The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
Super-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.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes48%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
300 audience votes
Key crew
- Teddy RobinOriginal Music Composer
- Koan HuiScreenplay
- Daniel LeeDirector
- Tsui HarkScreenplay
- Joe Ma Wai-HoScreenplay
- Teddy Chan Tak-SamScreenplay
Cast
- Jet LiTsui Chik / Black Mask
- Lau Ching-WanInspector 'Rock' Shek Wai-Ho
- Karen Mok Man-WaiTracy Lee
- Françoise YipYeuk Laan
- Patrick Lung KongCommander Hung Guk
- Anthony Wong Chau-SangKing Kau
- Xiong XinxinJimmy
- Henry Fong PingRicky Tai
- Sze Mei-YeeChief of Library
- Roy Szeto Wai-CheukSzeto
- Chan Suk-YeeLibrarian
- Chung King-FaiPolice Commissioner
Stills
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Themes
martial artsshowdownbookshoplibrarypolicesuperherochinese mafiafistfightmafia bossvigilantesuper villainmasked hero