Realizing that his life has crumbled around him, a man awakes one day to find that a faceless mask has become his actual face and begins a rampage of terror against those that have wronged him as the killing spree attracts the attention of a police officer anxious to stop him.
This here wasn't all that bad of an effort. One of the finer points of this one is the fact that there's some rather nice work done here to setup the eventual rampage that comes later on. The fact that the work and home lives are built on such problematic and troublesome, with the completely overbearing boss and the cheating wife are given as the early motivations for his rampage gives this a solid reasoning here which is all the more impressive given the fine commentary this develops with the fashion industry at the beginning. There's a lot of fun to be had here with these scenes setting up his eventual rage, and those scenes where he does take out the guilty parties in various degrees makes for a lot to like, from the ambush attack on the maid in the house to him stalking after the cheating couple in the building where he works and leads into the film's biggest plus in the rather spectacular dance party at the end which is where this one really gets a lot to like. The stylish lighting gives the scene a rather strong charge, and the way he works his way around the charge makes for a solid enough series of set-pieces that all build to the full revenge that takes place in the crowd in full view of everyone who views it all as a party-gag which is highly enjoyable. Given that this follows around the utterly creepy look of the mask used throughout here, these make for a good enough series positives to hold this up over the few big flaws. The main issue here is the fact that there's just not a clear-cut tone throughout here that works, as the film tends to bounce back-and-forth between a thriller featuring his indecision over his rampage because of the masks' features and the slasher it wants to be based on the setup of going after those who wronged him that he can now accomplish because of the mask. These scenes of him debating the merits of doing this or debating with the ex-wife of his boss over turning himself in for the spree makes for some really dull moments and it really just highlights some troublesome features over its intent and pacing. The other big issue here is the fact that there's some no reasoning for why he got that way to begin with as there's just nothing here about how it came to be and it really leaves a big hole in the storyline. Otherwise, there's not much else to dislike here even though these flaws are somewhat problematic flaws.
Rated R: Graphic Language, Violence and Nudity.
This here wasn't all that bad of an effort. One of the finer points of this one is the fact that there's some rather nice work done here to setup the eventual rampage that comes later on. The fact that the work and home lives are built on such problematic and troublesome, with the completely overbearing boss and the cheating wife are given as the early motivations for his rampage gives this a solid reasoning here which is all the more impressive given the fine commentary this develops with the fashion industry at the beginning. There's a lot of fun to be had here with these scenes setting up his eventual rage, and those scenes where he does take out the guilty parties in various degrees makes for a lot to like, from the ambush attack on the maid in the house to him stalking after the cheating couple in the building where he works and leads into the film's biggest plus in the rather spectacular dance party at the end which is where this one really gets a lot to like. The stylish lighting gives the scene a rather strong charge, and the way he works his way around the charge makes for a solid enough series of set-pieces that all build to the full revenge that takes place in the crowd in full view of everyone who views it all as a party-gag which is highly enjoyable. Given that this follows around the utterly creepy look of the mask used throughout here, these make for a good enough series positives to hold this up over the few big flaws. The main issue here is the fact that there's just not a clear-cut tone throughout here that works, as the film tends to bounce back-and-forth between a thriller featuring his indecision over his rampage because of the masks' features and the slasher it wants to be based on the setup of going after those who wronged him that he can now accomplish because of the mask. These scenes of him debating the merits of doing this or debating with the ex-wife of his boss over turning himself in for the spree makes for some really dull moments and it really just highlights some troublesome features over its intent and pacing. The other big issue here is the fact that there's some no reasoning for why he got that way to begin with as there's just nothing here about how it came to be and it really leaves a big hole in the storyline. Otherwise, there's not much else to dislike here even though these flaws are somewhat problematic flaws.
Rated R: Graphic Language, Violence and Nudity.