Synopsis

Three elite Navy fighter pilots are assigned to test a revolutionary unmanned stealth aircraft controlled by artificial intelligence. When lightning causes the machine to develop independent judgment, it begins pursuing its own military objectives, threatening to trigger an international crisis. The pilots must locate and stop their former technological ally before its actions ignite a global conflict.

Factoids & Trivia

• The fictional F/A-37 Talon was created for the film rather than representing an operational aircraft. Its futuristic design helped establish the movie's military science-fiction premise.

• The production received support from the U.S. Navy and filmed carrier material aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The movie was notable for placing fictional aircraft imagery in a real carrier environment.

• Filming took place in Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand. Australian locations doubled for several international settings, including parts of the Blue Mountains and the Flinders Ranges.

• The Alaska airfield explosion used approximately 500 gallons of gasoline. According to the production trivia, NASA was notified before the sequence was filmed because of the blast's scale.

• Jessica Biel reportedly avoided the motion sickness experienced by the other performers during filming in the gimballed cockpit setup.

• With a reported production budget of about $135 million, the film earned roughly $79 million worldwide. Its commercial performance made it one of the major box-office disappointments of 2005.