"Black Mask" is pure undiluted Hong Kong cinematic madness.
Author - Ben Stykuc
It’s a piece that could have been directed by the great King Hu himself.
Visually this is a fantastic feature filled with riffs on spaghetti westerns that give it a style of its own
Donnie Yen gets an opportunity to flex his acting chops as opposed to kung fu ones.
A warrior princess in a masculine culture that disapproves of her ideals.
The action is some of the best put on screen in recent years.
“If everyone wanted an eye for an eye, then the whole world would be blind”.
Decent kung fu mixed with 1970’s fashions and the magnificence that is Chuck Norris’s chest hair. What more could you want!
The early scenes succeed in creating intrigue and tension between Ke Tong and his abductors.
Forget the generic title this is a far more interesting piece than it would have you believe.