Robert Bly
| “ | How does it feel to be a puppet without the strings?! | „ |
| ~ Robert Bly |
Robert Bly is the secondary antagonist in the 2000 film The Art of War.
He is portrayed by Michael Biehn.
Biography
Bly is a friend of Neil Shaw, who works as an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, but he is secretly an assassin working for Shaw's boss and the mastermind behind a conspiracy, Eleanor Hooks.
Bly assassinates Chinese Ambassador Wu and is chased by Shaw, but Bly manages to escape. After Shaw discovers that Hooks is behind the conspiracy, he and Bly engage in a gunfight before physically fighting each other.
Bly is eventually killed by Shaw when he lands on a large shard of broken glass, which impales him through the neck.
Gallery
Bly playing basketball with his friend Neil Shaw
Bly reveals himself to be the assassin behind Ambassador Wu's murder
Bly speaking with his superior, Eleanor Hooks
Bly at a computer system
Bly about to face off against Shaw
Bly is impaled through the neck on a shard of broken glass