puma31219 Normally I access the "sarcasm and analogy database" in order to tear apart films that I don't like, but for this one I'll attempt to make it plain: It was a very bad film! In spite of this, there were some entertaining elements but nothing to change it's status as a complete flop. My biggest issue with the film wasn't the bad special effects, the overly theatrical martial arts action or the lack of a stable plot (Seeing as the biggest threat in the film was a last minute idea of one character, instead of being a planned and looming threat). My issue with this film is that it was in no way a sequel to the first film. For starters, the main character is clearly not the same "Black Mask" from the first film. (And I don't mean that the actor was not Jet Li) Jet Li's character Simon (or Michael to his former partners) was a Super soldier from the 701 project and each participant was labeled as such; a 701. His commanding officer was the only surviving authority figure from the project (meaning the scientific minds responsible for their creation and the Military Brass who authorized it are probably dead) and he is attempting to save himself and the other 701s from a certain death; as their enhanced bodies have a shortened lifespan and each has only a year to live. The Black Mask in this film is NOT the same character. He was a Super soldier from a nameless unit, who was "created" by a giant, talking brain and the only side effect was that each subject was devoid of human emotion. (This instead of the death sentence which the 701s faced. And on a side note, the giant brain was just plain stupid. Whoever wrote that bit in, misplaced their own brain in the script and went looking for it later) Also, Black Mask's arch nemesis in this film is another Super soldier who was not at all mentioned in the first film. (Neither was the brain!!!) Also not present in this film, was the fact that the main character GAVE UP BEING BLACK MASK AT THE END OF THE FIRST FILM! As his only purpose in donning the mask and coat was to put a stop to the machinations of his fellow super-soldiers. With his job was done, he was left with either settling down in the quiet life again until his death, or finding a cure. This film's character basically moonlighting as a "Superhero" just wasn't what the first film was about. (Neither were the exaggerations of his abilities as a super-soldier, or the fact that he wasn't trying to find a cure to save his life) These elements even more so than the absence of Jet Li, gave this film an entirely different feel. I think the one redeeming quality of the film, was Teresa Herrera's character. It was a bit funny to see her acting out her Haphephobia and of course at tad ironic that she ended up having to save the main character by doing what terrified her. Other than that, this film's fantastical elements (the Wrestlers and the humanoids and the big plant-like mutant) really play well on a child's imagination and therefore would satisfy a much younger age group; I know because I first saw this film when I was 15 years old and loved it. I watched it again at age 27 and couldn't remember why I liked it as much as I did. I purchased the film because it was $3 and I wanted to see it again- it now sits collecting dust in my large collection and probably won't be watched again until I have kids who've become teens.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU One more electronic game transferred from the console to the screen. Absolutely no human density since the only interesting element here is the fights, battles and other struggles. Add to the humans some genetic manipulation and the game is won. Men become monsters and super brains become dark thinking machines. The hero is invaded by the wrong genes and saved by some genetic antidote. He finds a good doctor on his road, and that good doctor is a young and nice woman, good-looking too. The point is there is hardly any human dimension in this film. It is based on the scare differences can produce among human beings and this scare is the tool used by the bad guys to take control of the whole planet, if possible. We are here in the alternative fright of the beginning of this century. The first one is nuclear power, but it comes from last century. The new one is genetic manipulation, chemical or even germ warfare, etc, those things you breathe in and inhale and that transform you in one night time. This is of course a real scare and at the same time good support for the western states that have decided after 9/11 to turn security minded, and only security minded. The theme had been used vastly by Stephen King before, in the 1970s, and by a handful of other writers, not to speak of all the B series film on the subject. The point is here that the film has practically no depth since it is based on the scare among people who have no kind of human feelings, really. You do not even invite a girl to go out for anything else but sensual pleasure and showing off power. The rest is small talk without any profundity. But it is charming to the eyes and the monsters are nicely ugly.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, CEGID

K_Todorov Not since the day I was introduced to the vomit inspiring cinema of Uwe Boll have I ever seen a movie so obnoxiously bad as "Black Mask 2". This is an abomination, a pretentious relatively high-budget production that makes the likes of "Plan 9 From Outer Space" seem like a masterpiece. Well at least mister Wood had passion for film-making, what does Hark Tsui have? A big salary for making crap? Probably.To sum up the storyline. "Black Mask 2" is a coughed-up roughly sewed together tale about a genetically enhanced crime fighter named Black Mask who battles a genetically enhanced group of pro-wrestlers that intends to set of a genetically enhanced bomb that will cause more genetically enhanced mutations. All in all it's a story (and I call it story only vaguely) about the classic comic book superhero-villain confrontation, with an added bonus of a lot of genetically enhanced stuff and some incredibly pathetic attempts of creating dramatic tension.I knew it wasn't going to be good. Hell, I was at least expecting to have a good time and watch some martial arts fighting and cheesy dialogue on the "so bads it's funny" side. But nothing could have prepared me for the shock of the film's actual content. To say that "Black Mask 2" is a bad movie is an understatement. It's farce. Like watching a full-blown out of proportions Power Rangers movie with costumes taken directly from it. Dialogue so putrid and disgusting that can make your ears bleed. Characters are shallow and devoid of any sensible reason to exist but to be kicked around by the main star. Tsui's attempts to create drama by adding the boy whose father has become a victim to the evil wrestlers's boss as a supporting character does even more to deteriorate the film's already low quality. We don't need drama when you're trying to make comic book movie with wrestlers in it!! Please remember that Mr.Tsui. The action choreography is as equally bad as everything else in the film. Filled with an insane amount of bad CGI it makes me crave for the days when Bruce Lee was alive and kicking, at least his movies had a feeling that you were actually watching a fight rather than these almost dance-like action scenes here."Black Mask 2" is not something I can recommend to anyone but the people I hate the most. It's clear that Hark Tsui wanted to make a cross-genre film by combining super-hero/martial arts/"drama" films. What he made in the end was something completely different, 100 minutes of visual torture that left a permanent mark as one of the worst films I've ever seen.

kosmasp Not even "Black Mask" (that's referring to the at least funny attempts in the first movie with Jet Lee)! And I won't even go there to talk about actors (nonexistent or at least maybe hiding behind a "mask"?!?) or a plot (also nonexistent, but even if you tried to search for it you wouldn't find it behind any mask!).Now if we'd leave those two facts out of the equation, you still could have a fun decent little b-movie here. But you read right (not only the 1 star I gave it, but also the word "could"!)! Nope, this movie isn't only (un-)funny, it has also a really bad action choreographer. Or maybe it was all the stunt teams fault who knows. But if you got no plot and not even decent acting, than the least you should have in a b-movie action picture is a few decent action scenes ... And there are nowhere to be found ... (btw. even the appearing/listed Rob van Dam (WWE/ECW) can't elevate this movie, for any fans out there!)Final Conclusion: You shouldn't bother to watch it (imo)