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Agent neil shaw is called out of retirement when his long-time martial arts mentor is murdered. Shaw is framed for a plot to assassinate a group of senators. Shaw goes undercover to save himself and to find out who is behind the evil plot. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/27/2009 Starring: Wesley Snipes Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R Director: Josef Rusnak
Wesley Snipes makes a far more persuasive action hero than his straight-to-video compatriot Steven Seagal; lean and fluid, Snipes makes you believe he could kick some butt with his martial arts moves. Unfortunately, that's about the only good thing to
Agent neil shaw is called out of retirement when his long-time martial arts mentor is murdered. Shaw is framed for a plot to assassinate a group of senators. Shaw goes undercover to save himself and to find out who is behind the evil plot. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/27/2009 Starring: Wesley Snipes Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R Director: Josef Rusnak
Wesley Snipes makes a far more persuasive action hero than his straight-to-video compatriot Steven Seagal; lean and fluid, Snipes makes you believe he could kick some butt with his martial arts moves. Unfortunately, that's about the only good thing to be said about The Art of War II: Betrayal, in which retired covert agent Neil Shaw (Snipes) gets drawn into an incomprehensible plot involving super-duper bullets, a blackmailed movie star, bribes to congresspeople, and the hitherto unknown daughter of a cross-dressing sensei from Shaw's youth. The movie has many allusions to characters from Shaw's past, none of whom appeared in The Art of War; the only connection between the two films seems to be the main character's name. Even the action scenes are poorly lit and clumsily edited (oddly enough, the only extra on the DVD is a series of "alternate" versions of the fights--most of which are easier to follow and hence more exciting than the versions they used in the movie itself). The movie is named after the tactical guidebook of the ancient Chinese warrior-scholar Sun Tzu; you might think the point would be that the hero makes deft use of Sun Tzu's advice. You would be wrong. What happened to Wesley Snipes? Once or twice he gives a brief flash of the charisma that flourished in Jungle Fever and White Men Can't Jump, but he spends most of the movie looking like he's had his whole face Botoxed. Action movies may have made Snipes a lot of money, but they've drained his charm. --Bret Fetzer
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Release date: 12 August 2008
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0043396256576 UPC: 043396256576
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