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- good action with a dash of plot.First off, the action in this film is great. Jet Li can kick some major butt, and the scenes with him and Françoise Yip are very good.
The detective friend is funny, the dub is amusing, they went with a kind of Bogart vibe on the voice.
The dub for the girl Tracy is annoying... high pitched and whiney, but she's a plucky enough character to not be completely irredeemable.
All in all, good action movie, and Jet Li is pretty studly as the Black Mask. (although corrugated cardboard is not what I'd have pictured as good mask material)
Rating:
- Hong Kong Superhero movie done goodI can’t remember ever seeing a superhero Hong Kong action movie. You would think it would be something obvious to do considering the dynamic action styling of Hong Kong action films. Sounds like a good idea? Well The Black Mask delivers on that idea. Combine insane stunt work and martial arts choreography along with a masked crime fighter and you get a superhero movie with action that will put Hollywood to shame.
As with many superhero movies the plot isn’t what you call complex or involved. It is just a simple super-villain-with-a-master-plan kind of affair here. The interesting thing about Black Mask is what they do in between the fight scenes and evil plots. You get a good look at the relationships between our hero and his friends and co-workers. Things like a fledgling romance and conflicts of interest with friends actually work here. After a bit of character development the plot thickens and the bullets start to fly. This isn’t high art on the script side, but then again if you shouldn’t be expecting that in the first place. Hong Kong action films aren’t known for gripping stories, just high-flying action. At least here you get a solid story, solid back story, with all the action goodness.
Okay lets get to the nitty gritty. The Black Mask is a martial arts film at its core, and I gotta tell you the martial arts rock. The choreography done in the fight scenes are not only tight but they are fast and furious. Jet Li definitely shows his stuff on this one along with a few other martial artists. It puts just about every fight scene from Hollywood to shame. This movie obviously pays homage to Bruce Lee’s Kato character from the Green Hornet television shows. The special effects do go crazy at times with all the explosions, blood and body parts flying around. Even crazier are seeing some things like colored smoke for no reason and Silly String (yes… Silly String). The English dubbing isn’t great, but to be honest it’s not any worse than your average foreign film dub.
Basically this movie is for action fans and fans of Hong Kong martial arts movies. It’s an entertaining blend of science fiction, police drama, kung fu and of course superhero genres that make this an enjoyable popcorn movie. Granted it’s not going to look polished for the average viewer, but if you like martial arts and cool superheroes I recommend The Black Mask.
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- wowi'm shocked that this movie is rated only three stars here on amazon. it might be the greatest action movie ever. it's one of jet li's finest. the action is unbelievably good.
Rating:
- it was good..but not Jet's best..it was an ight movie..had lots of action, pretty gory compared to other Jet li movies.. the movie has a cheesy plot..but the action covers it all.. the fighting in the movie cant be compared to that of Fist of legend (wich in my oponion is Jet Li's best work) but its still adds up to great action..one things for shure, this aint really a hard core martial arts movie..theres is alot of shootings..stabbings, killing..gory scenes and sum distrubing scenes..pretty dark for a jet li movie..thats why i kina understand the "R" rating.. the swearing is really fun too..because the movie is dubbed horribly..but its still ok..like when they say muther effer..in one scene a crime boss says " we better get that muther effer" lol i laughed,,there is really corny lines through out the movie..i guess it gives it comic relief..as the movie is a little too serious...the hip hop in the movie also pissed me off, they actually thought it was kool to slip sum rap tracks in the background..well it made it annoying... some simple music woulda been good., overall the movie is good, hell even ma dad liked it..dont think..Jet li has made better crap then this..if u wana waste time n watch a movie..watch this....ight im out..peace
Rating:
- weird translationas I remember when i watched the original chinese version, although it wasnt any big deal but I did like it as I remember, but this version is totally destroy that feeling, something about the translation is just bad to the core makes the movie like a piece of crap, especially some sound effect. Why don't they put the original track in it I hard can understand. if u can find some asian version and rewatch it u would agree with me. it worth my 3 stars with the original track
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