Wing Commander

More movie than you'd expect from one based on a video game. The year is 2654, and the Concordia Federation -- which includes our island Earth -- is engaged in a bitter deep-space war with the alien, human-hating Kilrathi. Both sides zip through space via various pulsars, quasars and black holes, which serve as portals through which spacecraft are transported across light years in a flash. The trick is knowing exactly where these gateways are, which is why Earth's sophisticated computer navigation hardware must never fall into Kilrathi hands. Once it does, you've got a premise that will sustain a routine but pretty sharp looking sci-fi action flick. In order to pre...