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Overview

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4.1/10   1,373 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jason Bourque (writer)
Keith Shaw (writer)
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Genre:
Tagline:
He's Back... And He Wants Revenge
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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User Reviews:
C'mon... it is entertaining! more (25 total)

Cast

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Wesley Snipes ... Neil Shaw

Lochlyn Munro ... Garret

Athena Karkanis ... Melina Cruz
Winston Rekert ... Reverend Tim
Ryan Mcdonald ... Alex
Rachel Hayward ... Carlson

Scott Heindl ... Graham
Michael Ryan ... Senator Phillips

Olivia Cheng ... Geena
Paul Bae ... Stan
Clifford W. Stewart ... Mom

Anna Mae Routledge ... Tammy
Eric Brecker ... Becker
Kenneth W. Yanko ... General (as Kenneth Yanko)

Dean Redman ... Team Leader
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'art de la guerre II - Trahison (Canada: French title)
Operation Espionage (Canada: English title) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:103 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The "L900 Battle Rifle" is in fact the M-950/Liberty III Pistol from Calico Weapon System. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the opening credits a gun is fired in a closeup. The muzzle fire is visible, but the gun never cocks back. more
Movie Connections:
References Brokeback Mountain (2005) more

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C'mon... it is entertaining!, 24 August 2009
5/10
Author: p-stepien from United Kingdom

It ain't no masterpiece or even great action flick, but all in all this is a Wesley Snipes bad-to-da-bone thriller roller-coaster with a couple of interesting twists. In the end a satisfying experience.

Wesley Snipes returns as Neil Shaw, now an ex-special operative, who earns his dough by consulting Hollywood action flicks. The money is good and leaves enough time to hone the body and martial arts skills. The good life ends, when Shaw receives word of Mom, cross-dresser, special op, mentor and teacher, being killed in a freak robbery. But was this really an accident? Shaw teams up with Melina Cruz, the out-of-marriage daughter of Mom. The plot thickens, when his friend and employer Garret, an actor with his sights on the US Senate, is subject to a botched assassination attempt.

Yes. It has flaws, especially the overusing of the shaky cam, but hell... so does 90% of movies nowadays. Also SFX are a bit iffy, but that shouldn't lower the satisfaction from watching the flick. Definitely on a lower level than the original, but all in all I did feel entertained and don't really feel the need to nitpick. Wesley Snipes stays fit and is appealing to watch, no matter how appalling the said role. This one however wasn't even half-bad and Snipes carries the movie decently. Forgettable, passable, but in the end not a total waste of time, if you want to chill.

That said I did watch this one straight after "Brutal" (2007), which makes it seem a masterpiece in comparison.

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