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Columbia Pictures’ Stealth is an epic action thriller about a squadron of elite pilots who embark on a mission of global consequence to neutralize an out-of-control prototype drone fighter plane equipped with artificial intelligence and the ability to precipitate a nuclear war.
In director Rob Cohen’s exciting action adventure, Stealth, U.S. Navy pilots Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas), Kara Wade (Jessica Biel) and Henry Purcell (Oscar winner Jamie Foxx) 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 (Sam Shepard) introduces the team to their new wingman — an artificial intelligence-based UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), 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 Winson, “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.
Stealth (2005)
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Starring: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton, Richard Roxburgh, Ian Bliss, Megan Gale, Michael Denkha, Woody Naismith, Clayton Adams
Screenplay by: Rob Cohen, W.D. Richter
Production Design by: Jonathan Lee, J. Michael Riva
Cinematography by: Dean Semler
Film Editing by: Stephen E. Rivkin
Costume Design by: Lizzy Gardiner
Set Decoration by: Suza Maybury
Art Direction by: Richard Hobbs, Eugene Intas, Siranat Ratchusanti
Music by: BT
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense action, some violence, brief strong language.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: July 29, 2005
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