Fresh out of pilot training, a young William Adama joins the aircrew aboard Battlestar Galactica. The First Cylon War is raging and an enthusiastic Adama wants to see action. However, rather than being assigned to a Viper he is assigned to a Raptor, a transport craft. His first mission couldn't be more of a milk run: transport a female scientist to a Colonial base in a safe part of the galaxy.
A prequel, of sorts, to the 2004-2009 TV series Battlestar Galactica. The movie doesn't provide any backstory to anything that occurred in that series, except to describe one of Bill Adama's adventures as a young pilot.
The movie is reasonably entertaining, with some good action scenes and decent special effects. Plot is a bit basic and suffers from the same problem that afflicted the final two seasons of the series: twists for twists' sake. Things happen just because they make for an unexpected change of course. Performances are so-so.
Overall, though, it's watchable.
A prequel, of sorts, to the 2004-2009 TV series Battlestar Galactica. The movie doesn't provide any backstory to anything that occurred in that series, except to describe one of Bill Adama's adventures as a young pilot.
The movie is reasonably entertaining, with some good action scenes and decent special effects. Plot is a bit basic and suffers from the same problem that afflicted the final two seasons of the series: twists for twists' sake. Things happen just because they make for an unexpected change of course. Performances are so-so.
Overall, though, it's watchable.