The reason I bought this DVD is that I collect all Jackie Chan featured films, and the distributor of this DVD tells that Jackie should be the face behind the mask, so I naturally was interested in that one. I cannot tell that Jackie really is the masked assassin--you can't clearly see his face--and even his kung fu skills and movements don't really match with the ones by Jackie Chan. Besides, at that time Jackie already has had his breakthrough, so I think that if he really is in the movie it was a favour towards the director or producer and Jackie didn't want to be seen in it.

The movie itself is a typical kung fu classic. A lot of sword and fist fights. What surprised me was that the movie even has a deeper plot with a lot of figures. Some of the locations in the movie are well known, so the family's home where Half a Loaf of Kung Fu was once shot for example.

The reason why I just give 3 1/2 stars for this DVD is that some fight scenes, especially those with the masked assassin, are brutal and very slow. This is also a reason why I think that Jackie might not be the masked man in the film.

Concluding, The Face behind the Mask is a classic kung fu movie and for fans of Hsu Feng, Lo Lieh or Yueh Hua - even Jackie Chan fans like me who study Rip-Offs - it is a 90 minute adventure.