In anticipation of the upcoming Silent Hill movie, MoviesOnline.ca has published A Brief History of Video Game Movies. The article hits the genre's important points, from 1993's Super Mario Brothers through to the recent Blood Rayne. Of course, Wing Commander gets a fairly kind paragraph (the film is a "near-miss")! To clear up any confusion though: the plural of Kilrathi is Kilrathi.
"Wing Commander" : In the 27th century Earth is at war with the feline-like Kilrathi Empire. When the Kilrathis manage to steal the coordinates to Earth, a brave fighter pilot and his squad must find a way to stall the Kilrathi fleet long enough for reinforcements to arrive. I guess Freddy Prinze Jr. and Matthew Lilliard [sic] needed a break from their romantic comedies team-ups so they worked together on this Sci-Fi flick. A near-miss in my opinion. It lacked the budget and dialogue to really make it memorable. I almost completely forgot about this one when I was making this list. But granted it could have been worse.
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