BLACK MASK 2: CITY OF MASKS (2002)

MORGAN'S RATING

As Black Mask searches for the biological abnormality which gave him super powers, he discovers a terrorist plot to drop a DNA-altering bomb on the human race! In order to foil the plot, Mask will have to tangle with a cadre of chemically-altered professional wrestlers who have the ability to morph into dangerously powerful mutants.

Andy On (Black Mask/Kang Fung), 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), Silvio Simac (General Troy), Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko (Sergeant), Terence Yin (Dr. David).

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Tsui Hark (Knock Off). WRITERS: Jeff Black, Charles Cain, Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud and Tsui Hark. PRODUCERS: Tsui Hark and Charles Heung. ADMINISTRATIVE PRODUCER: Tiffany Chen. LINE PRODUCER: Wai-Chung Chan. ORIGINAL MUSIC: J.M. Logan. DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia TriStar Pictures

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Masks is loaded down with so much bad acting, horrid writing, and laughable special effects that no amount of stylized camera work could save the picture." -- David Cornelius, Amazing Colossal Website

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: December 24th, 2002 (USA) (VIDEO PREMIERE) - Rob Van Dam injured his knee while performing one of his own stunts.

"...unless you like watching bald overweight men in rubber suits beating each other senseless enhanced by CGI and wire work, Black Mask 2: City of Masks should remain incognito." -- Anthony Leong, Mediacircus