The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008) (V)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Josef Rusnak

Writers:

Jason Bourque (writer)
Keith Shaw (writer)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

He's Back... And He Wants Revenge

Plot:

Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing.

Plot Keywords:

Corruption | Murder | Betrayal | Political | Martial Arts

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Neil Shaw
Athena Karkanis	...	Melina Cruz
Lochlyn Munro	...	Garret
Winston Rekert	...	Reverend Tim
Ryan Mcdonald	...	Alex
Rachel Hayward	...	Carlson
Scott Heindl	...	Graham
Michael Ryan	...	Senator Phillips
Olivia Cheng	...	Geena
Paul Bae	...	Stan
Clifford W. Stewart	...	Mom
Anna Mae Routledge	...	Tammy
Eric Brecker	...	Becker
Kenneth W. Yanko	...	General (as Kenneth Yanko)
Dean Redman	...	Team Leader

Also Known As:

L'art de la guerre II - Trahison (Canada: French title)
Operation Espionage (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:103 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Hollywood Media Bridge

Trivia:

The "L900 Battle Rifle" is in fact the M-950/Liberty III Pistol from Calico Weapon System.

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Wesley Snipes Means No Budget These Days...

Wesley Snipes is to this day still a qualified action-star, movies like Passenger 57, Murder at 1600 and the Blade Trilogy made him great. The Art Of War was also a decent action-flick which co-starred Michael Biehn(Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss). On the action-level, it certainly delivered with a great twist at the end (and some good action as well).

Art of War II co-stars Lochlyn Munroe, a comedy actor who has had some excellent roles in "Dead Man On Campus" and "Scary Movie". The story has nothing to do with the original, so it was purely a marketing-trick. Think of this as Snipes' former direct-to-DVD movies (Steven Seagal has some of these too) so the budget is limited, just like the acting, the story and so on. Like Seagal, Snipes is also years away from his glory-days. And you can tell.. A dull story, bad camera-work, lame characters and so on.

You can skip this one, even if you love action-films. I still haven't seen The Marksman with Wesley Snipes, but judging by this painful mess, I am not going to bother. Watch Passenger 57 once again instead..