The Art of War (film)

The Art of War (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Art of War


caption = Film poster for "The Art of War".
director = Christian Duguay
producer = Nicolas Clermont
Ron Yuan
writer = Wayne Beach
Simon Barry
starring = Wesley Snipes
Anne Archer
Maury Chaykin
Marie Matiko
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
James Hong
with Michael Biehn
and
Donald Sutherland
music = Normand Corbeil
cinematography = Pierre Gill
editing = Michel Arcand
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = USA August 23, 2000
runtime = 117 mins.
country = CAN
USA
language = English
budget = $40,000,000 (estimated)
preceded_by =
followed_by = ""
website = http://ArtOfWarMovie.WarnerBros.com/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0160009

"The Art of War" is a 2000 joint Canadian-American action film directed by Christian Duguay, and starring Wesley Snipes, Michael Biehn, Anne Archer and Donald Sutherland. The title refers to the ancient Chinese text of the same name by war strategist Sun Tzu, which has some bearing on the film's plot.

The film was a followed by a direct-to-video sequel, "", released in 2008, with Snipes returning in the lead role.

Plot

Neil Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the U.S., Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.

Crew

*Directed by Christian Duguay
*Writing credits by WGA
*Wayne Beach (story)
*Wayne Beach (screenplay)
*Simon Barry (screenplay)

Cast

*Wesley Snipes playing "Neil Shaw"
*Donald Sutherland playing "Douglas Thomas"
*Anne Archer playing "Eleanor Hooks"
*Michael Biehn playing "Robert Bly"
*Maury Chaykin playing "Capella"
*Marie Matiko in the role of "Julia Fang"
*Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as "David Chan"
*James Hong as "Ambassador Wu"

Jet Li was originally cast for the part played by Wesley Snipes.

equel

:"Main article: "

A straight-to-DVD sequel will come out in August of 2008. Wesley Snipes reprises his role as Neil Shaw and will also star Athena Karkanis and Lochlyn Munro. In the sequel, Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement as a Hollywood film consultant by the murder of his long-time martial arts mentor, "Mother."

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0160009|title=The Art of War
* [http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-art-of-war-ii.html/ Information on the DVD sequel from DVD Active]

Box Office Leaders USA
before = "Bring It On"
date = September 3
year = 2000
after = "The Watcher"


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