When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame 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.
Two hours' worth of painful stupidity, overt racism, and mind-battering noise and movement.
– Lawrence Terenzi,
Mr. Showbiz,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The Art of War makes no sense at all.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Ludicrous, impenetrable and headache-inducing: the newest Wesley Snipes film, The Art of War, is all that and more.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The movie is competently made, but it deals with characters and situations so well-worn, there is no conceivable way to breathe any fresh life into them.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
In this pretentiously titled international thriller, which is sloppily directed, Wesley Snipes plays an American agent who gets involved in the emerging relations between China and the Western world, with a shaky U.N. placed right in the middle.