The Art Of War II : Betrayal (2008) 5/10

Starring : Wesley Snipes, Lochlyn Munro, Athena Karkanis
Director : Josef Rusnak
Running Time : 104 mins

Coming out of hiding in order to attend the funeral of an old friend, ex CIA agent Neil Shaw (Snipes) is convinced by an actor turned senatorial candidate (Munro) to help him find the people responsible for trying to blackmail him. It isn’t long before Shaw discovers that the conspiracy goes much further, and pretty soon people start to turn up dead.

I really liked the original movie, but this straight to video sequel had none of the action or fun that made The Art Of War so interesting. Where special effects are used, they look like something you find on the SyFy channels movie of the week, and the supporting cast of nobodies (the only person I recognised other than Snipes was Lochlyn Munro) make this a boring and pointless sequel that doesn’t even make any sense to be part of the series.

You’ll like this if you liked : Shadow Man