Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.... (Full plot summary below)
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Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.
Leave your thoughts about The Art of War.
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekWants to be complex and snappy, but ends up messy and mostly turgid instead. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyIn this pretentiously titled international thriller, which is sloppily directed, Wesley Snipes plays an American agent who gets involved in the emerging relations between China and the Western world, with a shaky U.N. placed right in the middle. |
| Matinee MagazineChuck RudolphAll [The Art of War] forgets to throw in is a single original idea that might warrant the 2 hours this movie zaps from your life. |
| Reel.comTor ThorsenDuguay weighs the film down with jarring plot twists and action movie tropes that are often totally extraneous. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaWhile Snipes remains convincing throughout the entire film, the film itself doesn't. |
| Film.comPeter BrunetteI'm happy to report that while it's deeply flawed, it's not by any means a bad film. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Art of War manages to entertain without being enriching, and, at least in some circles, that's the definition of what a summer film is supposed to accomplish. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...[features] several unexpectedly enthralling action sequences... |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunBetween the dark and stormy night settings and the shifty camera work that's meant to build tension -- but doesn't -- The Art of War is often confusing to look at. |
| TV Guide MagazineStephen MillerThe winning cast makes the twist-heavy plot plausible. |
