Stealth (2005)

Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writer:

W.D. Richter

Stars:

Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Josh Lucas	...	Lt. Ben Gannon
Jessica Biel	...	Lt. Kara Wade
Jamie Foxx	...	Lt. Henry Purcell
Sam Shepard	...	Capt. George Cummings
Richard Roxburgh	...	Dr. Keith Orbit
Joe Morton	...	Capt. Dick Marshfield
Ian Bliss	...	Lt. Aaron Shaftsbury
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Tim
Michael Denkha	...	Naval Controller
Rocky Helton	...	Master at Arms
Clayton Adams	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor
Maurice Morgan	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor
Woody Naismith	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor (as Christopher Naismith)
Charles Ndibe	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor
Nicholas Hammond	...	Executive Officer

Storyline

In the near future, the Navy develops a fighter jet piloted by an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war...

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Plot Keywords:

artificial intelligence | pilot | military | navy | fighter jet | 

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Taglines:

Fear The Sky

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense action, some violence, brief strong language and innuendo

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia Tristar [France] Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean Russian Spanish

Release Date:

29 July 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Furtif

Filming Locations:

Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$135,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$474,065 (Spain) (16 September 2005)

Gross:

$537,015 (Brazil) (16 September 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Original Film, Phoenix Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The camera in the waterfall scene is a Leica M6 with 90mm f/2.0 APO Summicron M Aspherical lens.

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Goofs

Airship jet refueling does not exist. An Airship uses buoyancy (lighter than air) to fly. It is considerable slower than jet aircraft. The airship would also have to cope with the large change of weight during air refueling. It would have to release gas when it delivers a large amount of fuel. An airship would also be designed to be very aerodynamic, especially if it needs to fly as fast as a jet. All the externally visible structures would be inside to reduce aerodynamic drag.

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Quotes

Lt. Henry Purcell: [as he is chasing EDI in the canyon] Look, I was the only one to defend you, but if you make me I will blast your areoelastic ass right out of the sky! Now lets stop flying around like this, this is crazy!

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Crazy Credits

After the end of the credits, we go back to Korea and see the wreckage of EDI. We pass through most of the wreckage until we stop on EDI's central core. Suddenly, the red eye begins to glow.....

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Connections

Referenced in Todd's Pop Song Reviews: Glitter (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Make a Move"
Written by Brandon Boyd, Michael Einziger(as Michael Einziger), Ben Kenney,
Jose Pasillas (as Jose Pasillas II) and Chris Kilmore
Produced by Brendan O'Brien
Incubus appears courtesy of Epic Records

User Reviews

Thoughtless, but entertaining in a non-insulting way (that's good)

Stealth is devoid of higher thinking (or maybe any thinking at all). However it has couple of good things going for it:

1. Special effects are well-used. the planes and missiles and explosions rock. the dog fights do not rely on editing but are given a good effort.

2. Yes the premise is dumb - we assume correctly it would not be supported by thoughtful investigation into the mechanics behind the artificial pilot. However, the movie recognizes this fact and does not pretend to have given the matter much thought. It is straight and honest, though still mindless. But hey, that's alright sometimes.

3. The story is simple, but not linear - and that counts for a lot in a movie of this type, because it is unexpected and not required. Stealth has moments where it feels like an epic, albeit a mind-free one.

4. Have you noticed that it's often better to imply a romantic sentiment between the main characters rather than slamming it in your face, especially in an action movie which has precious little time to develop the relationship to begin with? You haven't? Uh that's not good... Anyway, Stealth doesn't kid us with a hasty obligatory romance but gives its characters some room to maneuver between inter-pilot and inter-personal relationships. What was the last summer popcorn movie you can remember that similarly uh, respected our intelligence? I am giving Stealth a lot of credit here. Let's just say if it insulted my intelligence, I was happy to let it slide this time because I was having a good time.

5. Ultimately Stealth is entertaining from beginning to end. It "respects" our intelligence by not appearing to be smarter than dumb. Stupid is less stupid when it doesn't pretend.

I hope you give this movie a chance, and notice how it differs in the formula and execution from what you may have anticipated and from other mindless summer blockbusters.

Thanks.