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The Art of War

The Art of War

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Worst Snipes since "Money Train"
Review: Laughably stupid "thriller" (it's about as thrilling as a Nerf enema) which has Snipes playing the single clumsiest secret agent ever put on screen. Plot is the usual nonsense involving an attempt to undermine a Chinese free-trade agreement by various nefarious foes, and is loaded with the usual chase/shoot-out/martial-arts potluck macaroni of action scenes that Hollywood bakes by the metric ton these days. Snipes is as effective as he can be in a role this emptyheaded; everyone else is wasted. Note to future moviemakers: do not have a hero that is dumber than your audience, as this leads to the most intolerable tedium. Sun Tzu, call your lawyer.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Oh god..... this is poor
Review: This DVD is quite horrible... I am very dissapointed.... Yes the movie itself is pretty good, but the sound quality is very unsatisfactory! The music or score or whatever is 10x louder than the voices and the sound effects, there making everything hard to hear except the booming music. I had lots of trouble adjusting to this... even my father was mad I bought this because he couldn't make sense out of most of what they were saying... When I saw this movie in the theaters i think it was ok.... so i guess the dvd is the thing that was screwed up! OH well buy it at your own risk... i guess the action is ok... oh well for me i guess i just watch the action and not pay attention to the plot or anythign... oh well

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Time for another game of, Good Trailer TERRIBLE movie
Review: I don't like to spend too much time reviewing films I didn't like. Fact I care so little for this film I didn't even FEEL like writing anything so I'll try to keep it short.

So why does this movie stink? Simple, you can get EVERYTHING in this movie in ANY OTHER movie and done even better. I was HOPING for a spy film that could make up for MI2. After Blade I thought Wesley Snipes might be headed in a better direction with his movie.

The movie begins with a sub-par, uninteresting, rather bland not very actionish beginning. You see its not just the TYPICAL action thats a bore, there is no drama in this film that makes you care for anyone. Wesley Snipes wasn't BAD, its the movie really. After I found out who was behind it all, I walked out because I couldn't take anymore. the last 20 mins would have been just as boring as the rest of the film. The action scenes are SO boring!

In short, DON'T waste your time. Go Rent Mission Impossible or even SEE MI2 again JUST because the action was at least interesting if nothing else.

So this movies doesn't work even in a brainless action way. I saw a free screening on thursday that wasn't even packed. I'm glad I paid nothing for this film(free screening), because it gives you nothing back in return.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: One of the worst films I¿ve ever seen
Review: When Snipes is playing in a film, I'll routinely pick it up, confident that it won't be bad and might be terrific --- he's done some great stuff. Sadly, this film is an unbroken string of cliche laden dialogue, actions and plot lines. I watched it for 25 minutes before going to Amazon's Reader's Reviews, which is what I usually do before taking out a film. If I had done so, it would have saved me some money and 25 minutes of my time. Mystery Science Theater 2000's Robot and Servo would have had a field day with this flick. It's bad enough to get their undivided attention.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Kickin Movie
Review: When I saw this movie in the theaters with my group of teenage males, I didn't expect much. But since it was between this and "the way of the gun," I picked Wesley Snipes because he hasn't let me down yet, and he still hasn't after this movie. It was basically made for our age group (18), and it appealed to quite a few of my friends. This movie wasn't made to be full of plot and emotions, it was made to be suspenseful and throw a twist in, the fight scenes help too. I reccomend this movie to anyone who enjoys action and suspense, and you can watch a movie without picking it apart.(it was made for the teenage male audiance)

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Wesley, Come on man.. You can do Better.
Review: This Film is Loud, Fast, Dumb and... Fun. Without the Furious Fists of Wesley Snipes, this film would definately be stuck in Straight-to-Video Hell. Most of the problems stem from the Direction. In "The Assignment" Christian Duguay proved to be a very talented Director, through his use of "Restraint". The "Art of War" doesn't seem to be seeking restraint. Instead it goes for Cheap and Fast thrills at every turn, which would have been great if Duguay had attended the "Michael Bay Music Videos and Film School". The cutting is far too fast paced, sometimes so much so that you miss the explosion or the car crash, which is really a hugh problem. They spend half the budget on these action set pieces, only to cut to Wesley snipes fleeing the scene. Nit-picking aside, Michael Biehn makes the most of a side-kick role, frankly, he saves the entire film. The same can't be said for Donald Sutherland and Anne Archer, who walk through their parts, trying not to show their faces. But, hey, there's fights and guns, thats all us Action Nuts need to hear.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Absolutely Terrible
Review: I love Wesley Snipes, I have enjoyed many of his movies, but this is one is really really bad. It is painful to watch this film, if you can even call it that. The only part of this movie I found cool was the credit sequence at the beginning and the opening shot. The rest of this movie is a pile of cliches, with no purpose. The action sequences are very mediocre, with nothing new being shown. The dialogue in this movie is where this movie gets hurt very badly. The plot is ok, but if the dialogue had been sharper this movie could of at least been watchable. The one-liners made me cringe. The conversations between the characters is the same old, same old. This movie is completely unwatchable, and I recommend you don't watch as it will destroy your respect for Wesley, which no one want to happpen.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The Art of Bore
Review: The Art of War-** stars-Rated R-Starring Wesley Snipes- This movie is a lot of fun, but it is simply too long. A boring mess in some parts. Wesley Snipes is his usual self in this typical action movie. Wait for it on TV.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Better Than Mission Impossible
Review: I went to this movie not knowing what to expect having read some of the reviews. Those people were totally wrong. This film has lots of action, political intrigue, and no annoying comic relief character. I can see why he chose to do this one insted of Shaft. The martial arts sequences were believable and exciting. Wesley Snipes has done it again.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good action sequences.
Review: The great thing about action movies is they allow us to turn our brains off for a couple of hours and watch the pretty lights. Like most action movies, the story was just what happened between the action sequences. I paid to see the fight sequences and they were worth my $8.00. Don't expect to be deeply moved or anything by this movie. This is a typical action movie that you go see with a friend or relative on a Saturday--nothing more, nothing less.

I was a bit disappointed in the way the film handled the relationship between the Black leading man and the Chinese Leading Lady; There was definitely some sexual energy between the lead characters but I think, as with "Romeo must die", and a slew of other films where the leading character is Black, intimate interludes with non-black characters is off limits. Occasionally we see a Black/white interlude but almost never do we see a Black/Asian interlude.

There was also some very well placed, election-year-motivated rhetoric against free-trade with China.


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