Wing Commander (1999)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1999
	Director: Chris Roberts (producer on the video games Wing Commander 1-3 and on Lord of War)
	Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr. (I know what you did Last Summer 1-2, Scooby Doo 1-2), Matthew Lillard (Scream, Scooby Doo 1-2), Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue See, Troja), Tcheky Karyo (Dobermann, Bad Boys), Jürgen Prochnow (Das Boot)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF
	Conditions of visioning: 20.11.2012, DVD, 32" TV
Synopsis: During a battle between humans and the Kilrathi, the ennemi has managed to retreive the coordinates to Earth. It then rests on the hands of the young pilot Blair (Prince Jr.) and his best friend 'Maniac' (Lillard) to deliver an important message to the fleet and take part in the action.
Review: Space Operas are too rare for this one to be ignored. It is inspired by a famous video game of the same name and stars actors who were well-known for playing in the wave of slasher movies popular at the end of the 90's. Back then they were the equivalent of the actors of Twilight nowadays. I guess the screenplay writer had to extrapolate a lot from the basic plot of the videogame (basically shoot everything you can with your space fighter!). The result is not too bad actually. The movie has aged but is not to be laughed at. Actually it sometimes reminded me of Starship Troopers or the TV-series Battlestar Galactica. The special effects are acceptable when watched on a TV, except for the aliens which are clearly big green rubber monsters. Fun fact: the design of the inside of the starship Tiger's Claw is clearly inspired from WWI sub-marines, so that you feel at ease when you see Jürgen Prochnow wandering in those corridors like he did in Das Boot!
Rating: 6 /10