Wing Commander (1999)
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11% of critics liked it
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26% of users liked it
(19,644 ratings)
Based on a popular series of video games, Wing Commander introduces us to an elite fighter squadron in the year 2654. The Earth confederation is at war with a vicious race called the Kilrathi. The Kilrathi have captured a navigational device which will allow them to jump through worm-holes in space… More Based on a popular series of video games, Wing Commander introduces us to an elite fighter squadron in the year 2654. The Earth confederation is at war with a vicious race called the Kilrathi. The Kilrathi have captured a navigational device which will allow them to jump through worm-holes in space to arrive behind enemy lines. Only this highly trained squadron, led by three young pilots, stand in their way. Christopher "Maverick" Blair (Freddie Prinze Jr.) is just out of the Academy, but his lack of experience is more than compensated by his exceptional navigational skills, though he is still haunted by the deaths of his parents in a previous galactic war. His friend, Todd "Maniac" Mashall (Matthew Lillard), is a brash, gung-ho fighter jock always rushing into danger. Their wing commander and leader is Jeanette "Angel" Deveraux (Saffron Burrows). Assigned these two new pilots by Admiral Geoffery Tolwyn (David Warner), the strong and beautiful Deveraux is at first resentful, but later develops feelings for Blair. Perhaps the two will find time for romance on their way to saving the solar system. ~ Ron Wells, Rovi
- Directed By
- Chris Roberts
- Written By
- Kevin Droney
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 12, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Excruciatingly earnest yet convictionless.
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Godfrey Cheshire, Variety
Though the ingredients are potent, their blending here mostly comes off as formulaic, humdrum and sometimes unintentionally laughable.
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Anita Gates, New York Times
Wing Commander is based on a video game and has roughly the same degree of character development. That is all most moviegoers will need to know.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
The plot has all the depth and originality of a video game without the fun of the interactivity.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
These actors, alas, are at the service of a submoronic script and special effects that look like a video game writ large.
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Cast
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Freddie Prinze Jr.
as Chris Blair
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Saffron Burrows
as "Angel" Deveraux
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Matthew Lillard
as "Maniac" Marshall
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Tcheky Karyo
as Paladin
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Jürgen Prochnow
as Gerald
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David Suchet
as Sansky
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David Warner
as Tolwyn
