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Black Mask (1996)

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Release Date: May 14, 1999
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Daniel Lee
Writer: Teddy Chan, Ann Hui, Joe Ma, Hark Tsui
Cast: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Lawrence Ah Mon, Moses Chan, Suk-yee Chan, King-fai Chung, Henry Fong, Michael Ian Lambert, Ken Lok, Patrick Lung, Karen Mok, Mei-Yee Sze, Roy Szeto, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Xin Xin Xiong, Françoise Yip
Studio: Artisan Entertainment
Running Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong violence including martial arts combat, some sexual content and language.

Before he was "the mask," Tsui was part of the 701 Squad, an elite military force of medically enhanced super-soldiers who were rendered void of physical or emotional pain. Demoralized, Tsui escapes from their headquarters in mainland China and attempts to live a normal life in Hong Kong. But there is trouble lurking nearby. Realizing that the carefully orchestrated effort to murder all of Hong Kong's drug lords is the work of the 701 Squad,...

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Jet Li debuts in the American theater with Black Mask (not counting Lethal Weapon 4, where he was not a lead character) and falls with a thud. Bad scripting, bad dubbing, and overly gruesome filming cannot be made up by some really cool action sequences, leaving Black Mask with nothing more than a place in the corner. Full movie review »

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