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This is a companion peice of a sort to my similarly-minded edit of Stealth. Like most people who watched Clint Eastwood’s first attempt at a big budget VFX action blockbuster, I was disappointed in how long it took to get to the actual stuff with the jet. I think the cat and mouse stuff in the first two acts is fun, but it simply drags on for far too long and there are multiple exposition dumps that are just unnecessary. I’ve cut about 20 minutes of plate-spinning to keep the pace moving as quickly as I can without losing too much of the Robert Ludlum-esque spy thriller vibe of the first hour of the film. Once Eastwood is in the cockpit, I’ve let the film play out as it did theatrically. I think it might be possible to trim it a bit more, but I’m happy enough with it is now to release it publicly.
It will be in the same folder as all my other edits. If you don’t already have the link, please send me a Private Message. No English subtitles this time, however, as this edit wasn’t made for my ESL students. It was made for 10 year old me who was bored silly waiting for the jet to show up 😉
Any suggestions, as always, are welcome.