VHS Movie Reviews for Wing Commander (1999) [VHS]

Wing Commander (1999) [VHS]

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VHS Movie Reviews of Wing Commander (1999) [VHS]

Movie Review: It's a movie, not a game. Duh.
Summary: 4 Stars

Apparently all these Wing Commander experts feel that if a movie based on a game isn't exactly like the game then its a complete failure. Well I've played a couple of the games and they were great. But this is a MOVIE. And it does everything right. It's like a great episode of Farscape or Babylon 5. The cast is wonderful, the production design fascinating, the soundtrack is awesome, and the acting supports the story. Action sequences take over in all the right places. The special effects are as good as anything in Star Wars. In fact this movie is a lot like Star Wars but without all the boredom. If you like your sci-fi to be fun, fascinating and visually entrancing then Wing Commander is a top drawer option.

Movie Review: "Wing Commander is one video game movie that makes a kick ass home theater movie to watch."
Summary: 4 Stars

Now everyone knows about how not so good "Wing Commander" was, but I'm here to talk about why you should check it out on DVD. Now, it has no real features unlike some of the later video game movies do. But the movie is as loud as it wants to be in Dolby Digital 5.1 and it looks very good in Widescreen. Too bad it's not enchance for 16x9, it's just letterboxed. (I might have just given this review 5 stars...maybe). Unlike the later fox movies that were released right after it. But "Wing Commander has to be the best looking and loudest video game movie you could watch and experience on DVD.

Movie Review: 2nd worst movie I've ever seen
Summary: 1 Stars

The worst was Boys and Girls, another steaming pile of *bleep* starring Freddy Prince Jr. The only reason why I put this one ahead is because some of the space battle scenes are somewhat interesting to look at.

Ok where do I start? The plot is garbage. Utter garbage. I don't even remember what it was about, that's how bad it was. Something about Space Pilgrims, and beating the Kilrathi (who look like rejects from the Broadway show CATS).

The acting was terrible. Why did they not use Mark Hammil and that guy from Back to the Future? They were awsome actors in the videogames, why not use them? They are Hollywood actors for crying out loud! Maybe they wanted nothing to do with this garbage. Makes sense.

One more thing. The fighters looked like something out of WW2. In a sci fi movie? That's never good. Play the game (even though it's old, it's still classic), but leave the movie out of your home.

Movie Review: Good Action, Lacking Everywhere Else
Summary: 2 Stars

From the start movies based on games seemed to be doomed to failure. Wing Commander, despite probably having a leg up on most other game adaptations because of its much developed storylines, has failed like the others.

The story, while having some interesting plot twists to it, fails to provide much original material. There seem to be a few too many awkard situations created by a subplot about the main characters heritage, which is never resolved and never goes past "we don't like people of that descent."

The actors, in particular Freddie Prinz Jr. (Blair) and Matthew Lillard (Maniac), put on a poor performace in every aspect. Neither makes their character interesting: Prinz makes Blair a whiner, and Lillard's performance suggest's his nickname should be "Idiot" rather than "Maniac."

The costumes were odd, their attempt at a futuristic look fails badly, as the outfits look awkward an ill fitted to their use. Ship designs weren't much better, looking more like cobbled together parts (especially the fighters) rather than a thought-out design.

If you don't know anything about the Kilrathi going into the film, you won't know much more. Little was done to develope the race, and you don't get to see much of them. What times you do see them is in poor lighting, probably to make up for bad animatronics.

The action was the saving grace of this film. The space battles were entertaining, and paired with pretty good effects make for a believable battle. Luckily a fair amount of time is spent on these rather than just the drama between the characters.

If you like space battles, and you can find the movie cheap, I would suggest it, if it's drama and character interaction your into avoid the movie.