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The Art of Waris the first action movie with a hero who works for the United Nations--the U.N. Covert Operations Unit, to be specific. Who knew there was such a thing? Wesley Snipes plays Shaw, their top operative, who's unafraid of dropping several stories from one ledge of a skyscraper to another. When the Chinese ambassador is assassinated, it threatens the stability of an impending trade agreement that the secretary-general (played by Donald Sutherland) has worked so hard to achieve. Shaw gets arrested for the assassination, but who's really responsible? Is it the wily Chinese capitalist? A seemingly affable FBI agent? Only a lovely U.N. interpreter (Marie Matiko) believes he's innocent, especially when someone tries to knock her off and Shaw is the only person she can turn to... well, you get the idea. The script is neither original nor comprehensible, but that's not why you'd want to watch a movie likeThe Art of War--it's the action. And the action is pretty good, particularly earlier on when the confusions of the plot don't matter as much. Michael Biehn (The Terminator,The Rock) does a serviceable job as one of Shaw's associates, Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction,Clear and Present Danger) tries to seem complicated as the head of the Covert Operations Unit, and Maury Chaykin (The Mask of Zorro,Devil in a Blue Dress) is dependable as ever as the FBI guy.--Bret Fetzer
International Diplomacy Gone Array 'The Art of War' starring Wesley Snipes is a superior action/adventure tale about an international conspiracy involving United Nations "One World Insiders", the FBI, high level Chinese politicians and Asian Triad gangs. Neil Shaw (Wesley Snipes) is a U.N. secret agent caught in the middle of a growing mystery which seems centered around the arrival of an important Chinese Ambassador and his entourage in New York.
Also involved is a lovely Chinese national named Julia Fang (Marie Matiko) who appears marked for death by both Triad and U.N. factions. Agent Neil becomes Julia's only means of survival as the two work together to stay alive and reveal the conspirators. As the action builds towards a climax and the dead bodies pile up they both become increasingly aware that the conspiracy rises to the highest eschalons of international politics.
A highly entertaining film with lots of suspense and a great cast; Wesley Snipes, Marie Matiko, James Hong, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer and Michael Biehn.
Hollywood This is a typical hollywood movie, in both good and bad way. First, the budget is big, the premise thought provoking, and the actions scenes well directed. Those are the good parts.
The bad includes the casting: wesley snipes is black, his boss is female, his love interest is an asian diplomat w a nose ring, and his sidekick a cop who while theoretically italian is obviously jewish and speaks in yinglish. More hollywood postive discrimination than you can shake a stick at. Also the plot totally sucks, and is best disregarded (altho the concerns about china and so forth are interesting, the way things play out is completely hokey). All in all worth seeing, but not a must see by any means. I wouldn't pay full price, if I were you... (I bought it used).The Art od War Wesley Snipes plays (Shaw) who workd for the U.N. (United Nations) he is like the black James Bond in this movie. When the chinese ambassader gets murder Shaw gets blame for it and put in jail Marie Matiko character believes he is innocent. Donald Sutherland character wants to keep china all to himself.
