Black Mask

Original title: Hak hap

1996
R
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

13K

YOUR RATING

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Martial Arts Superhero Action Adventure Comedy Crime Sci-Fi Thriller

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

13K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 4 nominations total

Yeuk Laan
(as Françoise C.J. Yip)

Kong Lung

Commander Hung
(as Patrick Lung)

Anthony Chau-Sang Wong

King Kau
(as Anthony Wong)

Xin Xin Xiong

Jimmy Jimmy

Moses Chan

701 Squad Member
(as Mouses Chan)

King-Fai Chung

Police Commissioner
(as Chung King Fai)

Tat-Wah Lok

Lawrence Ah-Mon

Operating Room Doctor
(as Lawrence Ahmon)

Henry Fong

Ricky Tai

Mei-Yee Sze

Chief of Library
(as Sze Mei Yee)

Roy Szeto

Szeto

Suk-Yee Chan

Librarian
(as Chan Suk Yee)

Nunzio Caponio

701 Squad member
(as Caponio Nunzio)

John Whitney

701 Squad member
(as John J. Whitney)

Glenn Peters

701 Squad member

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Storyline

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Trivia
Jet Li and Françoise Yip later appeared together in Romeo Must Die (2000).

Goofs
When Jimmy Jimmy and King Kau's gang notices the fuse which is heading towards the powerboard, Jimmy Jimmy is smoking a cigarette. When Jimmy Jimmy gets the fire extinguisher and climbs the ladder to extinguish the fuse, he no longer has a cigarette.

Quotes
Commander Hung: [appearing as a hologram] So good evening, teacher!
Tracy Lee: [gasps] What's that?
Michael: Hey, look there.
[Tracy looks and Michael applies a pressure point, causing Tracy to faint]
Michael: I don't want trouble commander. But if you threaten my friends... I'll interfere.
Commander Hung: I think you're confusing the facts, teacher! You were created to kill... you were not created to serve and protect. These humans may find your powers impressive, but against the 701 Squad you are not invincible. The 701 Squad now answers to no-one, and together we can have the absolute power!
Michael: I think when you lost all your feelings commander, you lost something else along the way. I think you lost your mind.
Commander Hung: Listen to me! I'll let you come back with us immediately. No other chance!
Michael: I belong here! Not with you!
Commander Hung: So you want to feel again? Very sweet. Goodbye then, teacher... that's all. Sorry to hurt your feelings.

Alternate versions
U.S. release is missing 10 minutes, replaces/edits opening sequence and credits, and replaces original soundtrack.

Connections
Featured in Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002)

Soundtracks
Asian Detective
Performed by Badmarsh & Shri
Written by Shrikanth Sriram and Mohammed Akber Ali (as Badmarsh)
Produced by Shrikanth Sriram and Mohammed Akber Ali (as Badmarsh)

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Featured review

7/10

Jet Li rocks!!!

In Stand By Me, Vern and Teddy discuss who was tougher, Superman or Mighty Mouse. My friends and I often discuss who would win a fight too. Sometimes we get absurd and compare guys like MacGyver and The Terminator or Rambo and Matrix. But now it seems that we discuss guys like Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Jet Li. It is a pointless comparison seeing that Lee is dead, but it is a fun one. And if you go by what we have seen from Jet Li in Lethal 4 and Black Mask, you have to at least say that he would match up well against Chan. In this film he comes across as a martial arts God.

Black Mask is about a man that was created along with many other men, to be supreme fighting machines. Their only purpose is to win wars that other people lose. They are invincible in some ways. Now that is the premise for the film, but what that does is sets up all the amazingly choreographed fight scenes.

Jet Li is a marvel. He can do things with and to his body that no human being should be able to do. And that is what makes watching him so fun.

Besides the martial arts in the film, Black Mask is strong with humour and that is due to the chemistry that Jet has with his co-star, the police officer. They are great together. But to be honest. if anyone is reading this review, they want to know if the film is kick ass in the action department. And the answer to that is a resounding YES!!! Lots and lots of gory mindless action. You will love this film.