Stealth (2005)

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Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Jul 29, 2005
Running Time: 117 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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U.S. Navy pilots Ben Gannon, Kara Wade and Henry Purcell are part of a close-knit elite division of test pilots flying highly classified stealth fighter jets, referred to only as Talons. They're the best of the best and they know it. Then their commanding officer Cpt. George Cummings introduces the team to their new wingman--an artificial intelligence-based UCAV, nicknamed "EDI." Although Ben is hesitant about taking "the human pilot out of the equation of war," Cummings orders the team to execute their first real mission alongside "EDI." To their amazement, "EDI" proves to be a cracker-jack wingman and they successfully eliminate their target. But on the return trip to their base aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson, "EDI" is struck by lightning. The drone's brain expands in ways its creators could never have predicted. Despite Ben and Henry's reservations, Cummings declares "EDI" ready to rejoin the team in the air. On their next mission against a nuclear-armed warlord in a remote Chinese province, "EDI's" seriously compromised circuitry problems only get worse. Ben decides that the risks of the attack far outweigh the benefits to himself, Henry and Kara, (for whom he has developed a romantic attraction). When he aborts the mission, "EDI" goes against orders and executes the hit anyway. The danger escalates when "EDI" decides to execute a top-secret mission that, if successful, could spiral into worldwide nuclear Armageddon. And only Ben can prevent it.
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Lt. Ben Gannon
Kara Wade
Henry Purcell
Capt. George Cummings
Keith Orbit
Capt. Dick Marshfield
Lt. Aaron Shaftsbury
Josh Hudson
Naval Controller
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What do you get when you mix a lame Top Gun with a vain 2001: A Space Odyssey and throw in the financial expectations and subsequent integrity restraints of summer? You get Stealth.

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Set in the near future, the Navy develops a technologically advanced fighter jet tutored by three top fighter pilots: Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas), Kara Wade (Jessica Biel) and Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx). But little do they know, they are the ones being flown (insert sinister laugh). In between vacationing on… Continued