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Wing Commander (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 3  Rotten:32 Average Rating: 2.8/10
 
Consensus: The low budget may explain Wing Commander's cheesy special effects, but can't excuse the lame dialogue or the movie's obsessive reliance on sci-fi cliches.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Synopsis: A sci-fi actioner in which the inhabitants of a mid-27th century world come under attack by the evil Kilrathi Empire. The crew of the TCS Tiger Claw must distract the Kilrathi while reinforcements arrive to save the day. A sci-fi actioner in which the inhabitants of a mid-27th century world come under attack by the evil Kilrathi Empire. The crew of the TCS Tiger Claw must distract the Kilrathi while reinforcements arrive to save the day. [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Freddie Prinze, Saffron Burrows, Matthew Lillard, Tcheky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow

Director: Chris Roberts
Screenwriter: Kevin Droney
Producer: Todd Moyer
Composer: Kevin Kiner, David Arnold

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 7, 1999

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1 Encoding
  • Keep Case
  • TV Spots
  • Interactive Menus
  • Theatrical Trailer

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03/31/05
Dragan Antulov
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05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather
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05/20/03
Kate Manning
Palo Alto Weekly
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Holy carp, this smells worse than my dirty Depends!

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02/18/03
Kevin Fiddler
Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)
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1/5

It doesn't get any more painful than this dull flick.

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02/13/03
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
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2.5/5

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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Oh my God, what a piece of crap!

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01/29/03
Blake Davis
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1.5/4

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01/29/03
Wesley Lovell
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1/5

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12/08/02
Film Threat
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1/5

Sci-fi war film never gets off the ground.

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
Netflix
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11/04/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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1/5

No review available.

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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1/5

As an action film, Wing Commander lacks any original ideas of its own.

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06/05/02
Annlee Ellingson
Boxoffice Magazine
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1/4

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03/22/02
Globe and Mail
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I liked the unpretentiousness of it all.

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02/14/01
Dak
culturevulture.net
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01/01/01
Robert Roten
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01/01/00
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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