Stealth Fighter (1999)

Ice-T stars as a naval pilot that fakes his own death, and later ends up employed by a Latin American arms dealer. He steals a stealth fighter from a U.S.A.F. base in the Phillippines, and ... See full summary »

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Lenny Juliano, T.L. Lankford (additional dialogue),

Stars:

Ice-T, Costas Mandylor, Erika Eleniak

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ice-T	...	Owen Turner (as Ice T)
Costas Mandylor	...	Ryan Mitchell
Erika Eleniak	...	Erin Mitchell (as Erika Eleniak-Goglia)
Sarah Dampf	...	J.P. Mitchell
William Sadler	...	Adm. Frank Peterson
Ernie Hudson	...	President Westwood
Andrew Divoff	...	Roberto Menendez
William G. Schilling	...	Harry Goldberg
John Enos III	...	Larry Ramsey
Alex Meneses	...	Roberto's Young Lady Desidea
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Berg (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Steve J. Hennessy	...	Brett Kelly (as Stevie J. Hennessy)
Michael Gregory	...	Gen. Elliott Wasserman
Mark Adair-Rios	...	Manuel Vega (as Mark Adair Rios)
Paul Terrell Clayton	...	Lt. Phillips

Storyline

Ice-T stars as a naval pilot that fakes his own death, and later ends up employed by a Latin American arms dealer. He steals a stealth fighter from a U.S.A.F. base in the Phillippines, and uses the stealth fighter to target certain military installations around the world. A naval reserve officer is recruited to infiltrate his plans, and succeeds.

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Plot Keywords:

stealth fighter | arms dealer | military | battlefield | secret headquarters | 

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Taglines:

The Ultimate Street Fight At 50,000 Feet

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mercenaires

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinetel Films, Artisan Entertainment, Grey Matter Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The USS Normandy set was previously used to depict a World War II-era submarine in Down Periscope.

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Goofs

The stealth plane is shown using air to air missiles, which were never fitted to this type.

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Quotes

President Westwood: How do you lose a goddamn nuclear submarine?
Larry Ramsey: I have an idea, Mr President, but let's just prey I'm wrong.

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Connections

Edited from Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

User Reviews

Worst of the

STEALTH FIGHTER is a STV that employs a sizable amount of stock footage to retell the tale told 100 times more professionally in BROKEN ARROW. A fighter pilot (Ice-T, who reads every line with even less inflection than Chuck Norris, if that's possible) fakes his own death in order to eventually get around to stealing a Stealth for a mobbed-up bad guy (the ever-grim Andrew Divoff, once again playing a bad Latino). Ice-T's old compadre, hotshot pilot Costas Mandylor (the new millennium's Michael Pare), is hot on his trail. I should have been suspicious of all the stock footage and cheap-looking miniatures. Sure enough, the director is good old Mr. Recycler, the Dumpster Diver himself, Jim Wynorski. The only good thing about this flick: A black actor plays the U.S. president. Bad news, though: It's Ernie Hudson, who is not believable for one moment as the president. Hudson hasn't been believable in anything since GHOSTBUSTERS, although I do love to watch him get his at the end of THE SUBSTITUTE. And here's a little bit of irony or coincidence: Veteran character actor "Tiny" Lister has a modest role in the flick as a thug. Tiny, who is black, played the U.S. president in THE FIFTH ELEMENT. Lister I can buy as the president.