Black Mask (film)

Black Mask Chinese is a 1996 Hong Kong action film starring Jet Li, Lau ChingWan, Karen Mok and Anthony Wong. It was directed by Daniel Lee and produced by Tsui Hark and his production company Film Workshop. In 1999, the film was Englishdubbed and released in the US by Artisan Entertainment.

Tsui Chik or Simon in the US version tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the instructor of a special commando unit dubbed 701. The 701 squad is used for many government missions, but after one of the agents kills a team of policemen in an uncontrollable rage, the government decides to abort the project and eliminate all the subjects. Tsui Chik helped the surviving 701 agents flee the extermination attempt. Having escaped, Tsui Chik went separate ways from his team and lived in Hong Kong. Later at night he discovers that the rest of the team were responsible for a violent crime spree that was beyond the capability of the local police. He sets out to get rid of them, donning a mask and hat using the superhero alias of The Black Mask. Having lost the ability to feel pain due to the surgery performed on the supersoldiers by the military, Black Mask is almost invulnerable.Released onNovember 1996, Black Mask grossed a moderate HK13,286,788 during its Hong Kong box office run.citation needed ........

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