Hong Kong Synopsis
黑俠
Tsui escapes from a super soldier project and plans to lead a peaceful life. However, when his former comrades go on a violent crime spree, he takes it upon himself to end their reign of terror.
Audience Engagement
246 audience reviews — more than 90% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Black Mask. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Win's Entertainment Ltd.
The 1995–1997 Hong Kong Window
Black Mask holds position #33 of 51 Hong Kong films in the 1995–1997 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Black Mask premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1996.
The 444th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Black Mask, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- super villain · 5
- bookshop · 2
- masked hero · 2
- vigilante justice · 2
- mafia boss · 1
- fistfight · 14
- vigilante · 12
- showdown · 9
- chinese mafia · 7
- library · 6
- martial arts · 369
- police · 105
- superhero · 80
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #458 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #301 of 516 (top 58%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, English |
| Production Companies | Win's Entertainment Ltd., Film Workshop, Distant Horizon |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | November 7, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0115693 |