Wing Commander

Wing Commander (1999)

  • 11% of critics liked it
    (47 reviews)

  • 26% of users liked it
    (19,265 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

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PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
Chris Roberts
Written By
Kevin Droney
Genres
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Mar 12, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Dec 18, 2001
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    Excruciatingly earnest yet convictionless.

  • Godfrey Cheshire, Variety

    Though the ingredients are potent, their blending here mostly comes off as formulaic, humdrum and sometimes unintentionally laughable.

  • 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.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    The plot has all the depth and originality of a video game without the fun of the interactivity.

  • Athima Chansanchai, Village Voice

    Though this could be the meat of a good space story, the combat scenes are weak variations of the game's.

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  • Dean M


    This movie based on a video game SUCKS!!! This movie is ridiculous and the storyline might just as well be from a 1950's B movie. The dialogue is awful, the acting worse, and the supposedly futuristic spacecraft looked like they were bought from a studio auctioning off props from… More

  • xGary X


    Feeble sci fi based on a computer game, which was actually more convincing, and had bigger stars (Malcolm McDowell and Mark Hamill, vs. Jurgen Prochnow and that bloke who was in...erm , that thing, you know....) Tries to be Top Gun in space, but manages to be even more cliched and… More

  • Michael G


    Freddie Prinze and Matthew Lillard? BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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