Wing Commander (1999) *

Directed by Chris Roberts. With Freddie Prinze Jr, Saffron Burrows and Matthew Lillard. In the 25th century, while humans are fighting nasty aliens across the galaxy, a rookie pilot (Prinze) falls in love with his wing commander (Burrows). An inferior imitation of "Starship Troopers", with similar characters and dramatic situations, but none of the earlier film's wit, political satire or erotic tension. It's just a feature-length video game with spaceships racing from one star system to another.