Colonel Graff: We won, that's all that matters.
Ender: No. The way we win matters.
Ender's Game (2013)
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Directed by: Gavin Hood
Starring: Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld, Asa Butterfield
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Ender's Game is based upon the first book in a popular series by Orson Scott Card which tells the tale of a reluctant boy with a ruthless streak who is enlisted-and manipulated-to ultimately lead other children in an exercise to defeat alien insectoid beings known as Formics. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin excels at his training while growing to resent it and his commanders which leads to a fateful showdown and decision with the fate of two species (Humans and Formics) at war in the balance. Fairly faithful to the book all in all, though certain aspects are glossed over or minimized, weakening the story, and much of the drama just doesn't translate well in this adaptation. Read the book, before or after, to experience the difference.
Trivia: Ben Kingsley's Maori facial tattoos took about an hour to apply for the character Mazer Rackham.
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Answer: For the same reason when you are playing a video game you will run people over, or shoot them without figuring out who they are. He thought it was the equivalent of a video game, i.e. not real, so he would potentially do things he wouldn't do if he thought it was real. This is the very reason the power structure put them into a real operation while leading them to think it was a simulation, so they would be likely to act when faced with a moral dilemma.
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