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The Art Of War [DVD] [2000]

DVD ~ Wesley Snipes
3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Maury Chaykin, Anne Archer, Marie Matiko
  • Directors: Christian Duguay
  • Writers: Simon Barry, Wayne Beach
  • Producers: Alan Chu, Andrew Stevens, Dan Halsted, Don Carmody, Elie Samaha
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Jun 2001
  • Run Time: 117 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005A3O7
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,661 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Poorly received on its theatrical release, The Art of War is a film which deserves a second look. Plot-wise it's a routinely complicated thriller full of double-crosses and sudden shifts of perspective, as Wesley Snipes, secret fixer for the UN, tries to find out who killed the Chinese Ambassador to stop a trade pact and what it is that interpreter Marie Matiko knows that means people are trying to kill her. There are good performances here--Donald Sutherland as a Secretary General who takes good care not to know what is done in the name of peace, Anne Archer as Snipes' power-dressed controller, and Maury Chaykin as a world-weary FBI man who finds himself dragged around New York in Snipes' high-speed wake--but what is memorable is the look of the film. Presenting a New York of building sites and mirrored apartment buildings and rain on glass in twilight, contemporary techno-noir has never been quite so coherently imagined and set.

On the DVD: This is a film which comes into its own in widescreen and on DVD simply because its visual aspect is most of the point. This disc is not generous with features, simply providing scene access and the theatrical trailer, which makes rather more reference to Sun Tzu's classic of military strategy than the film ever bothers to. However, its combination of Dolby Sound and 2.35:1 widescreen ratio plays to the movie's strengths. --Roz Kaveney

Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer
English


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A calculating, nitrous techno thriller, 16 Jun 2001
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If you enjoy techno-thrillers, such as the film adaptions of Tom Clancy's books, you will find The Art of War intriguing and--at times-- downright clever.

This little gem bypassed the cinema-goers last year, which is a shame. Then again this IS an intelligent, thought provoking ride... In short James Bond meets Enemy of the State.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Once again Snipes to the rescue, 30 Jun 2001
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Wesley snipes is enjoying himself. Your reveiwer was suprised to see that such a promising actor in the days of his early hits (jungle fever, new jack city)was probably more comfortable with the action hero tag than straight acting. He's definately done himself out of an oscar. But hey he's happy and why not? Because as an action hero, he's one of the best. Not only an accomplished Martial arts expert but a fine actor too, with enough emotional range to hang with the best of them. That's why he makes this movie.The plot is a clever one and I guess, was probably more complex in it's original form (a book I guess) than the film actually is. The hi tech spy thing has been done a million times over but I don't think that even Mission Impossble or Mr Bond himself have ever been this clever. The action is heavy, snipes looks good, his little chinese sidekick is fine, though I wish she actually had more attitude than the movie initially suggests. All in all a good movie. Why oh why it didn't recieve any major hype in british cinemas I'll never know, but for a stylish, well photographed polictical/spy/action thriler you can't go wrong. My only gripe is that the chinese are given a rough deal and the sentiment almost borders on racism. But credit to snipes wherever this movies fails, snipes comes to the rescue.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Flashy direction can't save a script, 14 Jun 2001
One of the most dramatic opening scenes for a while, well worth getting just to see that. However, it's been done to many times, the old story of betrail.

Action packed yes, good effects yes, cracking acting yes, cracking story line NO!

PLUS

Expect a predicatable ending, no amazing plot twists and a rip off sequence from 'The Matrix'! Just average.

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