Black Mask 2: City of Masks
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
PG | 24 December 2002 (USA)
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The Black Mask must stop a group intent on setting off a DNA bomb that could cause mutations to the human race.

Reviews
Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.
Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
obm4 I just watched this movie.Had it for a while but watched others then remembered I had it.I personally think it was one of the best,well done action movies in a long time.Including 300 and many others.I thought it would be another lips out of sync movies.It must have been made here the acting and words,action,all first rate.I wish they would make more like this.I saw a lot of foreign movies that sucked this was great.I don,t see what others were looking for.This one had good realistic action.300 was even a little boring waiting for things to happen.
TheOtherFool Not much is left of the original Hak Hap, in which Jet Li went out to kick some ass wearing a silly little mask. This time, the language is English, Li's gone and the story became even wackier.The Black Mask has to fight a group of crazed and drugged up wrestlers who become demons in the process... it's got something to do with a DNA altering or whatever. In the mean time, someone is killing all the major scientists on the field of genetics... what does one thing have in common with the other?Confusing, silly, boring, let's hope this will be the end of the Black Mask... 3/10.
gary brennan Not really sure if I like this one or not, so I gave it 5/10.There were some well choreographed fight scenes and some nice CG environments involved, but on the other hand there were some really poorly strung together stunts (where you could actually still see the safety lines attached to the actors) and some quite appalling CG work on some of the monster shots. The sometimes bad incorporation of some half hearted GC work really put the film down when they could have spent a little more time tidying up the film. One thing to mention as you've probably heard is that RVD is in this film, which is pretty cool, although he doesn't say an awful lot he seems to act better than expected. Shame they gave him such a stupid name really (The Claw) - isn't that what Jim Carrey was in Liar, Liar? You may also spot Tyler Mane (of X-Men fame) in there too. Andy On, does a fairly good job of taking over from Jet Li, but it's always hard trying to carry a sequel on your own, let alone carry on a sequel whilst replacing someone with a lot of Hollywood exposure. There was some pretty crappy acting in some parts, mostly from extras trying to react to what was on screen, but most of the main actors did ok (including all wrestlers). Overall, I'd say if you are expecting Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, go someplace else, if you want an entertaining light hearted attempt at the Super Hero genre (Green Hornett) then sure rent this out and have a laugh.
dead_m_a_n_walking Slight spoilers-Actual TV pro-wresting has become very boring, but this film takes the 'sport' to a whole new level. The wrestlers with animal powers, or the 'good guys' (as they are called in the DVD's scene listing) combine the power and drama of wresting with unique animal traits, that keep you glued to the action. But even if they didn't, Tyler Mane, Rob Van Dam, Traci Lords, and new comer Robert Mukes (both as humans, and in their animal forms) have such amazing screen presence you can't help but admire their performances.My only problem with the movie is that the wrestlers weren't the main story, or even the main good guys, or bad guys, the goal of the film seemed to be, to make them as neutral, or meaningless as possible, so that we as the audience focus more on the suffering of Black Mask.In the scene where the main bad guy tells the wrestlers that if they are scared they can always leave, but then holds out a million dollar check for each one of them, you can really see the character come through; Wolf (greedy, and makes rash decisions that in the end leave him angry at everyone but himself, which is why he is my least favorite of the group), Claw (he is emotionally strong when it comes to protecting other members of his team, which is why he can't seem to walk away from a bad situation), Snake (playing up on Robert Mukes's innocent looking face, snake is the weakest member of the group, both physically and emotionally).Chameleon and Thorn , however, do get a decent amount of time to reveal the inner-workings of their characters, as Chameleon spends the entire movie trying to find a way to cure her animal powers, and Thorn is loyal to the bad guys because he has already evolved his powers to the point where he can control them, therefore he has a level of self confidence not shared by any of the other wrestlers.As for the Asian actors, the main characters. I just fast forwarded though most of their scenes. This is a 7/10 movie, a must see, even if you love pro-wresting.