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The Art Of War [DVD] [2000]
enlarge	Director: Christian Duguay Actors: Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Maury Chaykin, Anne Archer, Marie Matiko Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£13.99~~ Buy Used: £0.86 as of 25/11/2009 03:33 GMT details You Save: £13.13 (94%) New (5) Used (16) from £0.86 Seller: zoverstocks Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 23135 Format: PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 117 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 7321900188715 ASIN: B00005A3O7 Theatrical Release Date: August 25, 2000 Release Date: June 18, 2001 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Poorly received on its theatrical release, IThe Art of War/I 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.p BOn the DVD/B: 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. --IRoz Kaveney/I

Customer Reviews: Once again Snipes to the rescue June 30, 2001 13 out of 14 found this review helpful 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. A calculating, nitrous techno thriller June 16, 2001 9 out of 9 found this review helpful 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. pThis 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. Flashy direction can't save a script June 14, 2001 jonn@btinternet.com (England) 2 out of 6 found this review helpful 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.pAction packed yes, good effects yes, cracking acting yes, cracking story line NO!pPLUSpExpect a predicatable ending, no amazing plot twists and a rip off sequence from 'The Matrix'! Just average.

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