Synopsis
The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.
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Cast
- Freddie Prinze Jr.1st Lt. Christopher Blair
- Saffron BurrowsLt. Cmdr. 'Angel' Devereaux
- Matthew LillardLt. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall
- Tchéky KaryoCmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart
- Jürgen ProchnowCdr. Paul Gerald
- David SuchetCapt. Jason Sansky
- David WarnerAdmiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
- Ginny HolderLt. Rosie Forbes
- Hugh QuarshieLt. Obutu
- Ken BonesAdmiral Bill Wilson
Recommendations
- 67
Austin Chronicle
While much of the film is taken over by enormously entertaining dogfight sequences … much of it also rests on the narrative drive, which seems clipped part and parcel from one of those old “Why We Fight” documentaries that Frank Capra doled out to keep our G.I.s in fighting mode. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
The script too often sounds like an encrypted communique itself, and it's tiring trying to keep all the nonsensical space-jargon straight. The effort is more demanding than hanging onto a joystick, and not entirely worth the effort. - 30
Salon
Pretty much everything in this high-space war yarn has been swiped from other, better movies. - 30
Variety
Formulaic, humdrum and sometimes unintentionally laughable. - 20
L.A. Weekly
An excruciating no-brainer blend of “Starship Troopers” and “Top Gun,” without the former’s guilty-pleasure concoction of gory F/X and dark humor or Tom Cruise’s megawatt smile. - 20
Chicago Reader
Excruciatingly earnest yet convictionless movie. - 20
Washington Post
Cinematic sleeping pill. - 10
Newsweek
Matthew Lillard of "Scream," flies like his nickname and tries to bring the film some comic relief not already provided by the stultifying stupidity of the script.
