I don't see why this movie got bad reviews. I thought it was actually pretty good (and pretty clean, hence the bad reviews ;) ). And I actually didn't mind Jamie Foxx (which is saying something!).
I think I trashed the movie and said how bad it would be right up until I saw it in the theatre. It wasn't the best thing ever, but was still fairly entertaining. Some cool music sequences if I remember correctly.
I ended up staying up half the night watching this on TBS, and it was pretty good. I didn't even know what it was at first, but it looked interesting and so I kept watching. Some parts were kind of predictable, but others not so much. I think this is only the second movie I've seen with Josh Lucas in it, but I liked him a lot in this too.
One of the characters (I use that term loosely) describes one of the major problems with this film. Explaining his concerns to his boss about our heavy metal loving robot stealth fighter EDI, he mentions something about war bcoming a video game. Ironic really as that is what this flick looks like.
The plot is pure dumbness and the effects and action sequences are inconsistent at best. Some of the work is pretty impressive, like the refuelling sequence but then there are other parts that look terrible.
Cast wise, I like Josh Lucas, he is really good at playing a complete douche (check out American Psycho) but here he is given nothing to work with. Foxx is beginnig to annoy me a little. Here he relies on that old too cool for school routine instead of trying to act and I just didn't buy it. As for Sam Shepherd, has he ever been in a film where he is not playing this character? The saving grace here is Biel for pure hotness and an obligatory bikini scene. Did that make the rest of the film watchable, probably not but it certainly helped.
This is pretty unimaginative work that remains watchable for it's cheese factor and Biel looking hot.
this movie was bull crap.
i bet they spent soo much on this film that when it hit box office they didn't pay them to put enough effort in acting. what a let down.
the 1st hour is pretty dull & boring the only highlight is the brief mission in rangoon
it only gets better in the last half when edi disobeys orders
the flight/action scenes save this film from being rubbish
A team of three stealth fighter pilots test out a new machine in a flight but it malfunctions and starts randomly attacking countries and this could lead to World War 3.Which of course,it doesn't.
Not even the sight of Jessica Biel in tight clothes and a bikini and a few cool explosions could save this from being a bit shit.
wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is an pretty good movie 2 see...this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throguhout this movie....i think that the director of this Action & Adventure, Documentary, Drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie because the director of this Action & Adventure, Documentary, Drama movie keeps you on the edge's of your seats throughout this movie n u never know what 2 expect throughout....the special effects throguhout this movie are all pretty good throughout n the soundtrack is pretty good througout the movie as well..i think that jamie foxx plays a good part throughout this movie n jessica biel is really sexxi n beautiful throughout this movie
It wasn't completely awful...for the first hour. Saved mostly by some of the stylized action sequences, the first half isn't nearly as bad as the second half. Then it seems like they just stopped trying to make a coherent movie...too bad.
Jessica Beil could play anything and I would love it, but combine her with the technology of a computer taking control and you've got a real winner. A little slow and predictable towards the end though.
Not a bad movie - but certainly not great either. It was very predictable for the most part, and Jamie Foxx's talents were wasted in this. However, there are some very cool air combat sequences, and lots of explosions and gunplay to keep you awake.
Stealth fighter equipped with HAL9000 goes 'skynet' over its squadron after being hit by lightning. But it redeems itself, fighting again with the good guys, even after killing thousands of people with radioactive dust, causing the 3rd World War by invading Russia and North Korea and killing soldiers that were only defending their countries against an invader. 'Stealth' is pure military wet dreams with no regard for trivial matters, like "consequences of your actions." It is an insult to your mind.
Sometimes when you expect a movie to suck you get rather pleasantly surprised. Not really being a fan of jet fighter movies and having heard of rather bad reviews for this I didn't check it out for a long time but guess what? I was pretty well entertained. Sure, the story isn't much to write home about, although I must say that I didn't really see the direction of the second half of the movie coming. The flight sequences and action scenes are pretty impressive though and the effects together with some nifty camera tricks really neat. Also nice use of some kickass Incubus songs. So, rather silly but actually quite fun movie. Jessica Biel in a Bikini helped too.
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