Stealth (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Rob Cohen
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Actor: Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas, Richard Roxburgh, Sam ShepardDirector: Rob Cohen
Brand: Stealth
Producer: Arnold Messer
Producer: E. Bennett Walsh
Producer: Kwame Parker
Producer: Laura Ziskin
Producer: Michelle Purple
Producer: Mike Medavoy
Writer: W.D. Richter
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Korean (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Stealth (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
DVD Review: Cool Special FX & One Beautiful Actress in a Fitted Uniform...
Summary: 1 Stars
...but they forgot the rest! First off, let me say that I am in the military and admit that I'm quite happy that they based this movie on the Navy and not the Air Force. GO NAVY!!! Thank you Mr. Cohen. Now, that being said, that was one of the three very minor things I liked about this movie.
I should've listened to my wife (wow, that felt strange to say) after she advised me to stay away from any Hollywood attempt at a military movie. No good has come of the combination of Hollywood/U.S. military since Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, with the exception of Speilberg's Saving Private Ryan. And there definitely hasn't been a decent USAF film since 1955's "Strategic Air Command" which starred Jimmy Stewart (who happened to be a former Air Force officer/WWII vet).
My military career thus far has allowed me to work in a few of the areas that today's Hollywood "military" movies try to depict. I was a survival equipment/training specialists for USAF pilots, a Ceremonial Guardsman and now, a C2 systems administrator. Basically, I've trained actual pilots on post egress SERE, become a modest expert on military uniform prep/appearance and been exposed to some aspects of military ops.
I cannot name a single film based on today's military that has even come a little close to getting it right. Where do I start? Let me just name a few: War Games, Iron Eagle (I, II & III), Top Gun, Broken Arrow, Independence Day, Armageddon, Executive Decisions, Behind Enemy Lines, and now, Stealth. I could go on but I'll stick with movies that deal with subjects I'm somewhat familiar with, those dealing with aircraft and pilots...for a reason. These movies should've never been made! The money to make them would've been better spent given to the Red Cross instead of paying the actors, directors and producers. All were pure garbage and blatant wastes of otherwise valuable life time.
The following points pertain to Stealth but can be applied to any of the movies mentioned:
First point, who was there subject matter expert for survival techniques, Scott O'Grady? Yes, he was named a national hero but anyone trained in any kind of ground combat survival knows the real heroes were the service members that rescued him after he evaded capture via divine intervention. Like my first instructor said, "you want to know what NOT to do, read Capt O'Grady's book". I mean kids, if you join the military, become a pilot (or aircrew member) and you want to get yourself killed or captured after egressing an aircraft, do what you see done in Stealth or Behind Enemy Lines. Hit the ground, don't conceal your chute/equipment, run directly to a native village or a wide open space in broad daylight and get involved in a running shoot-out with the local military or militia. Your next assignment would be a truly "permanent" PCS to Arlington Cemetery. Stupid!!
Next, "There is no spoon...". Ignore all laws of physics or reality for that matter! Granted, the aerial manuevers make for cool action sequences, but that's about it. I do try to at least suspend my military knowledge for these movies but I can't disregard elementary education and plain old common sense, sorry. Quick rundown: Josh Lucas with that straight nose-dive into terminal velocity, dropping pickle and pulling out of the dive without planting his aircraft, Jessica Biel's little tree-riddled PFL should've at the very least left her with a broken arm (actually, it should've been broken arms, legs and her neck), Will Smith (ID4) should've been killed upon his ejection, and Owen Wilson (BEL)...need I say more. Reality would've ended those movies early I suppose so, three cheers for creative license. Stupid!!
Uniforms! Everything from Will Smith's goatee "tickler" (under his bottom lip) and his other numerous liberties with the U.S. Marines uniform in ID4, to the cast of this movie hanging out in a civilian bar/nightclub in their Navy dress white uniform getting buck wild with a bunch of drunken civies. There are just too many of these issues to go into but trust me, don't think you'd get away with any of this crap if you join the military. Now, the one discrepency I had absolutely no problem with (but, that would never actually be allowed) was Ms. Biel's nicely fitted flight suit! That was like a really good asprin for a 2-hr long headache...thank you Jessica.
Now, we have this little thing in the military we like to call "OPSEC" simply because we like to create an accronym for anything possible. It stands for Operations Security. Bottomline, we're trained not to discuss National Security secrets in the open. Not with freinds, family or even other military members w/o a "need to know" but most especially foreign civilians (in their country no less). We even have to attend annual refresher courses on maintaining OPSEC. I mean, let's just sit in the middle of some Thai villiage and openly discuss a new, ultra top secret, air superiority weapon of precision mass destruction in great detail with a native who doesn't "appear" to understand English in our presence. STUPID!!!
Lastly, because I have better things to do with my time than sit around and discuss this over the top, pile of dog crap... Two words, "international incidents". Let see, how many sovereign airspaces did they violate in this movie? What, four I believe? Two of which are actual/potential nuclear threats (Russia & N. Korea) and, not only do they violate their airspace but they go so far as to engage/kill members of their military, destroy military assets and walk away without at least starting WWIII!! Boy! What a wonderful world it would be...and, to think Mel Gibson took more indiscriminent flak for making a more factual movie based pretty much on actual biblical doctrine. WOW!
I'm not even gonna start on the "acting"! I can't believe an Academy Award winner allowed himself to be involved in a floating toilet dweller like this one just to deliver the usual canned, token-brother lines like "that's hot" and, you know what, ...never mind!! Mr. Fox had to have made this floater before winning the Oscar, otherwise he should arrange for his managers untimely demise via a firing squad for committing career treason!
Thank all things holy I didn't pay my hard earned money to see this in a theater otherwise I would've walked out like I did on Independence Day, Armageddon, and The Rock. See, I can eventually learn from my mistakes...I think it's time Hollywood do the same, please.
This movie (other than special effects and Jessica Biel in that flightsuit/bikini) SUCKED!!! Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is not in the service and/or probably doesn't wear head protection while performing high risk activities (i.e. sky diving, motorcycle racing, etc.) and has suffered some sort of recent, untreated head trauma. That or they were, and still are, high on something when they watched it.
ADVISORY: Integrity First! Fellow service members that enjoyed any of these movies, especially Stealth, should take the following actions without hesitation:
1.) Voluntarily give back any pay/allowances you've received during your career. Obviously wasted taxpayers money!
2.) Decline re-enlistment upon your next available DOS.
3.) Return to civilian life so you may proceed to ingest the self-determined required amount of illicit street narcotic necessary to sit through any of these torture devices some would dare call entertainment and enjoy.
- Ex-8G out
Description of Stealth (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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