BLACK MASK Eureka Blu-Ray Review: Two Discs. One Movie. No Mercy!
Eureka Entertainment is the latest banner to carry the mantle for director Daniel Lee’s 1996 action sci-fi, Black Mask. The release marks the latest since the film’s transition to overseas markets, with U.S. labels Artisan Entertainment and Distant Horizon nabbing the title for its own remixed version a few years later.
Based on a 1991 manhua by Pang Chi-Ming and Li Chi-Tat, the Jet Li starrer centers on the former member of a clandestine unit, once subject to a government experiment to create supersoldiers. Tsui-chik (Li), formerly of Squad 701, maintains a low profile as a librarian who spends his time buried in books. He gets along with his co-workers, and his best friend is Shek (Lau Ching-wan), a Hong Kong Inspector who oftentimes finds himself rescuing Tsui-chik from muggers and gangsters.
Little does Tsui-chik know that his former team has resurfaced to cause a stir in the criminal underworld, ensuing an explosive crime wave. With the city in danger along with his best friend and his men, it’s up to Tsui-chik to come out of hiding, as he’s the only one physically capable of fending off the superpowered members of 701, led by Commander Hung (Patrick Leung).
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