Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Hark Tsui

Writers:

Hark Tsui (story) &
Julien Carbon (story) ...

Release Date:

9 January 2003 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Black Mask must stop a group intent on setting off a DNA bomb that could cause mutations to the human race.

Plot Keywords:

Mutation | Genetics | Sequel | Pro Wrestling | Spiral Staircase

Cast

Tobin Bell	...	Moloch
Jon Polito	...	Mr. King
Teresa Herrera	...	Dr. Marco Leung
Tyler Mane	...	Thorn
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Iguana / Daniel Martinez
Scott Adkins	...	Lang
Rob Van Dam	...	The Claw
Sean Marquette	...	Raymond
Oris Erhuero	...	Wolf
Robert Allen Mukes	...	Snake
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Ross (Hellraiser)
Traci Lords	...	Chameleon (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
Andy On	...	Black Mask / Kang Fung
Silvio Simac	...	General Troy
Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko	...	Sergeant

Also Known As:

Hak hap 2 (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Hei xia 2 (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Mascara negra 2: La noche de bestias (USA: Spanish title) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

Hong Kong:102 min (DVD) | USA:101 min (DVD)

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Thailand

Company:

China Star Entertainment

Trivia:

The movie was released in Hong Kong in early January 2003, and featured a dubbed Cantonese soundtrack with many HK celebrities in the main roles. Most notably, Andy Lau was featured as the narrator of the Hong Kong version and Jordan Chan voiced bad guy Lang. In an amusing turn, Cecilia Cheung provided the voice of Raymond, the little boy. Other roles were filled out by Louis Koo, Lau Ching-Wan, Cherrie Ying, Chapman To, Michael Tse, Patrick Tam and Raymond Wong Ho-Yin.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As Moloch is escaping from the guys outside the storage facility, he turns into his animal form. He then goes back to the hotel room, where Dr. Marco Leung is trying to work on a cure to his condition, and on a close up of Moloch you can see his real iris' behind the fake cat eye lenses he is wearing.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Intergalactic Combat (2007)

Soundtrack:

City of Masks

Unnecessary negativity towards an all-around good film

I don't understand why there are so many negative comments on this movie. Just watched the DVD last night, and in my opinion it was great. The effects were done nicely, the wire work is great, and Jet Li not reprising his role of the Black Mask is entirely forgivable. The only gripe I have really it took me some thought after watching the movie to figure out what animal Claw was bonded with.

Yes, it departs from the original's style, but aren't you getting tired of sequels that are just the same movie with different villians? That would kinda get like the Megaman (Rockman) video game series.... still entertaining but you've already seen it.

In all the movie was excellent, aside from the oh-so-slightly cheesy costumes when the animalists "turned" which for the most part aren't noticeable (slow-mo wasn't a good idea for a few scenes).

Those of you that are being so negative towards this movie, in my opinion, would have liked the flick a lot better if you hadn't seen the first, but I could be wrong.