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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA 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.
- Premios
- 4 nominaciones en total
Ching-Wan Lau
- Inspector 'Rock' Shek Wai-Ho
- (as Lau Ching Wan)
Françoise Yip
- Yeuk Laan
- (as Françoise C.J. Yip)
Kong Lung
- Commander Hung
- (as Patrick Lung)
Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
- King Kau
- (as Anthony Wong)
Xiong Xinxin
- Jimmy Jimmy
- (as Xin Xin Xiong)
Moses Chan
- 701 Squad Member
- (as Mouses Chan)
King-Fai Chung
- Police Commissioner
- (as Chung King Fai)
Lawrence Ah-Mon
- Operating Room Doctor
- (as Lawrence Ahmon)
Mei-Yee Sze
- Chief of Library
- (as Sze Mei Yee)
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)
Reseñas destacadas
Horrible dubbing. Cheesy overworked plot. Story that's been done and done and done. Implausabilities abound. Plot holes large enough to drive a cliche through. But MAN those fight scenes were incredible! If you go in looking for a serious piece of cinema, you'll leave unhappy. If you can't laugh at how horribly some of the humor flops, you'll be disappointed. If you go in to see Jet Li kicking butt -- something he is incredible at -- you WILL be happy. Scale: 1 to 10. I give it a 7, simply because I said, "WOW!" so many times.
This is probably the movie that made Jet Li well known in the States. The mask obviously reminds you of "Kato" in Green Hornet, and that homage alone was enough to secure this as one of the classics of Hong Kong martial arts movies.
A genetic experiment to create super soldiers is deemed a failure. All are ordered to be destroyed. One of them survives, and finds a peaceful life as a librarian until the old acquaintances shows up to finish their job.
The production of this movie is not its good part. It reminds you of the dingy atmosphere of '70s Hong Kong movies. But the idea is brilliant, and casting little known Jet Li at the time for the lead was a spectacular success. He really is believable as genetically enhanced super soldier. Very young Karen Mok plays an unwitting hostage to Li, and adds sideline to the story.
This genetically enhanced soldier scheme continued with other movies such as Huk Mau (Black Cat), which is in the same vain as this movie, with also "Black" as part of its title.
With fantastic moves like this, who wouldn't be a star ! Jet Li became the premier super star from this point on, which still is on going.
A genetic experiment to create super soldiers is deemed a failure. All are ordered to be destroyed. One of them survives, and finds a peaceful life as a librarian until the old acquaintances shows up to finish their job.
The production of this movie is not its good part. It reminds you of the dingy atmosphere of '70s Hong Kong movies. But the idea is brilliant, and casting little known Jet Li at the time for the lead was a spectacular success. He really is believable as genetically enhanced super soldier. Very young Karen Mok plays an unwitting hostage to Li, and adds sideline to the story.
This genetically enhanced soldier scheme continued with other movies such as Huk Mau (Black Cat), which is in the same vain as this movie, with also "Black" as part of its title.
With fantastic moves like this, who wouldn't be a star ! Jet Li became the premier super star from this point on, which still is on going.
I really enjoyed this movie and it was a little difficult do that when your brother is making stupid comments in it ever 30 seconds. But this movie I enjoyed, mostly because I'm used to the usual HK action films. Most of the films like this are don't watch it for the story line, watch it for the mindless action. And mindless action is right. You get to see Jet Li Jump, spin, kick, punch, shoot, make impossible jumps and dodge countless bullets. It's true that this movie was released to a broader audience after Li was in Lethal Weapon 4. That is one of the reasons the ratings on this movie dropped. Most people were probably expecting to see a movie that was as polished as a North American film. But you need to remember most HK film budgets aren't nearly as high as a North American film, and the style in a HK action film is usually very different usually requiring in wire work in a lot of them. If you want to see a good action film you should see this just try to ignore the dubbing.
My rating was an 8.
My rating was an 8.
The story would never win awards, but that's not what it's about... the script was just entertaining and suspenseful enough to make room for the incredibly choreographed fight scenes. Who needs a story with fighting like that? Really, it's worth watching for that reason alone. IF you can handle the gore, of which there is a LOT... none of it done realistically enough to be tough to look at. I gave it a 7.
This film appears to draw a borderline - on one side, those who love it, on the other, those who find it unbearable.
To begin with, there is an awful lot of comedy in this film that many viewers are not "getting". Of course jet Li's Mask looks like Bruce Lee's Kato - he's supposed to, it's a joke. The guy who has a time-bomb sewn to his heart - outrageous? of course, it's a joke! Some readers will probably ask, if this film is supposed to be so funny, why all the excessive and gory violence? well, for one thing the tolerance for this level of violence is actually different, from culture to culture; and while Hong Kong audiences would recognize this violence is extreme, it's certainly only slightly more than average for a HK action film.
Also, Black Mask is really the kind of film that takes a genre's conventions and pushes them to extremes, simply because the conventions themselves are wholly unrealistic. After decades of watching people get shot without any noticeable open wounds, many people were horrified to see Bonnie and Clyde and the outlaws of the Wild Bunch spurting blood all over the place. But the fact is, when you're shot with rapid metal projectile, it's almost certain that blood will spurt, especially from an artery.
This film is a Chinese comic book movie. It is true that the Spiderman films never get this gory - but if they were faithful to reality, they would be! Well, despite its comic-book origins, this film is faithful to reality.
The only complaint I have is the flashy, over-stylized filming and editing. If the makers of this film had shot it with an eye to Hollywood-style nostalgia (as, e.g., The Rocketeer, or the recent Sky captain film), I doubt anyone would have found it offensive.
But as it stands, I still had a lotta fun watching this movie.
To begin with, there is an awful lot of comedy in this film that many viewers are not "getting". Of course jet Li's Mask looks like Bruce Lee's Kato - he's supposed to, it's a joke. The guy who has a time-bomb sewn to his heart - outrageous? of course, it's a joke! Some readers will probably ask, if this film is supposed to be so funny, why all the excessive and gory violence? well, for one thing the tolerance for this level of violence is actually different, from culture to culture; and while Hong Kong audiences would recognize this violence is extreme, it's certainly only slightly more than average for a HK action film.
Also, Black Mask is really the kind of film that takes a genre's conventions and pushes them to extremes, simply because the conventions themselves are wholly unrealistic. After decades of watching people get shot without any noticeable open wounds, many people were horrified to see Bonnie and Clyde and the outlaws of the Wild Bunch spurting blood all over the place. But the fact is, when you're shot with rapid metal projectile, it's almost certain that blood will spurt, especially from an artery.
This film is a Chinese comic book movie. It is true that the Spiderman films never get this gory - but if they were faithful to reality, they would be! Well, despite its comic-book origins, this film is faithful to reality.
The only complaint I have is the flashy, over-stylized filming and editing. If the makers of this film had shot it with an eye to Hollywood-style nostalgia (as, e.g., The Rocketeer, or the recent Sky captain film), I doubt anyone would have found it offensive.
But as it stands, I still had a lotta fun watching this movie.
¿Sabías que...?
- PifiasWhen 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.
- Citas
Inspector 'Rock' Shek: [after a 701 member cut off his own hand to break free of handcuffs] I had the key!
- Versiones alternativasU.S. release is missing 10 minutes, replaces/edits opening sequence and credits, and replaces original soundtrack.
- ConexionesFeatured in Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002)
- Banda sonoraAsian 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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- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 12.504.289 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 4.449.692 US$
- 16 may 1999
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 12.504.289 US$
- Duración
- 1h 39min(99 min)
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1
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