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

In the theatrical trailer, Randy Edelman is credited as co-composer.

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Goofs

Although the aircraft carrier is identified as the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) early in the movie, and initial action is indeed on the Lincoln, subsequent scenes are on both the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) as indicated by the large "68" and "70" on the flight deck and island structure.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Lt. Kara Wade: Just tell me you love me, you pussy.

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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

Edited into Against the Dark (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Bug Eyes"
Written and Performed by Dredg
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

If you like popcorn-action and jets, go see this film.

All right, I really liked this movie and will probably see it again. But I am biased because I have a hobby in military aviation. I'd been dying to see this film and saw it early in the morning on the release date in my town. The movie had fighter jets, aircraft carriers, and Jessica Biel!...What more is there to want!?

But in all seriousness, it should have been clear from the trailer that this was going to be a summer popcorn action flick. I would say that it fulfilled that purpose quite well. It was entertaining. The actions scenes were great. There was some good humor. And the soundtrack was cool.

You shouldn't go into this film expecting to watch an "intellectual" picture. It definitely is not a mind-twister. However, it did bring up the interesting topic of using drones to fight wars and the moral implications of such at thing. That hasn't been brought up much in real life, so it was refreshing that the debate was at raised. But again, this isn't an intellectual film.

It was a fun action movie that all military aviation enthusiasts should see, trust me on this one. There are some other goodies you enthusiasts will find interesting as well.

All in all, for a fun summer flick it was good. My hopes were high for its relations to my interests, and I had lower artistic hopes. My hopes were surpassed, vis-a-vis my aviation interest, and the film did better artistically than I expected. I personally plan on seeing STEALTH(2005) again. However, if you are one that is super-critical about films and don't like leisurely summer popcorn action flicks, wait till it comes out on DVD...but if you're like me, don't wait. Go see it right now!