As gruff commander Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) tells the International Military recruits, including hero Ender (Asa Butterfield) – through the round gate off the austere staging area is a zero G environment.

Of the institutions shaping modern cinema – from superhero tentpole films to CG-animated family romps, just two of the defining crazes are the love of cult movies and the seemingly insatiable thirst to remake them.