The Art of War (film)

The Art of War is a 2000 CanadianAmerican action film directed by Christian Duguay, starring Wesley Snipes, Michael Biehn, Anne Archer and Donald Sutherland. The film title refers to the ancient Chinese text of the same name by war strategist Sun Tzu.

Neil Shaw Snipes is an operative for the United Nationss covert dirtytricks squad, using espionage and quasiethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. In Hong Kong, Shaw infiltrates a Chinese New Year party held by Chinese business mogul David Chan Tagawa and covertly hacks an office laptop of a North Korean Defense Minister, and blackmails him with the misappropriation of U.N. aid money, in exchange for continuing negotiations with South Korea. Shortly after being discovered, Shaw fights his way out of the party, and suffers a gunshot wound to his shoulder during extraction.Six months later, a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong turns up on the New York docks on the week as Chinas trade agreement with the U.S. Shaws boss, Eleanor Hooks Archer suspects Chinese ambassador Wus Hong connection with the Chinese Triad, and assigns Shaw to plant a bug on Wu during a banquet held by Chan. During the trade agreement banquet, Wu is gunned down, Chan is shot in the arm, and Shaw pursues a masked gunman. During the pursuit, Shaws teammate Robert Bly Biehn supposedly corners the gunman, but perishes, and Shaw is arrested by the NYPD. In the middle of a prison transfer, FBI agent Frank Capellas Chaykin van is disabled by a roadside bomb, and an unconscious Shaw is captured by Triad members to be framed of the murder and disposed of. Shaw regains consciousness and frees himself from captivity, only to find his last remaining team member, Jenna Novak Liliana Komorowska murdered by a Chinese hitman. Shaw kills the hitman, recovers the audio file, and secures weapons and equipment from Novaks hidden armory. Shaw seeks out Julia Fangs Matiko help after reading a news article stating Shaws innocence. Shaw manages to save Fang from an ambush by a Chinese hitwoman at a hospital. ........

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