Black Mask 2: City of Masks, 2002
The wrestlers — including characters like Iguana, Chameleon, Wolf, Snake, and Claw — undergo a process via
injections that gradually merges their genetics with that of animals. As a result, they gain enhanced strength
and agility but slowly lose their humanity. Black Mask intervenes when one of them goes on a rampage during
a match, attacking spectators. As he attempts to help the wrestlers and battle his own mutation, he becomes
entangled in a larger conflict that culminates in a direct confrontation with Dr. Lang.
Although Black Mask 2 was produced in English, a Cantonese-dubbed version was released in Hong Kong in
2003, featuring Andy Lau as the narrator. The film combines physical fight choreography with digital effects,
alternating between practical makeup and rubber-like costumes and fully CGI-driven transformations. This
results in visually mixed outcomes: some scenes have a comic book-inspired flair, while others come across
as less convincing.
For Adkins, this production marked a valuable learning experience within the Hong Kong film industry, where
he worked alongside established figures such as Yuen Woo-ping and Tsui Har.
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Black Mask 2: City of Masks is a 2002 action sci-fi film directed by
Tsui Hark and serves as a standalone sequel to the 1996 Hong Kong
film Black Mask. The film blends futuristic technology, genetic
experimentation, and comic book-style exaggeration.
In this installment, Andy On takes on the role of Black Mask. His
character, Kan Fung, is a genetically modified super-soldier
endowed with superhuman combat strength and an extraordinary
healing ability. However, these powers come at a cost: he has lost
the ability to feel emotion. On the run from his creator, he travels
the world in search of geneticists who might be able to reverse his
condition. During his journey, he uncovers a series of experiments
in which animal DNA is combined with that of professional
wrestlers, resulting in dangerous hybrid mutations.
Within this context, Scott Adkins appears as Dr. Lang, a genetically enhanced antagonist and former colleague
of Black Mask’s creators. Lang is responsible for further developing the mutation program and plays a central
role in a plot involving a so-called “DNA bomb,” intended to permanently alter the genetic makeup of the
human race. Adkins, in one of his earliest film roles, portrays Lang as a clinically cold scientist with
megalomaniacal tendencies. His physical appearance is sharply defined, yet noticeably restrained compared
to his later work as an action star. Still, his role is visually prominent and structurally essential to the film’s
narrative tension.
