The Art Of War (2000)

Wesley Snipes            Neil Shaw
Anne Archer              Eleanor Hooks
Maury Chaykin            Cappella
Marie Matiko             Julia Fang
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa     David Chan
Michael Biehn            Bly
Donald Sutherland        Douglas Thomas
Liliana Komorowska       Novak
James Hong               Ambassador Wu
Paul Hopkins (II)        Ray
Glen Chin Ying-ming      Ochai
Ron Yuan                 Ming
Bonnie Mak (II)          Anna
Uni Park                 Tina Chan

Directed by:             Christian Duguay, Jeffrey Ward
Produced by:             Elie Samaha, Dan Halsted, Wesley Snipes


In an attempt to sabotage an about to be ratified worldwide free-trade agreement with China, ruthless 
terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations by framing 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.

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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 with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must 
evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.

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A spy who has convinced much of the world he doesn't exist now must prove that he does in order to 
save thousands of lives in this thriller. After the assassination of Wu (James Hong), China's 
ambassador to the United Nations, in the midst of negotiations on a trade pact, FBI agent Neil Shaw 
(Wesley Snipes) is assigned to ferret out the killer by his superior, Eleanor Hooks (Anne Archer). 
But Shaw soon discovers that he's now considered a key suspect in the murder, and is the subject of 
a manhunt. Shaw's ability to cover his tracks, and his network of similarly "invisible" agents, makes 
him a hard man to track down. But when Shaw learns that the real killers not only plan to strike 
again but intend to take out most of the U.N. in the process, he swings into action to prevent the 
attack and clear his name; Shaw is thrown into a partnership with Julia (Marie Matiko), a U.N. 
interpreter who witnessed Wu's murder and may be able to trace a recording of the crime. The 
Art of War co-stars Michael Biehn as Bly, one of Shaw's associates, and Donald Sutherland as the 
Secretary General of the United Nations. The film was originally written as a vehicle of Hong Kong 
action star Jet Li before Snipes stepped in as both star and executive producer.