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Year:	2000
Country of origin:	France / Canada / USA
Director:	George Romero
Genre:	Identity crisis
Starring:	Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare
Rating:	3/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212830/
Tagline:	Revenge has no face.
Favourite line:	"Looks like you pissed yourself there buddy."

An interesting study of identity.

The plot:
A man is brow beaten, hen-pecked, picked on at work, ignored by his friends and family, and taken advantage of by all and sundry.
One day, he wakes up to discover that a theatrical mask has attached itself to his face and....he's a new man.
His fantasies of murder and mutilation need no longer stay in his head, and those who have done him wrong need be aware.

George Romero returns to one of his favourite themes, identity, in this, an understated, intellectual and intriguing examination of the role of the modern male in society.
The performances are uniformly good, and the premise is worthwhile.
Whilst not as gory as his more famous work, this is still well worth seeing.