| 75 |
New York Post
A 21st-century equivalent of the early James Bond flicks.
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| 70 |
Salon.com
Grade-B blockbuster.
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| 50 |
Slate
More entertaining than it needs to be.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
The winning cast makes the twist-heavy plot plausible.
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| 50 |
Film.com
Ambitious and perversely fascinating.
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| 50 |
Chicago Tribune
Too-loud, poorly directed and seriously overedited.
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| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly
The dialogue is chintzy and rhythmless.
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| 40 |
Dallas Observer
A mostly well-constructed action flick with a number of flashy, well-choreographed fight and chase scenes.
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| 40 |
LA Weekly
Slick, noisy thriller.
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| 38 |
Baltimore Sun
To his (Snipes) credit, there are few other stars who could breathe a degree of credibility into a film like The Art of War.
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| 38 |
New York Daily News
A hackneyed movie of zero social, political or dramatic consequence.
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| 30 |
Austin Chronicle
The Art of War must ultimately be chalked up as a strategic defeat.
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| 29 |
Mr. Showbiz
Two hours' worth of painful stupidity, overt racism, and mind-battering noise and movement.
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| 25 |
Miami Herald
Silly, overplotted conspiracy thriller.
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| 25 |
USA Today
Director Christian Duguay's gimmicky "thriller" demonstrates that he has not begun to master the art of suspense.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Snipes runs around a lot shooting people in plotless film.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Numbskull entertainment.
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| 20 |
Variety
Almost every element in Art of War is slightly off.
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| 20 |
Los Angeles Times
This is a film that almost is not there.
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| 20 |
Village Voice
Far more preposterous in its details than the average blam-quip-kerplow, The Art of War isn't helped by the performances.
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| 20 |
Chicago Reader
Stylish but insubstantial thriller .
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| 10 |
The New York Times
Ludicrous, impenetrable and headache-inducing.
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| 10 |
TNT RoughCut
A James Bond crib, minus the exotic locales, hot chicks, and finesse.
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