p-stepien
It ain't no masterpiece or even great action flick, but all in all this is a Wesley Snipes bad-to-da-bone thriller roller-coaster with a couple of interesting twists. In the end a satisfying experience.Wesley Snipes returns as Neil Shaw, now an ex-special operative, who earns his dough by consulting Hollywood action flicks. The money is good and leaves enough time to hone the body and martial arts skills. The good life ends, when Shaw receives word of Mom, cross-dresser, special op, mentor and teacher, being killed in a freak robbery. But was this really an accident? Shaw teams up with Melina Cruz, the out-of-marriage daughter of Mom. The plot thickens, when his friend and employer Garret, an actor with his sights on the US Senate, is subject to a botched assassination attempt. Yes. It has flaws, especially the overusing of the shaky cam, but hell... so does 90% of movies nowadays. Also SFX are a bit iffy, but that shouldn't lower the satisfaction from watching the flick. Definitely on a lower level than the original, but all in all I did feel entertained and don't really feel the need to nitpick. Wesley Snipes stays fit and is appealing to watch, no matter how appalling the said role. This one however wasn't even half-bad and Snipes carries the movie decently. Forgettable, passable, but in the end not a total waste of time, if you want to chill.That said I did watch this one straight after "Brutal" (2007), which makes it seem a masterpiece in comparison.
rps-2
It would be interesting to count the number of rounds fired in this film. It is a gun freak's delight. And after almost two hours of bang bang and pow pow, we wonder why there is a problem with violence in our society. Even more offensive is the fact that this movie, shot in Vancouver with the involvement of Corus Entertainment and the Canadian Movie Network, is subsidized by the Canadian government! There is no mention of Vancouver. It's all about US senators and the CIA and Los Angeles. Bad enough when the Americans come up here and use Canadian cities as stand ins for theirs. But when craven Canadian film makers do it themselves, pandering to the US market and being timidly embarrassed about their own country, it's embarrassing and pitiful. Is there any other country in the world with so little cinematic backbone? The story is the usual good guys bad guys confrontation. It would be forgettable enough but the cinematography people were allowed to go berserk with totally needless attempts at "creativity." Negative images. Wild jump shots. Excessive pans and zooms. It looks like the work of somebody who just bought their first home video camera and is playing with all the "neat" features.
originaliko
I don't know why people are giving this movie such a bad time. It's exactly what you expect of this kind of movie. It's an average movie worth watching if you don't pay to much for it and have some time to kill. The acting is average, the plot is OK, almost a test case for this movie genre with very bad people wanting to kill the main character. Their some plot hole and some situation turnaround. Nothing too dramatic, just what you expect. It's look exactly like a Wesley Snipes movie and his fan will (have ?) probably enjoyed seeing him fight once again.I've seen far worst movie than this one.
harshalizee
Wesley Snipes' movies aren't exactly groundbreaking material, but the first Art Of War was a pretty good action movie even if it was a bit generic.The new Art of War movie is a total disaster. I don't even know where to start. The plot is thin and incoherent at best. Both the direction and camera angles are amateurish or even worse. The entire cast was at best platonic.Some scenes are shot so badly, you wonder whether it was directed or just some homemade video slapped into the movie. Also, the makers did a pathetic job of trying to pass off Canada as L.A.The only 'good' thing about this movie is that you might end up laughing uncontrollably at their miserable attempt at making a movie.
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