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| Directed by | Christian Duguay |
| Produced by | Nicolas Clermont |
| Written by | Screenplay: Wayne Beach Simon Barry Story: Wayne Beach |
| Starring | Wesley Snipes Anne Archer Maury Chaykin Marie Matiko Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Liliana Komorowska James Hong with Michael Biehn and Donald Sutherland |
| Music by | Normand Corbeil |
| Cinematography | Pierre Gill |
| Editing by | Michel Arcand |
| Studio | Morgan Creek Franchise Pictures Amen-Ra Films |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 25, 2000 |
| Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40,000,000 |
| Box office | $40,400,425 |
The Art of War is a 2000 Canadian-American action film directed by Christian Duguay, and starring Wesley Snipes, Michael Biehn, Anne Archer and Donald Sutherland. The title refers to the ancient Chinese text of the same name by war strategist Sun Tzu, which has some bearing on the film's plot.
The film was followed by two direct-to-video sequels, The Art of War II: Betrayal and The Art of War III: Retribution. The third film in the series did not feature Wesley Snipes.
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Neil Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement between China and the U.S., Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.
Jet Li was originally cast for the part eventually played by Wesley Snipes.
TV reporter and future politician Erin Selby appeared as a reporter.
The film earned $10,410,993 in its opening weekend in the United States.
A straight-to-DVD sequel came out in August 2008. Wesley Snipes reprises his role as Neil Shaw. Athena Karkanis and Lochlyn Munro also star in the movie. In the sequel, Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement as a Hollywood film consultant by the murder of his long-time martial arts mentor, "Mother."
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