Black Mask
Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled.Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho.However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime.
- Worldwide
- $60M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled. Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho. However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime. Realizing that the police are helpless, he decides to take them on himself. With a disguise, Tsui becomes the mysterious superhero known only as Black Mask.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Black Mask returned 7.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $60M
- Release date
- Nov 7, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Cantonese, English
- Country
- Hong Kong
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