# Masque noir (1996)

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**Original title**: *黑俠*
**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Action
**Directed by**: Daniel Lee
**Written by**: Tsui Hark, Teddy Chan, Joe Ma Wai-Ho
**Starring**: Jet Li, Sean Lau Ching-Wan, Karen Mok Man-Wai, Françoise Yip, Patrick Lung Kong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You volunteer for a military project until it collapses and you flee. Months later you work the night shift in a library near your old partner who’s still a cop. A string of prototype-style murders hits the city and every lead circles back to your unit. When the cops hit dead ends you melt into a handmade mask and start hunting your own past. The city’s crime finally meets a designer who knows every bolt inside the machine.

**Mood tags**: outsider, playful, raw

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