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An average effort by action hero Lorenzo Lamas. This movie is just another example of the stereotyped role we've come to associate with him: slick hair, sunglasses, black leather and boots, fearsome. I thought the role reversal from the ruthless criminal to the more sensitive cob, and vice versa, was a big flaw. The intention was good, but somehow, between Lamas's lame acting and the more than shallow script, everything fell apart. This movie was was lame and boring. I'd expected more from it, particularly with famed actors such as Chong and Star Wars hero Billy Dee Williams. Wave this one goodbye before you've even said hello.

Predictable, generic cop fare notable only for the many direct similarities to John Woo's Face/Off, which debuted subsequently. The initial sequences, from the speedboat chases to the plastic surgery sessions, are beat for beat the same. Lamas is adequate as the police infiltrator with revenge on his mind. A lot of violence and little plot. Two stars.

Lamas has dual roles as Det Dan McKenna and Russian Mafia liaison Lyle Mason. An FBI surveillance gone wrong gets McKenna's wife killed but not before she takes Mason with her. FBI agent( Billy Dee Williams) notices that Mason and McKenna look alike and with a little help from plastic surgery McKenna becomes Mason. Pain killers that seem to have the side effect of causing McKenna to become violent help to keep the charade going. The violence is never ending - the story line takes a back seat - and Lamas shows off all the right martial art moves.The ending looked like they were hoping for a sequel but it never happened.

This movie sets a bad example for society. In "Mask of Death" shallow, ruthless characters hurt other people just to succeed. It's another lame story about greed, money and power. There's an excessive amount of violence and the characters are underdeveloped. The bad acting and direction don't help the movie either. The whole movie is typical low budget trash and has nothing that makes it worth watching.

(1995) Mask Of Death ACTION

Straight-to-rental action cheapie vehicle starring Lorenzo Lamas playing two roles- one as Detective McKeena and the other as bad guy hit man Lyle Mason. Anyways, as a result of a botched exchange between two criminals regarding a gov't chip, Mason escapes by boat with Billy Dee Williams character as the FBI agent in charge of the whole operation on his trail by means of helicopter, but he had to be flown down because it was shot at. And while escaping by boat to a local beach where the McKeena coincidentally happened to be at gets caught up in the middle resulting his wife to be killed during the crossfire by one of the two escapees. And if that wasn't enough a car crash ensures with one of them getting away with the chip on his hand, the Billy Dee Williams character then forces detective McKeena while still recovering in hospital to pose as the bad guy Mason since he looks similar to him even though the real one has been shot dead. The rest of the film dwells on this point whether he can get away with this new undercover disguise or not, except that it's so badly made- no one really cares. .