The Art of War II: Betrayal
Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing
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- Cast:
- Wesley Snipes , Lochlyn Munro , Athena Karkanis , Winston Rekert , Ryan McDonald , Rachel Hayward , Scott Heindl
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To me, this movie is perfection.
Memorable, crazy movie
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
I've long kinda liked Wesley Snipes as a screen presence; "Murder At 1600," "Passenger 57," "Rising Sun," and the two Blade films that I've seen all entertain well, for example, and one thing I always liked about him was that his characters usually differed from the action-hero norm by having odd little foibles not common to the genre and often being all too human in a self-effacing way ('til he saves the day, of course). I've seen "The Art Of War" a couple of times and liked it, though it's neither his best work nor the best film of its kind ever produced...it's still a good, solid enough effort.I just watched most of the this alleged sequel. It's horrible. I didn't watch it all because I kept falling asleep, and that turned out to improve the experience considerably. In fact, it's 5 AM now and I need to try to get back to sleep, but I felt compelled to wander over to the computer to warn my fellow astronauts of the dire nature of this cinematic failure before another potential viewer wastes even 20 minutes in attempting to endure it. I got the DVD from the library but some of you may resort to renting or even -- and this prospect sickens me -- BUYING it, and I can't go another minute with that possibility weighing heavy on me.To be honest, I was really tired so perhaps it's not entirely a shock that sleep might finally overtake me, but the real catalyst for my finally giving in to the arms of Morpheus was that the only dramatic tension that the film imparted to me -- what, exactly, does it have to do with the FIRST film? -- was at some point answered by the sheer pointlessness of the plot (for want of a better word; 'anti-plot'?). This piece has nothing to do with the first film, a fact that in itself would not be such a big deal if the film had anything to do with anything ELSE. This waste of digital video tape was exceedingly poorly written, if it was actually written at all, directed by a person who apparently is, talent-wise, several rungs down the ladder from the typical executor of a birthday party home movie, and for the most part the acting was not acting at all, but in the sense of it being incredibly BAD rather than being at all naturalistic. This piece of garbage fails on every level. Even dozing off and periodically waking up, after a while realizing that the film doesn't even warrant the usual rewind to see what I've missed, didn't rob me of any understanding of what they substituted for an actual plot. In fact, it might have improved the whole. You might notice, of course, that this review contains no spoilers; spoilers are simply not possible when the film has no discernible plot. Calling this dreck 'amateurish' would hint that it might actually have some charm, a quality that (like every other positive quality) it is sorely lacking. Indeed, this film is one that would realize its true potential if subjected to that one-minute-long-movie-acted-by-bunnies approach, though I doubt any bunnies would be desperate enough to resort to remaking this one.Avoid it. Cross to the other side of the street if you see it coming. If you feel bad for the star's tax strife, just mail him a check; maybe if he gets enough of them he'll stop pumping out egestae like this...I'm off for some more sleep. The only stay I have against having nightmares about this film is that it's so forgettable a property that as you watch it your memory of the previous scene fades blessedly from mind.
Sad to see so many bad reviews. I give this film a seven out of ten.Sure the film has a cheesy intro, and sure if you ponder too long the plot lacks credibility on many frontiers... but thats what makes many of the twists and turns so unexpected.The acting is to be expected, and some of the sf action scenes are over the top... but then there are battles that are scarily realistic.The switching of the realism and the ridiculous gives the film a charm.I had this film in my possession for a long time and I discarded it purely based on IMDb ratings. I'm glad I watched it.Ignore the bad reviews and get entertained.This film has everything from poor to great.
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.
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.