Black Mask (1996)
Reviewed by: resdog781 on 2000-07-31
Summary: Lots of flash, not a whole lot of substance
More than a little artistic design stolen from the "Batman" series, but not too bad. Jet Li as a "retired" superpowered secret agent known as (surprise!) Black Mask, who's forced to return to action as his old squadron returns to HK to knock off all the gang leaders and take the power for themselves. Some great fight scenes choreographed by The Man: Yuen "I Action-Directed The Matrix" Woo-Ping, especially the one between Jet and Francoise Yip on top of the tower, and Jet's fight against the boss guy at the end, with those cool EMP guns from "Eraser". Phatness in motion =) Halfway-decent special effects (for an HK film), Karen Mok as Li's goofy sidekick/girlfriend, and Lau Ching-Wan in a pretty cool role as a cop known as "The Rock" (no relation to the WWF guy) made this one a pretty good "turn off your brain and enjoy the ride" type of movie.

Just one question: Where does Black Mask parachute *from*???