Stealth (2005)
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13% of critics liked it
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The latest innovation in high-tech defense hardware turns out to have a very dangerous mind of its own in this action thriller. Kara Wade (Jessica Biel), Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx), and Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas) are three highly ranked U.S. Navy pilots who are part of a top-secret project involving… More The latest innovation in high-tech defense hardware turns out to have a very dangerous mind of its own in this action thriller. Kara Wade (Jessica Biel), Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx), and Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas) are three highly ranked U.S. Navy pilots who are part of a top-secret project involving the next generation of stealth fighter technology, the Talon Jet. Wade, Purcell, and Gannon are surprised when their commander, Captain George Cummings (Sam Shepard), introduces them to the new member of their team -- "Edi," an "extreme deep invader" developed as part of the "Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle" program. Utilizing the latest innovations in artificial intelligence, Edi is a computer-based flight controller that will take over the wingman's position in the team's formation, and while the pilots initially balk, Edi performs admirably in its first mission. However, after Edi is struck by lightning on a return trip, the computer's circuits and software begin to change in unexpected ways, and Edi not only begins to think for itself, it begins to violate direct orders. During a mission investigating the forces of a dangerous Chinese extremist, Edi starts an attack that could launch World War III, and it's up to Wade, Purcell, and Gannon to stop both Edi and its dangerous plan before it's too late. Stealth also stars Joe Morton and Richard Roxburgh. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rob Cohen
- Written By
- W.D. Richter
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Jul 29, 2005 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Ed Halter, Village Voice
If we're going to be fighting the war on terror in perpetuity, could we at least get better movies out of it?
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Cohen undermines his own effort to make a 21st century Top Gun by using so many quick cuts and zooms that we can't even appreciate the action sequences. I almost got motion sickness.
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Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
It's not new. It's not interesting. I wish it would go away.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Aiming to join the Jerry BruckheimerJerry Bruckheimer/Michael BayMichael Bay school of American movie war games, Stealth is just too dumb to make the grade.
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Stealth manages to be so ridiculously unconvincing you think you're watching a live-action version of last year's sublime action-movie puppet satire Team America.
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Cast
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Josh Lucas
as Lt. Ben Gannon
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Jessica Biel
as Lt. Kara Wade
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Jamie Foxx
as Lt. Henry Purcell
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Sam Shepard
as Captain George Cummings
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Joe Morton
as Captain Dirk Harshfield
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Richard Roxburgh
as Keith Orbit
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach
as Josh Hudson
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Wentworth Miller
as Voice of EDI
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Megan Gale
as Orbit's Secretary







