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Year One
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Art of War, The
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action
Written by:
Wayne Beach (also story)
Simon Barry
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 25, 2000
DVD: December 26, 2000
Running Time: 117 minutes, Color
Origin: Canada / USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong violence, some sexuality, language and brief drug content
Starring Anne Archer, Wesley Snipes, and Donald Sutherland
Accused of killing the Chinese Ambassador, a secret agent (Snipes) goes underground. Now that he doesn't officially exist, he is called upon to get the bad guys in a threat on the UN.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Post Lou Lumenick
A 21st-century equivalent of the early James Bond flicks.
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
Too-loud, poorly directed and seriously overedited.
Dallas Observer Andy Klein
A mostly well-constructed action flick with a number of flashy, well-choreographed fight and chase scenes.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday
To his (Snipes) credit, there are few other stars who could breathe a degree of credibility into a film like The Art of War.
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
A hackneyed movie of zero social, political or dramatic consequence.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
The Art of War must ultimately be chalked up as a strategic defeat.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi
Two hours' worth of painful stupidity, overt racism, and mind-battering noise and movement.
Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Silly, overplotted conspiracy thriller.
USA Today Staff [Not Credited]
Director Christian Duguay's gimmicky "thriller" demonstrates that he has not begun to master the art of suspense.
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Wesley Snipes runs around a lot shooting people in plotless film.
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Far more preposterous in its details than the average blam-quip-kerplow, The Art of War isn't helped by the performances.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut J. Rentilly
A James Bond crib, minus the exotic locales, hot chicks, and finesse.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.4 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jeremy /B> gave it a 3:
It's usually not a good thing for an action film to be boring and predictable. I guess that's why Art of War fails to qualify under the good action film category.
Jack gave it a 3:
The director is a good copycat... that's all the praise I have for this movie.
Sook S. gave it a 0:
A very very bad Bond type movie...
Zeke D. gave it a 1:
Silly and ridiculous. Too many gimmicks that are implausable or impossible.
