The Art of War (2000)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Aug 25, 2000

Running Time: 117 mins.

Country Of Origin: Canada

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Marie Matiko, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Biehn, Donald Sutherland, Liliana Komorowska, James Hong, Paul Hopkins

director: Christian Duguay, Jeffrey Ward

The Art of War

In an attempt to sabotage an about to be ratified worldwide free-trade agreement with China, ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations by framing the one man they believe can stop them -- an international security expert named Shaw. Now he must run from his own allies and become a solitary force for good, as he tries to stop what could become World War III.

Wesley Snipes has his own "Mission: Impossible" trying to overcome a tired, muddled screenplay.

Story

Neil Shaw (Snipes) is an ultra-covert American agent who uncovers an international plot to bring down the United Nations. When the Chinese ambassador is assassinated in cold blood on the eve of an open trade agreement, Shaw loses the killer and is captured as the prime suspect. But before he can be sprung by his own team (Michael Biehn and Liliana Komorowska), the Chinese mafia ambushes him, the…