Ender’s Game is basically “What if school was run by the military… in space… and every group project decided the fate of humanity?”

Ender Wiggin is a kid so good at video games that the government looks at him and says, “Yes. This child. Put him in charge of the apocalypse.” Off he goes to Battle School, a zero-gravity playground where recess involves laser guns, emotional trauma, and other children who take tag way too seriously.

The adults insist it’s all just training and definitely not real, which is a huge red flag in any movie. Ender’s superpower isn’t strength or speed—it’s being uncomfortably smart and quietly overthinking everything while surrounded by people shouting military jargon. Meanwhile, Harrison Ford shows up as Space Dad™, delivering intense speeches like he’s still mad about a test you didn’t study for.

By the end, Ender’s Game turns into a lesson about leadership, empathy, and why you should always read the fine print before winning a war. It’s part sci-fi spectacle, part psychological stress test, and part reminder that maybe—just maybe—we shouldn’t outsource humanity’s survival to a kid who just wanted to play some games.