This is exhibit #2974 in the "What's wrong with Hollywood" case.
Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel, and some white guy play as a trio of pilots that are an (yes "an", not "in") elite squadron. As an Air Force vet I was very confused by three pilots being called a squadron, but whatever.
Anyway, this very, very realistic squadron (because all squadrons are made up of three people: a black guy, a white guy, and a hot chick) is forced to take on a new member, an AI plane. Anyway, on their very first mission lightning hits the AI plane and hilarity ensues.
Things I learned from this film:
-The military is evil.
-Pilots are allowed to question their orders and decide to alter missions if they feel too many civilians will be hurt.
-Nuclear weapons will spread deadly radiation over hundreds of miles without detonating.
-Middle Eastern farmers live in packs of about 1500 in the mountains.
-It's more important to save an innocent and let a terrorist get away with a nuclear weapon than save millions by making sure that nuke doesn't go off in a major city.
-Planes can fly damn near forever and when they do refuel, it takes only seconds.
-Jet fuel is shockingly not flammable.
-Electronics can be doused with water and still function perfectly.
-Gravity and wind do not exist above 30000 feet.
I don't even want to get started on the setting for the second half of the movie as it's too stupid. To give you an idea on how bad the writing is, every porno plot you've ever seen is more likely than this film's.
1 out of 10. (1 point for Jessica Biel.)
Stealth - Minor Spoilers - You won't care.
Was it's name "Jonnie 5".
Also, jet fuel is surprisingly not flamable. Obviously, it burns. But, you'd be surprised as to how many matches thrown into a bucket of JP4 will go out when they hit the liquid instead of blowing the bucket up. The flash point for JP4 is much higher than that of say, gasoline.
Also, jet fuel is surprisingly not flamable. Obviously, it burns. But, you'd be surprised as to how many matches thrown into a bucket of JP4 will go out when they hit the liquid instead of blowing the bucket up. The flash point for JP4 is much higher than that of say, gasoline.
I know the bucket of fuel and a match trick. I'm an AF vet, remember. You've got to see this movie though to see the stupidity.
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