Wing Commander (1999)
Genre: Action / Scifi
Duration: 100 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Chris Roberts
Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard and Saffron Burrows
IMDb score:
4,4 (18.199)
Releasedate: 11 March 1999
Wing Commander plot
"An action packed thrill ride!"
In the mid-27th century, the Terran Confederation is at war with the Kilrathi Empire. After a Terran base is destroyed, the Kilrathi gain access to a NAVCOM unit with the hyperspace coordinates to Earth. Reinforcements won't be able to arrive until two hours after Earth's destruction at the earliest, so it's up to the battleship TCS Tiger Claw to keep the Kilrathi occupied for a few hours.
Actors and actresses
1st Lt. Christopher Blair
Lt. Cmdr. 'Angel' Devereaux
Lt. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall
Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart
Cdr. Paul Gerald
Capt. Jason Sansky
Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
Lt. Rosie Forbes
Lt. Obutu
Admiral Bill Wilson
Reviews & comments
RuudC
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- 4636 messages
- 2529 votes
It was clear from the start that this is not a masterpiece. Visually it is sometimes very ugly. The fights themselves are nice. The budget is clearly largely spent on the interior of the spaceships. In any case, 0.5 valuations are once again quite exaggerated. Anyone who disagrees with me about this, I refer to the wheelie bin called The Asylum. Wing Commander is not an exceptional film in any way. The acting is decent, the story is decent, and the characters are pretty flat. The wing commander is unfortunately again a wimp. Putting on a big mouth once, but executing a reckless pilot was out of the question. If that had happened, Wing Commander would at least be original to some extent. The story has little more to offer than an average episode of a sci-fi series. The story doesn't pretend to be great anywhere, except in the description, and it isn't. A tight enough for a film that is entertaining.
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Decec
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- 6755 messages
- 8641 votes
Pretty SF movie...
Too bad it's my real SF genre...
Decent acting...
Reasonable story...
Nice HD quality...
Sorry, not recommended...
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FlorisV
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- 1861 messages
- 799 votes
This is the kind of movie where you secretly hope that most of the characters will die. The younger pilots in particular are insufferable, rookie Prinze Jr, cranky Saffron Burrows, screaming Matthew Lillard and so on. The older European actors still have enjoyable roles.
The Kilrathi really don't look like much. Unacceptable because even in the games they looked much better.
The scenes in space are adequate but not very exciting.
All in all a nothing burger in space. You better watch the old series Space Above and Beyond. Or Battlestar Galactica. Or even old pulp like Battle Beyond the Stars.
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