Stealth
cast: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx
The good: strangely alluring
The bad: too long
Three Navy pilots are in for a big surprise when they're top-secret unit suddenly gets a new addition to the team. The catch? Well, it's an A.I. (artificial intelligence). Its name? E.D.I. (extreme deep infiltrator - yuck!).
This is pretty much the sum of the whole movie and this sort of tale shouldn't take long to tell. Clocking in at 121 minutes of running time, Stealth feels like 30 minutes overly long. Which is really the film's only major flaw considering the vastly beautiful outcome of what I'd guess is a whole lot of green in the budget aspect of the film. With dizzying special effects and numerous occasions of things going boom, the film moves away from its titular implication -- not a bad thing, though. Speaking of dizzying, the flight sequences in this movie are staggering beyond belief. Fictional high-tech jet planes soar through the open skies, leaving behind a trail of heat waves marvelously created through special effects.
The action parts of this film vastly overpowers its story elements. After E.D.I. goes haywire and does what any good A.I. would do --take control of itself-- the film pretty much wraps up its storytelling stint. This paves the way, of course. for the aforementioned delight coming from the sky-high thrills of mega production values. But with all the craziness perforating the big screen, the actors themselves carry the limited plot and takes it with them in their splendid air sorties. To put it more simple: the actors do a great job.
Which brings me to my final word in this review: great fun! (3/5)
The good: strangely alluring
The bad: too long
Three Navy pilots are in for a big surprise when they're top-secret unit suddenly gets a new addition to the team. The catch? Well, it's an A.I. (artificial intelligence). Its name? E.D.I. (extreme deep infiltrator - yuck!).
This is pretty much the sum of the whole movie and this sort of tale shouldn't take long to tell. Clocking in at 121 minutes of running time, Stealth feels like 30 minutes overly long. Which is really the film's only major flaw considering the vastly beautiful outcome of what I'd guess is a whole lot of green in the budget aspect of the film. With dizzying special effects and numerous occasions of things going boom, the film moves away from its titular implication -- not a bad thing, though. Speaking of dizzying, the flight sequences in this movie are staggering beyond belief. Fictional high-tech jet planes soar through the open skies, leaving behind a trail of heat waves marvelously created through special effects.
The action parts of this film vastly overpowers its story elements. After E.D.I. goes haywire and does what any good A.I. would do --take control of itself-- the film pretty much wraps up its storytelling stint. This paves the way, of course. for the aforementioned delight coming from the sky-high thrills of mega production values. But with all the craziness perforating the big screen, the actors themselves carry the limited plot and takes it with them in their splendid air sorties. To put it more simple: the actors do a great job.
Which brings me to my final word in this review: great fun! (3/5)
posted by NaCl at Saturday, July 30, 2005
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