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There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.
Mar 11, 2016 · Unfortunately, due to limited space in this list, we are going to feature only a few superhero films. Only the more critically and artistically acclaimed ones. But what we will do, is to include some of the finest films to feature characters, antagonist or protagonist, that wore a mask.
- The comic book The Mask was based on was much darker than the movie. The Mask is based on a comic book concept by Mike Richardson and Mark Badger that originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents in 1987.
- The Mask was written for Jim Carrey. At the time work was underway on The Mask, Carrey was still best known for his work on In Living Color and in a series of supporting roles in films like Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and Earth Girls Are Easy (1989).
- Carrey may have saved the filmmakers $1 million in special effects costs. Carrey signed on to The Mask before Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was released and turned the comic actor into a huge box office draw.
- Effects artists at ILM had more fun on The Mask than on Jurassic Park. The special effects artists at Industrial Light and Magic started working on the visuals for The Mask right after completing work on 1993’s groundbreaking Jurassic Park.
- Predator
- Jigsaw/Billy The Puppet
- Scorpion
- Jason Vorhees
- Stanley Ipkiss
- Mad Max
- Hannibal Lector
- Darth Vader
- Ghostface
- Frank
Being such an iconic villain in movies, the Predator looks more like a robot than an alien, but that’s when it’s wearing its mask. The big moment in Predatorcomes when it removes its mask to reveal its ghastly real self. Few other movies have ever had that same impact as that scene. And what made it so frightening is that the mask is so sleek and s...
The Jigsaw mask might not have an important role in the Sawfranchise like other movies that prominently feature masks do, as the Jigsaw mask doesn’t have a purpose, and is mostly there to scare the victims. However, there’s no denying how recognizable the image is even to people too young to even see the movie. The blood red spirals on the pasty wh...
The character might only have been accurately depicted very recently, but Scorpion, originally from the video game series of the same name, is the best thing about 2021’s Mortal Kombat. RELATED: 10 Characters From The Mortal Kombat Multiverse Who Would Make An Impact In The Films And the big moment comes when his mask is actually removed, as he per...
Jason’s mask is so iconic that it’s rarely even seen as a hockey mask anymore, as the goaltender masks are known more for being Jason’s disguise than anything. Interestingly enough, the mask wasn’t actually introduced in the Friday the 13thfranchise until the third movie, which made much less than the original movie at the box office. But the persi...
The clue is in the title, as The Mask is so iconic for being the Loki mask that turns any person who wears it into a cartoon lunatic. Despite being a fun Jim Carey comedy, it’s hard to pin The Maskdown, as it seems like a family movie, but is filled with guns, violence, crude jokes, and has an all-around dark tone, but that’s why it’s so unique and...
Though the character was mask-free for three whole movies, Mad Max: Fury Roadintroduced an almost brand new version of the character, and he was chained up and had his face covered for close to the entire movie. As great as the original trilogy might be, the image of Hardy’s Mad Max chained to the front of a welded together vehicle speeding through...
Hannibal Lector is one of the most deranged movie characters ever, but on paper, covering up a cannibal’s mouth with a muzzle is actually kind of funny. However, it somehow works so well and the character has inspired so many horror moviesin its wake, not least because of the muzzle, but because of how slimy Hopkins plays the sadistic villain. The ...
Even the sound of the guy’s breath can instill fear and excitement into audiences, and it’s often the first realization of his presence before viewers see Darth Vader’s haunting mask. To think that it was originally a Flash Gordon knock-off, A New Hopecreated arguably the most iconic villain in cinema history. RELATED: 9 Fictional Characters Inspir...
Screamis a classic horror movie for many reasons, as it brilliantly satirizes the very movies it’s influenced by. But the biggest reason why it has become embedded in pop culture is for the Ghostface mask. Though the face had been famous for more than a century, as the mask is modeled off the painting The Scream from 1893, millions of people know i...
It isn’t shameful to admit to not understanding Donnie Darko, as few people do, and not even lead actor Jake Gyllenhaalcan completely get the grasp of it. But despite being pretty convoluted, it doesn’t stop people from singing its praises. Between the atmosphere and the soundtrack, it’s one of the most memorable cult hits of the 2000s. However, th...
- Tyrone Power in The Mark of Zorro (1940) Based on Johnston McCulley’s original story, The Curse of Capistrano, this old-Hollywood swashbuckler saw Tyrone Power assume the role eventually inherited by Antonio Banderas, and cross swords with debonair Basil Rathbone, one of the finest fencers in the business.
- Jet Li in Black Mask (1996) Before he was introduced to U.S. audiences in Lethal Weapon 4, Jet Li played an ex-military test subject trying to live as a librarian in this Hong Kong action hit.
- Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride (1987) In Rob Reiner’s beloved fairy-tale send-up, Cary Elwes was a lot more swoon-worthy without his leather mask and bandana, but there was still much fun to be had with his character’s dark alter-ego, The Dread Pirate Roberts.
- Damon Wayans in Blankman (1994) A blink-and-miss-it 1990s parody film, Blankman offers an endearing slice of urban comedy, wherein the bumbling everyman (Damon Wayans) dons homespun garb to aspire to be a superman.
Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, an ordinary man who finds a magical wooden mask that transforms him into the titular green-faced troublemaker who can cartoonishly alter himself and his surroundings at will.
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