The Art of War (2000)

Regista:

Christian Duguay

Writers (WGA):

Wayne Beach (story)
Wayne Beach (screenplay) ...

Data di uscita:

25 agosto 2000 (USA)

Genere:

Action | Thriller

Slogan:

Who is your foe?

Plot:

Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation...

Plot Keywords:

Chinese Mafia | Embassy | Falsely Accused | Fugitive | Mafia

Premi:

2 wins & 9 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

A reasonably good, high energy action flick.

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Neil Shaw
Donald Sutherland	...	Douglas Thomas
Maury Chaykin	...	Frank Capella
Anne Archer	...	Eleanor Hooks
Marie Matiko	...	Julia Fang
Michael Biehn	...	Robert Bly
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	David Chan
Liliana Komorowska	...	Jenna Novak
James Hong	...	Ambassador Wu
Paul Hopkins	...	Ray, FBI Agent
Glen Chin	...	Ochai
Ron Yuan	...	Ming
Bonnie Mak	...	Anna Li
Uni Park	...	Tina Chan
Erin Selby	...	Hong Kong Reporter

Alias:

Art de la guerre, L' (Canada: French title)
Arte della guerra, L' (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, some sexuality, language and brief drug content.

Durata:

117 min | Germany:116 min (cut version) | Germany:117 min (uncut version)

Nazionalità:

USA | Canada

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital EX

Divieti:

Malaysia:U (cut version) | South Korea:15 (video rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (original rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Netherlands:16 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:18 (bw) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | Philippines:PG-13

Luoghi delle riprese:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Curiosità:

The tones dialed for Lo Kee Battery, the Gentleman's Club, are the first few notes of the tune to "Yankee Doodle".

Errori:

Factual errors: The UN is not be allowed to operate a counter-terrorist group according to its Charter. It would never have support from the US in the Security Council for such an agency.

Citazioni:

Neil Shaw: You can never spend too much on good intelligence.
Bly: Or a good hooker.

Movie Connections:

Seguito da Art of War: The Betrayal (2008)

A reasonably good, high energy action flick.

In "The Art of War", Snipes plays a UN deep-cover operative whose cover is compromised. Though the film features plenty of stunts, chases, crashes, shootouts, fights, and pyrotechnics mixed with a typically convoluted spy-type plot, we've seen better of all in other films. The flick does have a female protagonist but there's little romance or sexiness in this flick which lacks the spit and polish of Bond films and seems to be begging for something more than just a lot of busy heroics and magical futuristic microelectronic snoop stuff. Ok but far from Snipes better films.