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People Weekly; New York; Sep 11, 2000
Leah Rozen
Volume: 54
Issue: 11
Start Page: 42
ISSN: 00937673
Abstract:
That's the only possible conclusion after watching The Art of War, an inept
and interminable actioner that makes those ho-hum Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude
Van Damme movies look like Oscar contenders.
Full Text:
Copyright Time Incorporated Sep 11, 2000
Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Donald Sutherland
Memo to Wesley Snipes: Maybe
it's time to forget about saving the world with this action-hero thing. Worry instead about saving a oncepromising career.
That's the only possible conclusion after watching The Art of War, an inept and interminable actioner that makes those ho-hum Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme movies look like Oscar contenders. Snipes, who showed both acting and athletic chops in films like Jungle Fever and White Men Can't Jump only to then waste them in lifeless sludge like Blade, Money Train and U.S. Marshals, squanders his talent yet again in War, where he portrays a covert agent for a U.N. security team. He has to uncover and foil international conspirators trying to undermine a pending Chinese freetrade agreement. This leads to chases, gunplay and a smattering of martial arts. We also see a woman's head thrice bashed into a mirror. Nice. (R) Bottom Line: Snipes Is a prisoner of War
