The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008)

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Someone reviewed with 'Wesley Snipes Means No Budget These Days...', which might even be the case , but the Art of War II really means business. What Hollywood blockbuster of recent years made - or even tried to make - a mockery of the Homeland Security Department ? Not many except for this one. Although the timing, as is the case with Sun Tzu's art of war, of getting the Homeland Security rats cornered inside an abandoned ship can never be predicted accurate to the micro second, Snipes does a remarkable job of taking them out. The expose of the Homeland Security rats inside 'The Art of War II: Betrayal' apparently was painful enough to force the producers to back out to Canada and subsequently into an immediate for Video release only, instead of movies theaters. So yes, the 1 star only reviews are a interesting read when it concerns Sun Tzu's Art of War part II : Betrayal, where the movie ending would even surprise the Master himself. Even though the cliché about Senators taking bribes from an upstart Arms Research company may, at first sight, not seem that shocking, Snipes delivers as expected inside an interesting movie, which was forced across the Homeland Security border in order to get it released. One should really wonder what or who forced this to happen. Conclusion : The DVD box of this one is a collectors item.

While trying to find out who murdered his martial arts mentor, former spy Neil Shaw (Snipes) is on the run from Homeland Security who believe Shaw is implicated in a Senator's (McDonald) death.When you have the word "art" in the title of a movie, what follows within the movie should have some semblance to it. Not the case here. Just because you use a quote from the book, THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu doesn't mean that the goal of "art" is fulfilled. While not artful, the story is okay, but the mechanics of making this movie somehow got in the way. Many fight scenes were too dark and yes lasted too long. The nervous camera made some appearances and when will someone realize it just makes the audience dizzy and has really no dramatic impact at all. I guess we can blame the defunct TV show NYPD Blue for that. They did that so they could show a naked butt from time to time. Yes, yes, all in the name of "art" I am sure. And, get this: Homeland Security raids Shaw's computer friends who are helping him unravel the troublesome situation he is in and Homeland Security enters those offices with guns blazing and all are killed. Nice, eh? Maybe the story isn't all that okay.And, why would you leave Carlson (Hayward) a US Senator unprotected when you know others are close-by and out to kill her? Yes, she is seen leaving in a van from a hotel she was supposed to speak at; but another, with blonde wig, takes her place and the decoy van takes off. The bad guys figure it out and the Senator is left unprotected and is, of course, killed. Did I say the story is okay?Actually, for an Okay-Not Okay movie, the acting by the entire cast was good. It was the other stuff. Wesley Snipes' movies, by and large, are rather good. I would hate to see Mr. Snipes' future movies turn into another sad affair as we witnessed in a recent John Cusack movie, War, Inc. So what we will do is give Mr. Snipes a pass this time as he may have been distracted by his accountants. Doing an OKAY movie is not an option, Mr. Snipes and please do not use the word ART in the title unless you mean it.Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Some, not much

Wesley Snipes is backing action in this action / thriller genre movie.An agent goes to attend his martial arts tutor's funeral after he is informed of his death. But afterwards, he meets his daughter, who informs him that her father was murdered because of him and his job. The agent, however, begins to dig into this when a friend of his, who is a politician and is aiming to become a senator, starts helping him only to realise that all is not what it seems.Starring Wesley Snipes, Lochlyn Munro, Athena Karkanis, Winston Reckert, Scott Heindi and Michael Ryan, the movie is directed by Josef Rushnak and is written by Jason Bourque and Keith Shaw.This is an action packed movie all the way through – from the beginning, which makes one think what has happened, till the end. There are moments, regarding flashback which makes one remember certain scenes fro the 1970's TV series, "Kung Fu, which helps the story to move on. The only minus points for this movie is that it is predictable but on the other hand, it does have some good action sequences.Conclusion: A good action thriller, which is worth watching at least once.

I just finished watching this movie and it was fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed the camera work, Wesley Snipes did an awesome job. Watch the movie and you'll see what I am talking about.Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't matter where the movie was shot. And what does his legal problems have to do with any movie? Plot twists and tweaks were common, and I thought the script was well written.Pay particular attention to the wardrobes, not terribly overstated, yet very believable. If you've ready anything about the actual "Art Of War" by Sun Tzu, you'll see a lot of it in this movie. It was actually written in the 6th Century BC ,consisted of 13 chapters and was a military treatise. Yet a great deal of it applies even today.