Ender's Game 4K Blu-ray Movie

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4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 08, 2023

Ender's Game 4K (Blu-ray Movie), temporary cover art

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Movie rating

6.8
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users4.0 of 54.0
Reviewer3.5 of 53.5
Overall3.5 of 53.5

Overview

Ender's Game 4K (2013)

70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.

Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley
Director: Gavin Hood

ActionUncertain
AdventureUncertain
Sci-FiUncertain

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
    Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

  • Audio

    English: Dolby Atmos
    English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, Spanish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Two-disc set (2 BDs)
    Digital copy
    4K Ultra HD

  • Packaging

    Slipcover in original pressing

  • Playback

    Region A (locked)

Review

Rating summary

Movie3.5 of 53.5
Video4.5 of 54.5
Audio5.0 of 55.0
Extras0.5 of 50.5
Overall3.5 of 53.5

Ender's Game 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman August 9, 2023

Lionsgate is partnering with Best Buy for another exclusive SteelBook, offering new packaging for Ender's Game 4K, which was at the time one of Lionsgate's first releases in the then new 4K UHD format. See the supplements section below for comments on the SteelBook.


My thoughts on the original release can be found by clicking on the following link:

Ender's Game 4K Blu-ray review


Ender's Game 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.5 of 5

Video quality is assessed in the above linked review.


Ender's Game 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  5.0 of 5

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked review.


Ender's Game 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  0.5 of 5

The 4K UHD disc boasts no supplementary content (see the above linked review for a link to my 1080 review, which lists the supplements on that disc). The SteelBook offers a rather cool looking portrait of Ender on the front panel, an illustration that becomes "clothed" in a spacesuit courtesy of the mylar O ring. The front panel emphasizes blues and rather subtle teals toward the top with oranges predominating at the bottom, while the back panel, which offers a kind of barren apocalyptic alien environment, does the same. The inside offers a scary monster on the left with the discs on the right. Additionally a digital copy is included.


Ender's Game 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  3.5 of 5

It's kind of fun to see Ender's Game as what might be thought of as a cultural artifact now, as one of the very first 4K UHD releases from Lionsgate back in 2016. I personally found the audio more thrilling than the video on this 4K UHD release, but for SteelBook collectors, this packaging offers a nice looking set of illustrations on the front and back panels.