Where to Watch Wing Commander
- Zokkiie27 april 2026Went into this mostly for nostalgia since I used to play the game back in the day—good times—and that probably helped. The space battles were actually solid and the cheesy late-90s sci-fi atmosphere weirdly worked for me. It has that old-school vibe you don’t really get anymore. But yeah, the acting is shaky, some scenes feel awkward, and a lot of it doesn’t hit as hard as it thinks it does. You can see the ambition, but it feels limited by the script and budget. Still watchable if you’re into retro sci-fi or have nostalgia for the games.
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Wing Commander was released on 12 maart 1999.
Wing Commander was directed by Christopher Roberts.
Wing Commander has a runtime of 1 u, 40 m.
Wing Commander was produced by Donna Burkons, Joseph Newton Cohen.
In het midden van de 27e eeuw is de Terran Confederation in oorlog met het Kilrathi Keizerrijk. Nadat een Terran-basis vernietigd is, hebben de Kilrathi de beschikking over een NAVCOM-unit met de hyperspace-coördinaten naar Aarde. Versterkingen zullen op z'n vroegst pas 2 uur na de vernietiging van de Aarde kunnen komen, en dus is het aan het vechtschip TCS Tiger Claw om de Kilrathi een paar uurtjes bezig te houden.
The key characters in Wing Commander are 1st Lt. Christopher Blair (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Lt. Cmdr. 'Angel' Devereaux (Saffron Burrows), Lt. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (Matthew Lillard).
Wing Commander is rated PG-13.
Wing Commander is an Action, Adventure, Sciencefiction film.
Wing Commander has an audience rating of 2.6 out of 10.
Wing Commander had a budget of US$ 30 mln..
Wing Commander has made US$ 11,6 mln. at the box office.