The Art of War Movie Review 2000

Disappointingly formulaic thriller has Snipes starring as top-secret U.N. operative Neil Shaw, who is framed for the assassination of a Chinese ambassador (Hong). Also involved is his boss, Eleanor Hooks (Archer), Chinese power broker David Chan (Tagawa), and interpreter Julia (Matiko), whom Shaw kidnaps to help him prove his innocence. Plot is both convoluted and obvious (you can pretty much guess what's coming) and you learn so little about the players that you won't be very interested in what happens to them.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 117 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Frame-Ups, Spies & Espionage, New York, New York, New Year's Eve, Hong Kong, Politics, Kidnapped!, FBI, Triads

Screenplay

Wayne Beach, Simon Davis Barry

Cast

Wesley Snipes, Marie Matiko, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Michael Biehn, Donald Sutherland, Liliana Komorowska, James Hong

Cinematography

Pierre Gill

Director

Christian Duguay

Music

Normand Corbeil

Producer

Nicholas Clermont, Wesley Snipes, Elie Samaha, Dan Halstead, Morgan Creek Productions, Amen Ra, Filmline International, Warner Bros.