to gross $40.4 million worldwide, failing to bring back its $60 million budget. Critical response Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 16% of 80 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 3.9/10. The site's consensus says: "Excessively noisy and overly reliant on genre clichés, The Art of War wastes its star's charisma on a ridiculous, convoluted plot and poorly edited action sequences". Metacritic rated it a generally unfavorable 30/100 based on 23 reviews. Emanuel Levy of Variety wrote: "Despite some effectively rousing set pieces, particularly in the long corridors of the U.N. building, The Art of War is ultimately much less than the sum of its parts". Stephen Holden of The New York Times called it "ludicrous, impenetrable and headache-inducing". Sequels Wesley Snipes reprised his role as Neil Shaw in a straight-to-DVD sequel released in August 2008. Athena Karkanis and Lochlyn Munro also star in the film. 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, "Broodmother". The third and final film in the series stars Anthony "Treach" Criss, Sung-Hi Lee, Warren Derosa and David Basila, but neither Snipes nor any of his co-stars from the first two films. References External links 2000 films 2000 martial arts films 2000s political films 2000s spy action films American spy action films American martial arts films American political thriller films Canadian action films 2000s English-language films Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation Films about the United Nations Films directed by Christian Duguay (director) Films scored by Normand Corbeil Films set in Hong Kong Films set in New York City Films shot in Montreal Franchise Pictures films Morgan Creek Productions films The Art of War films Triad films Warner Bros. films 2000s American films 2000s Canadian films 2000s Hong Kong films