ART OF WAR
by Sekou
(New York)
I was encouraged to see this film by an interview w/ Snipes in
which he claims, among other things, that he took pains to portray
the protagonist as a simple, understated man. Interested in seeing
Snipes create a new wrinkle in his standard action-flick fare, I
bellied up to the video counter-- only to be sorely disappointed.
From start to finish this is the same ol', same ol'-- predictable
plot, shallow characters, and a cocky, wisecracking Snipes. Though
there are some good scenes, there is nothing in this film that
makes it stand out as Snipes implied it would. I look forward to
BLADE II, a continuation of the only Snipes action vehicle where
Snipes exhibits a significantly different persona-- and still whups
a*s.