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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

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... 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]

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

Starring: Freddie Prinze, Saffron Burrows, Matthew Lillard, Tcheky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow, David Suchet, David Warner, Craig Kelly

Director: Chris Roberts

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

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Jul 6, 1999

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03/31/05
Dragan Antulov
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05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
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05/20/03
Kate Manning
Kate Manning
Palo Alto Weekly

Holy carp, this smells worse than my dirty Depends!

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

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

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

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Oh my God, what a piece of crap!

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01/29/03
Blake Davis
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News

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01/29/03
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Film Threat

Sci-fi war film never gets off the ground.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

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11/04/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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

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

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06/05/02
Annlee Ellingson
Annlee Ellingson
Boxoffice Magazine
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03/24/02
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03/22/02
Globe and Mail

I liked the unpretentiousness of it all.

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02/14/01
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01/01/01
Robert Roten
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