the Formics and Peter (brother) chocking Ender.
Graff and Anderson come by Ender's house to recruit him into Battle School. Graff talks to Ender to convince him.
Ender joins the shuttle to Battle School. Graff introduces Ender to other 'launchies' as the person to beat. This cause Ender to be hated. However, Ender is smart enough to gain their respect. This was by Ender challenging Sergeant Dap.
Ender plays a 'mind game' that Anderson allows in order to understand the emotional state of the cadets. In the game, Ender plays as the mice that travels and meets a giant. The giant offers the mice two drinks, one of which is poisoned. Ender tries two of the drinks and finds both are poisoned. Ender, then, decides to kill the giant by going into the giant's eye.
Ender is transferred to a new group, Salamander Army. However, he is not liked by the Commander of the group, Bonzo. Petra, however, takes a liking for him. She teaches Ender how to fight. In their first game, Bonzo tells Ender to wait and watch. Ender, disobeys Bonzo and with the aid of Petra, devise a surprise attack. Bonzo disapproves.
In the 'mind game', Ender continues and saw a Formic. Within the game, Ender saw Valentine entering an abandoned castle. There was a snake and Peter in the game. Anderson and Graff couldn't figure out how the mind game could include Ender's family.
Ender gets his own army; Dragon Army. His team comprise of his former team/friends. In a twist to the game, Ender's army goes up against two army; one of which is the Salamander Army. Ender's army won. Bonzo feels threatened. Bonzo challenges Ender in the shower room. Ender defeats Bonzo by kicking him. Bonzo falls and hits his head, causing Bonzo to be sent home to recover.
Ender quits the academy. Graff tries to convince Ender to return. Ender refuses. Graff asked Valentine to convince him.
Ender rejoins his army and is brought to a new camp on the former Formic colony world. He meets Mazer Rackham, who was persumed dead. Ender asked Mazer Rackham what happened after the video that was shown in the academy. It seems that there was more after the video. Mazer Rackham told Ender that the video was intentionally cut to provoke the cadets of the danger of the Formics and be inspired to defend their world.
Ender is told that the high ranking officials are coming to see his final game; his graduation. He prepares his army. Ender is given a bigger army, with his Dragon Army leading. They are given the Molecular Detachment Device a.k.a. Little Doctor, that will destroy the Formics. As the final game is carried out, Ender gives it his all and successfully destroys the Formics and winning the game. However, it was revealed that the game was actually the real deal. Ender feels guilty to have destroyed a whole world. Graff says that he will be a hero. But Ender says he will be remembered as a killer. Ender gets sedated.
As Ender awakes from the sedation, he realises that it was actually the Formics communicating with him through the mind game. The castle and its architecture seems familiar to Ender. He realises that the similarities has been seen just outside his window in the open land; a mountain. He finds the queen of the Formics. The Formics is actually acting humanly; protecting its egg. The egg is the last of the Formics' generation. The queen wants to ensure the survival and they didn't intend to attack the humans. Ender gets promoted to Admiral and sends a letter to Valentine. He promises the queen to find them a new home as they fly off into space.
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