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6.2Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled. Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho. However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime. Realizing that the police are helpless, he decides to take them on himself. With a disguise, Tsui becomes the mysterious superhero known only as Black Mask.
Cast
- Jet Li as Tsui Chik / Black Mask
- Lau Ching-Wan as Inspector 'Rock' Shek Wai-Ho
- Karen Mok Man-Wai as Tracy Lee
- Françoise Yip as Yeuk Laan
- Patrick Lung Kong as Commander Hung Guk
- Anthony Wong Chau-Sang as King Kau
Themes
- martial arts
- showdown
- bookshop
- library
- police
- superhero
- chinese mafia
- fistfight
- mafia boss
- vigilante
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
12,650 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
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Described at
Black Mask
internationalhero.co.uk →History : Michael was once a guinea pig for a government project trying to create supersoldiers. After the project was cancelled he and the other subjects who make up Squad 701 were forced to escape before they were killed. He created a new life for himself as a librarian named Simon, and tried to live as quiet a life as possible, becoming good friends with a local cop. Then a series of gangland murders led him to believe his fellow super-soldiers had turned to crime. Knowing the police couldn't catch the enhanced killing machines that were his former colleagues, he donned a disguise and became Black Mask, a hero dedicated to stopping them. Comments : Created by Pang Chi-ming and Li Chi-tat. The comic version (1992) followed the adventures of a martial arts master who lived an ordinary life by day but at night puts on a leather mask to help the poor and helpless. Thanks to Terry Hooper for both this information and the comics image used above.
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 929476
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1998-04-02
- title
- Black Mask
- review score
- 5.2/10
- described at URL
- www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/blakmask.htm
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