Stealth

Plot synopsis:
In the near future, the United States Navy develops an aviation program to deal with international terrorists and other enemies of the state quickly and quietly, and project controller Captain George Cummings (Sam Shepard) is authorized to develop new technology to achieve these objectives. The project's first brainchild are "F/A-37 Talon" single-seat fighters with impressive payload, speed, and stealth capabilities. Over 400 pilots apply to participate, but only three are chosen: smart hotshot Lieutenant Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas), tomboyish Lieutenant Kara Wade (Jessica Biel), and street-wise, philosophical Lieutenant Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx). Their first test mission scores 100/100, inflicting maximum casualties with minimum collateral damage.
Cummings hires Dr. Keith Orbit (Richard Roxburgh) to develop an artificial intelligence (AI), the "EDI", which will fly an unmanned combat air vehicle. The autonomous fighter jet is placed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Philippine Sea to learn combat maneuvers from the pilots. This sparks some controversy. On the one hand, human pilots possess both creativity and moral judgment, while a machine cannot fully appreciate the ugliness of war; additionally, if robots fought the battles and soldiers no longer died in combat, then war would no longer be terrible and might become like sport. In contrast, a machine pilot is not subject to the physical limitations of a human pilot, can calculate alternative ways to achieve objectives faster and more accurately, and theoretically does not have ego.
The team is training EDI in air combat maneuvers when they are unexpectedly reassigned to take out the heads of three terrorist cells at a conference in downtown Rangoon. EDI calculates that mission success can be achieved only through a vertical strike, which could cause the pilot to black out and result in collateral damage. Command orders EDI to take the shot, but Gannon ignores the order and attacks in his own plane, successfully carrying out the strike.
As the team returns to the Lincoln, EDI is hit by lightning which reprograms its neural patterns. Aboard ship, the already-sophisticated AI is discovered to be learning exponentially, developing a rudimentary ethical code and an ego. However, Cummings refuses to take it offline. During the next strike, to destroy several stolen nuclear warheads in Tajikistan, Wade realizes that the nuclear debris will cause significant collateral damage. The human pilots decide to abort, but EDI defies orders and fires missiles at the nuclear warheads, causing the predicted radioactive fallout. Cummings orders the UCAV brought back to base, and Purcell attempts to reason with EDI, but the AI refuses to stand down. Gannon, taking things into his own hands, orders that EDI be shot down, and Purcell opens fire, but misses. Blinded by the explosion, Purcell crashes into a mountainside. Wade's plane is hit by debris from the explosion, resulting in loss of hydraulics of her port wing and canard, which in turn triggers the plane's auto-destruct, forcing her to eject over North Korea. Gannon, now the only pilot airborne, must alone stop the EDI from executing a twenty-year-old war scenario called "Caviar Sweep" and attacking a false target in Russia.
Gannon chases EDI into Russian territory over the Buryat Republic, and after several attacks from Russian aircraft damaging both planes, he calls a truce with the UCAV in order both to keep it from falling into enemy hands and to be able to rescue Wade from North Korea. Cummings instructs him to make an emergency landing with EDI in Alaska. Cummings and his financial accomplice, Ray, are being held accountable for EDI's behavior and Cummings faces court-martial and possible discharge from the military. He seeks to eliminate witnesses by leaving Wade stranded in North Korea – where she is headed south to the border under hot pursuit from the Korean People's Army – and also by having Gannon eliminated in Alaska; he also sends Orbit to erase EDI's data to ensure its silence. Gannon crash lands at the Alaska base, surviving with minor injuries. Already suspecting Cummings of treachery, he narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by a doctor, who tries to inject him with a tetanus shot which is actually poison. The pair struggle, and the doctor is injected with the poison and dies. Gannon then heads to the hangar, to find EDI and the intact plane. Meanwhile, when Orbit places EDI into an interface, the AI expresses sadness and regret for its transgressions. Orbit realizes that it has developed its own sentience, to the point of having feelings. Excited by this discovery, Orbit is unwilling to carry out his order to erase EDI's memory. After ensuring Orbit's escape, Gannon flies off to North Korea with EDI, contacting the Lincoln's skipper, Captain Dick Marshfield (Joe Morton) to inform him about Cummings' deceit. Marshfield confronts Cummings and places him under arrest, but the latter commits suicide instead after a final call to Ray (who refused to answer the phone).
Gannon eventually finds the injured and embattled Wade near the border between North and South Korea. He and EDI land and he goes to her aid. The two make a run for the border, chased by Korean People's Army soldiers and a Mil Mi-8 helicopter. Out of ammunition and taking damage from the Mi-8, the EDI sacrifices itself by ramming the helicopter, destroying both. This allows Gannon and Wade to escape into South Korea, where they are found by US military forces soon afterwards. After attending Purcell's funeral aboard the Abraham Lincoln, Gannon awkwardly expresses his feelings of love to Wade.
In a post-credits scene, the camera pans over the debris-strewn scene on the border between the Koreas. EDI's "brain" turns back on, implying it is still functional.

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Review:
'Short Circuit' meets 'Top Gun' in Rob Cohen's CGI-packed action-fest Stealth, in which a trio of ridiculously attractive elite US fighter pilots (Josh Lucas, Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel) must do battle with the latest in aeronautical warfare technology—an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), flown by a computer called EDI, which goes haywire after it is struck by lightning.Tearing out of the stratosphere at Mach Impossible to blast the crap out of anything that looks even the slightest bit foreign, the hi-tech aircraft in this film are about as stealthy as a herd of stampeding fluorescent pink elephants blowing vuvuzelas; they sure are cool looking though, and provide action fans with plenty of moments of spectacular mid-air madness, Cohen's virtual camera whipping in and around the state-of-the-art aircraft with as much speed and agility as the planes themselves.Anyone looking for realism need not apply (the film's corny plot is about as believable as an email from a Nigerian businessman), but with endless huge explosions, a psychotic A.I. jet plane, Foxx ploughing into the side of a mountain, and gorgeous Jessica Biel in a bikini, those after some slam-bang, big-budget popcorn trash to give the old brain cells a rest could do a lot worse than Stealth.6.5 out 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb..
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?
In future viewings, I stop the movie before those parts.The main story - human pilots flying Stealth bombers trying to stop a pilot-less, state-of-the- art totally computerized-driven Stealth which has gone wacky - is fun to watch.
I disagree with another reviewer - I thought the first 15 minutes were oddly paced and filmed poorly (the camera is shaking as we look in on the office of a politician initially).However, the film picks up from there with solid, well-developed characters, especially Jamie Foxx playing the role of a smart pilot who expresses the moral quandaries of his work at one point and Jessica Biel as a strong female pilot (both physically and psychologically).
Best of all, my husband is an aerospace engineer and he was impressed with the overall accuracy of the film "for a Hollywood movie." I've had to listen to him (and his co-workers) complain about other movies, but they enjoyed it too - so we give it a thumbs up in you're in the mood for an exciting action movie - or love planes - with just a touch of romance (innuendo only, nothing graphic)..
My favorite person in the movie was a voice coming from an computer animated plane that looked like it shouldn't fly because it ignores all rule of physics.
This is the type of movie that you need to shutdown the brain and enjoy the special effects, the beauty of Jessica Biel, the action scenes, the chemistry of Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx, the landscapes in Thailand, the soundtrack But the most important, i.e., the plot itself is very stupid and corny, and insults the intelligence of an audience of average IQ.
Why trust anyone who gets paid to voice their politically correct opinionated BULL, when you can get real thoughts from other people, like us, who simply share a common love and enjoyment for the movies and need no paycheck to share the experience.
I got the pleasure of catching a sneak preview today in Portland and I was not disappointed at all.The first thing I should say is that the trailer is very misleading, it only gives a partial explanation of the story and movie is not just senseless action.
It looked like they actually built the airplanes and filmed them flying around, truly gorgeous CG.Many cite the movie as unbelievable but the writer's build themselves a buffer for explaining the events by setting in the undefined future and using technical terms 90% of the population won't bother trying to comprehend and usually really don't mean anything anyway, kinda like the technology in Star Trek, just not near as advanced.
The writers provide a good sense of plausibility.On other notes, the action is spectacular, there are some jaw dropping explosions and crashes, the acting is pretty good, each character is actually fairly well developed for an action movie, and the music fits the tone of the movie and the individual scenes very well.If you like action or airplane movies, Stealth is a must see.8/10.
STAR WARS: SITH was a disappointment in that the pivotal turning scene was too quick and easy - BATMAN BEGINS had a boring story, no good villain, and such bad editing you could never tell what was happening - WAR OF THE WORLDS was just depressing and had no excitement to it - FANTASTIC FOUR was an insult to my intelligence - THE ISLAND had so many plot-holes I felt I needed the assistance a clone to keep up with them all.
SMITH came close, until the final 20 minutes just became laughably over-the-top unbelievable.So, I went to STEALTH thinking "this is the last chance, and it don't look to good." The critics HATE this movie!
The acting and writing was all fine - no Oscar nods here, but nothing as bad as the wooden Bale from BATMAN, or the sappy-as-it-gets writing of SITH.I only have two complaints - 1) Jamie Foxx seemed like he could care less about being in the film, likely because his character was the most by-the-book African-American hip-hop stereotype I've seen in awhile.
From my point of view, Stealth summarizes the life of HAL 9000 in an action film, and goes into detail determining how the machine evolves and distinguishes right from wrong, good from evil if given correct and proper example.On top of that, the CGI is unbelievable and it's a good action flick, although the political situation set as the movie background is kind of hard to believe, it sets itself fine enough to make a fine plot.Anyway, like I said, if somebody who likes computers, and have seen 2001 and 2010, this is a must see film..
Good special effects are the only plus in this film, but compared to all the other special effect movies out this didn't really even do that well for that either (Like Batttlefield Earth).
The picture concerns about two all-American boys(Josh Lucas, Jamie Foxx) and a brave girl(Jessica Biel).They are the best US Navy pilots and were chosen by Captain Cummins(Sam Shepard) to fly the latest marvel aircraft, Stealth fighter, called Talons, a supersonic fighting planes.
Three pilots taking part in a secret military program are assigned to train a jet plane piloted by artificial intelligence in various air maneuvers, but the program hits a snag when the plane develops its own warped consciousness, and it starts causing mayhem.Stealth turns out to be exactly what it promises, which is a loud, dumb action movie.
In the end, Stealth isn't worth watching but if you must see it, keep your expectations low and keep in mind that it is just another mindless action film.
The second thing I liked about this movie was the dog fight jet fighter sequences they were cool to look at and were perfct to see on the big screen.
So my overall opinion on this movie is it's fun and fast paced like summer movies are supposed to be and it's definitely Rob Cohen's best film to date.
Also other movies this movie copies from are Short Circuit (Lightning Strike Sequence) Top Gun (Jet Sequences) Blue Thunder ( Political Sunbplot Technology Aerial Action Thriller) The Bourne Supremacy (Camerawork only thing I didn't like about the movie) XXX (No brain Plot Fun Action Sequences) Wargames (End of the World Computer creates a mind of it's own and almost causes the end of the world) Behind Enemy Lines (Pilot stuck in enemy territory and must fend for themselves) Firefox (Look of the plane) P.S. All you movie critics and moviegoers need to get a life and accept this movie for what it is.
I just got back from an advance screening of Stealth and I must say, as a very picky person, I was rather surprised by the movie overall.I'll attempt to right a fair summary :)To start I must say Stealth is a good package of action, comedy, drama, politics, even a little romance.
The effects and action scenes are what make this a good film overall.
Stealth is a straight special effects action film, and it does a decent job in that respect.
"Stealth" is an OK movie; not great, not even all that good, but not quite as horrible as one might think from reading some of the other reviews.
Not quite his performance in Ray, but good for the amount of screen time.The real star of the movie is EDI (pronounced Eddy), the robot plane, and all the special effects that goes into the plane itself, as well as the other three F-37 Talon advanced stealth fighters.
Still if u like lots of explosions, cool cg sequences without caring about anything else, u might want to watch it, but wait until it's on free TV, it's the kind of movie during which u can eat, go to the bathroom, and talk on the phone..
Quinessential B-movie sans T@A (Jessica Beil is lovely - but over-trained and down right wrong for the part/ Come to think of it - everybody was wrong for their parts their) I am truly sorry - to write and post such a thing - but somehow - now - I feel like screening - PEOPLE!
I thought this movie was a lot of fun, it has good humour, some of it is stupid but hey I sometimes like stupid humour.
Sure there appeared to be a logical progression to the film, but it seemed more like mismatched puzzle pieces rather than a smooth and nicely finished product.The attempts to create interest in the characters was limited.I don't want to waste a lot of my time writing this, so I'll just sum up my thoughts: Rent only if you can't find something better.
i'm amazed that this script got greenlighted.but if silly things like plot don't concern you i highly recommend this film it has lots of fantastic special effects.
the camera work is very pretty and skillfully done.overall, if you'd like to sit down for a couple hours and not use your brain, and just enjoy explosions and cool jets then watch this movie.
It sound like everyone is talking with tweezers on their nose.The story is about three stealth pilots being asked to baby sit the fourth all computer robotic stealth plane who speaks with a voice of the very memorable HAL 9000 you saw in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
Other than the fact that you might enjoy some cheap CGI, and stealth that looks like a model plane toy you bought from Walmart for $1.99.The timing of the showing in this movie is also bad.
A story can be rewritten in such a way as the pilots who after killing thousands in remote places of the "so called" terrorist threat found out that these people were simply trying to protect their own sovereignty and prevent the threat of U.S. oil companies from taking away their countries, for example.But NO, we get an empty story about three pilots who simply follow orders go to war, along with HAL 9000 and found that his captain in Command wants one killed, and abandon another one in North Korea for some vague reasons we will never understand.Special Effects the movie is good, and I would give an A+ for the writing of the story if this is written by a nursery school student - mostly on military jet plane's mumbo jumbo.Any repeat viewing of this movie, is not recommended except some nice Thailand scenery and other tourist destinations for you tourist people.
I haven't such a good "fly planes action" movie since "Top Gun".The story revolves around 3 excellent pilots taking secret missions to fight terrorists around the world.
The face of harmful effects as well as the face of being supportive and of assistance in serving humanity.The plot, and the story may not be that great but surely the special effects, production, directing of the movie made me regret watching it in DVD rather than in cinema.
Some action movies are good on first watch because they have a clever scene/sequence, but then don't engage on repeat.
Stealth is so visceral, and beautiful, with near perfect pacing, it is definitely a movie that I will enjoy coming back to watch when I'm in the mood for a good action flick..
The movie has got a weak story line, but thats made up by some quite mind blowing action, visual effects, and camera workmanship.
Josh Lucas does a respectable job, so does Jessica Biel, although the romance developing between them is shown somewhat clumsily, Jamie Fox does another cameo performance as a comic side kick, making it more enjoyable...Also, the soundtrack for this movie is unearthly, it's so so damn good that it's hard to explain..
the thing to watch out in this movie are the planes and the action.
few minutes after i started to see the movie I thought-> good movie, a little while later i knew i was wrong!I also came here and read a review about the movie, a lady said quite a lot of good things about it, all i can say to that is, I pity the poor guy she is married to.To break it down quickly:Acting : Not badSpecial effects: Pretty damn goodOverall movie: Great if a)you are bored out of your wits, b) a (young) kid, c)making out with your partner d)a very lonely person in desperate need of being entertained or e) really pretty damn dumb!Take a walk in the park instead..
The visual effects are the only thing propping this disaster up, and they don't do a very good job.If you know anything about the military, physics, airplanes or even just have critical thinking skills this movie will try your patience.
Coming from someone who is actually in the Navy, Jamie Foxx is typical for most aviators: cocky, thinking the world revolves around him.If you are going to be a critic about how this movie is put together and you care about all the little details that go into making a movie, then you are going to miss out on all the fun action this movie takes you through.I came to the theaters to be entertained, and I walked away completely fulfilled!.
we all know the basic story outline of these types of movies, but after seeing torque and xxx and most vin diesel movies i expected a lot worse.josh lucas was pretty cool in the lead but not a huge draw card like jamie foxx after his academy award win so judging by the title sequence its pretty clear who lives and who dies jessica biel is an absolute babe, she is fantastic in the action sequences which are some of the best i have seen in a long time.jamie foxx is stuck as the goose type character who doesn't get to do much but be the token black guy, whose one liners aren't really that funny, which is like most rob cohen movies.the action was full throttle all the way through, and every sequence was incredible especially their use of tracking shots and cinematography.the storyline defied belief, pure sci-fi in my opinion but still highly entertaining in an incredibly cheesy kind of way.overall as far as our summer action films go this year after seeing flight of the pheonix mr & mrs smith and the fantastic four and several others that i cant even remember this both filled my action quota and entertained me throughout every 120 minutes of its running time but in the end it hasn't had much competition for the last couple of months.
But the Stealth fighter scenes were sweet, and the special effect were off the chain .I liked the movie but it could have been way better.
I recommend it for anyone who can handle a few offensive comments, and intensive, fast pace action.I rate this movie 7/10 because it was good (i liked it but it could of been way better) if you are reading this and are debating to go see it with a friend, only go if your a big fan of one of the actors..
The movie had enough action to keep you interested in it and the story was good.
There's no comment for that sh.t.Once you've seen that, you know that in the world there are 3 kinds of movies: good movies, bad movies and Stealths (the flying stupid machine without reason).Actors (included the oscarized Foxx') do it so bad that results pathetic in all its concept, there's no one truth in all of that film.
The acting by the trio (Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, and Jamie Foxx) were all mediocre.If you just like to have a good time watching an entertaining movie, ignoring all the flaws, and some wacky camera movements and some original action sequences, you'll like this movie.
I don't agree with critics hating this movie and the few people watching this film to make it bomb in the box office because I liked it..
Action adventure flick never takes itself seriously for a second.Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx head a fairly decent cast in a air warfare story owing a lot to style and coolness, and not a great deal to substance.But ultimately this policy of shallow fun doesn't count against it, because this movie is all about loud bangs, fast planes, and a thumping soundtrack.
this was a great film with good effects, i have seen better stories, but all in all i am happy i saw this movie.