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62 out of 92 people found the following review useful: awful - don't watch this movie its a real let down., 12 July 2008 Author: awarlock00 from United Kingdom
Dude, Art of War the first movie was awes0m. This art of war 2 is crap, doesn't even come close to the first movie. It's like wesley snipes couldn't find a decent writer or any funding to make this...it could easily be some cheesy action flick from the 80's. Corny dialogue, cheap action, bad acting. You're seriously better off watching Zombie Stewerdess Vixens part 9 rather than this wannabe action flick. Cmon snipes, u were Blade ffs! i mean tommy lee jones could make a better movie than this, and thats sayin something. If you paid money for this movie then go slap yourself, you are now officialy one of the masses. This is lowest common denominator, worse than made for TV, on par with cheap B grade film script, production...etc
43 out of 68 people found the following review useful: Waste of Money, 14 July 2008 Author: Ryan Hunter from United States
Wesley Snipes would have been better off using the money to make this movie to pay his taxes.The original Art of War was decent yet part 2 is absolutely horrendous. Its like watching a train wreck. Snipes tries to act which is never a good thing. His best movies are where he does very little acting and has very little dialog with a lot of action.The Art of War: Betrayal, is a worse than the typical Snipes vehicle and is headed straight to DVD. Maybe Snipes can watch it in prison and learn from his mistakes. The film is obviously shot in Vancouver, BC (to escape US taxes) with a few scenes filmed in Washington State however the story is set entirely in LA.The cinematography is decent (overly trendy and often too techy) however the plot, dialog, acting, directing and casting are all horrible.There are so many ludicrous moments in this film its sad. One of the worst is at the beginning where Snipes' character is being paid as a subject matter expert on a Hollywood film. Snipes' character offers a line of critical advice on an action scene and then swaggers off scene while the entire crew looks at him in awe.If you are looking for a highly implausible, totally unbelievable and predictable film with a lot of bad acting(aka your typical Snipes film) I would still recommend you look elsewhere for mindless entertainment.
16 out of 20 people found the following review useful: Even if you are a hardcore Wesley Snipes fan...I suggest caution, 21 August 2008 Author: harshalizee
Wesley Snipes' movies aren't exactly groundbreaking material, but the first Art Of War was a pretty good action movie even if it was a bit generic.The new Art of War movie is a total disaster. I don't even know where to start. The plot is thin and incoherent at best. Both the direction and camera angles are amateurish or even worse. The entire cast was at best platonic.Some scenes are shot so badly, you wonder whether it was directed or just some homemade video slapped into the movie. Also, the makers did a pathetic job of trying to pass off Canada as L.A.The only 'good' thing about this movie is that you might end up laughing uncontrollably at their miserable attempt at making a movie.
10 out of 14 people found the following review useful: Wow. What happened to Wesley?, 17 August 2008 Author: moviemaker73 from United States
I got this movie thinking it was going to be as good as the the first. Wow was I surprised to see how WRONG I was. The first Art of War was a good movie. The story line was good. Camera action was on point. Directing was good. Acting was OK. Now this movie was missing all of that. The camera shots looked like the camera man didn't know how to use the camera. He kept on moving pass the shot he wanted, then kept going back to the original shot. Camera kept jumping. Don't know if they meant to do that or not. Directing could of been better. The script could of been so much better. They should of re-read the script before they shot. If you guys want to see a good Art of War, watch the original
6 out of 8 people found the following review useful: terrible. awful. wasted my money., 28 August 2008 Author: powtail from United States
Let me be perfectly clear. I'm 24 years old and I've never written a review for anything in my life. I've seen movies and used multiple products that I feel were terrible and did not deserved my money, yet I never felt like writing or complain about them. But this movie is so HORRIBLE and BAD! it really fueled this comment. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WATCHING THIS MOVIE. IS BORING and THE PLOT IS MEDIOCRE. I truly wasted my money and my time. Hopefully I did the world some good warning some people of this tragedy. You've been warned! I bought the DVD thinking the movie would be at least half as good as the first Art of War. I'm so disappointed with the production and Wesley Snipes role. I did not expected a blockbuster movie but at least a decent showing. I was wrong.
3 out of 3 people found the following review useful: The Art of making a lousy movie on tight budget!, 11 November 2008 Author: Volken
Perhaps you like or perhaps you hate the first Art Of War. However, considering limitations of this genre, what Christian Duguay presented from his creative side is truly fantastic.Superb dosage of action. Action mostly intelligent at that. Cinematic side of the first one is exceptional and truly atmospheric, while sound treatment was of the same caliber. Well collaborated efforts with fine results. It is very clear to anyone who has seen the first part; that story and the movie itself, never really anticipated further conclusion; nor it required any sequel for that matter.This could be any "of the shelf" action movie with Wesley and with title that would less embarrass both Wesley and the rest of the collaborating crew. I wont even path into this story. Just awful ! Technical and visual side of this movie is incredibly ambivalent. From time to time I had a feeling of watching a TV movie or high packed TV commercial. A few nice shoots, but what remains is almost vaccinated from cinematic experience. Wesley, I like you, always did. But please, learn the art of choosing the Sun Tzus among writers, directors and casting! And please, don't be cheap on production like this!
6 out of 9 people found the following review useful: What a waste of money and time., 1 January 2009 Author: giomanombre from Canada
I knew this movie was a straight to DVD movie when I first saw it. The camera shots were obviously amateurish and it looked like a home-made video changed to DVD.It seems I have to look at this board again, next time, before I rent a DVD. It's just another cliché action movie with an incoherent plot and even if you take your brain off it still delivers far short.This teaches me one lesson. Before renting a DVD, stop by 'Internet Movie' database first before wasting your money renting a B, or Z quality movie.I rate it three stars because in all honesty, I did see the movie from beginning to end, and was hooked to see what is going on -- but it still felt that I was looking at garbage quality material and felt like I just wasted my time.
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Even sequels to better known films can't save Wesley now..., 30 March 2009 Author: davideo-2 from United Kingdom
STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning Special Agent Neil Shaw (Wesley Snipes) is called out of retirement when his former mentor and close friend is found murdered. Seeking to catch those responsible, he hooks up with an old friend with his own personal agenda to go looking. But as he does, he finds himself framed and on the run for a political murder he did not commit and as he digs deeper into the truth, he finds he can trust no one in the shadowy world of espionage.This sequel to the decent 2000 flick The Art of War, also starring Snipes, arrives out of nowhere straight onto the DVD market. Still rooted deep with the philosophies of the ancient Sun Ztu book the title is derived from (regarded as the best war strategy book ever written) lead star Snipes maintains his calm, zen persona he had in the original in favour of the wild, zany style he used for characters like Simon Phoenix in Demolition Man. Whether he's just matured or whether the material just doesn't excite him, he can't help but appear disinterested in the project. The tepid, overly complicated plot involving political conspiracies, arms deals and revenge motifs as well as an obviously low budget may be a sign of why. This may be a sequel to a theatrically released Snipes film, but beneath the surface, there's nothing to make it stand apart from all his other straight to DVD clunkers. **
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Wesley Snipes Means No Budget These Days..., 16 October 2008 Author: roland-brenda from Belgium
Wesley Snipes is to this day still a qualified action-star, movies like Passenger 57, Murder at 1600 and the Blade Trilogy made him great. The Art Of War was also a decent action-flick which co-starred Michael Biehn(Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss). On the action-level, it certainly delivered with a great twist at the end (and some good action as well).Art of War II co-stars Lochlyn Munroe, a comedy actor who has had some excellent roles in "Dead Man On Campus" and "Scary Movie". The story has nothing to do with the original, so it was purely a marketing-trick. Think of this as Snipes' former direct-to-DVD movies (Steven Seagal has some of these too) so the budget is limited, just like the acting, the story and so on. Like Seagal, Snipes is also years away from his glory-days. And you can tell.. A dull story, bad camera-work, lame characters and so on. You can skip this one, even if you love action-films. I still haven't seen The Marksman with Wesley Snipes, but judging by this painful mess, I am not going to bother. Watch Passenger 57 once again instead..
C'mon... it is entertaining!, 24 August 2009 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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