by Jeremy Wheeler
synopsis
Orson Scott Card's celebrated sci-fi novel is adapapted in this Summit Entertainment production directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). The pic surrounds a young boy (Hugo's Asa Butterfield) who is recruited to lead the human race against a hostile alien species by unknowingly being trained via a game. True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld co-stars.
characteristics
- Evil Aliens
- Extraterrestrial
- Alien [not Human]
- Combat
- Chosen One
- Battle [war]
- Boy
- General
- Game
