A friend of mine gave this to me for Christmas because friends of hers are extras but I thought everything bored me. I don't remember any of it, but that it was about the Revolutionary War. I have nothing else to say. Just skip it.

"I will make a new reputation to save me from my past." Assassin William Reynolds, who worked for the East India Company, stated what he was in search of pursuing in the PG historical drama film. It wasn't until he changed his name to Vicar and fell in love with a woman, that he truly sought out change. The Mask placed in the title of the film, represented Will Reynolds's assistance in concealing his past, villainous life. A chain around his neck represented the hope he journeyed for. Beginning with the East India Company pendant, he changed it to a cross when becoming Vicar, finally slipping a ring on it in hopes he could earn Charlotte's love. Spirituality is placed deeply within the story as a dying man says, "Redemption –not revenge… There's only One Name with the power to make you new." Will didn't realize the meaning of this until he spoke to a preacher in jail; he then found that it was the Gospel story revealing itself when that man had died in attempt to save him. I liked the way Benjamin Franklin was brought to life with the humor he would have had in reality. He was a good comedy relief for the emotions/action piling in the story. Director Chad Burns exhilaratingly revealed what was behind the mask, in a way that you wouldn't believe unless you saw it with your own eyes. As PluggedIn reviews put it: On the same stage as National Treasure and Zorro!

Sort of like a comic book superhero version of How America Won Its Independence, "Beyond the Mask" features Andrew Cheney as a British assassin named William Reynolds who goes to the colonies to help wage war against the Empire, as a means of demonstrating to his true love (Kara Killmer) that, despite his checkered past, he's really just a decent guy under it all. While in the new world, he becomes a masked figure known as The Highwayman, who rides around at night securing victories for the fledgling rebels while hiding his identity behind a black mask. And, yes, it's every bit as dopey as it sounds. (William Reynolds was, apparently, an actual person but little in his biography matches anything that happens on screen).A monument to inanity, "Beyond the Mask" lacks even the polish and professionalism of a junior high school civics project. Its portrayal of the personalities and events of the time is laughable at best, with a plot to blow up Philadelphia using Benjamin Franklin's own idea for electricity against him serving as the climactic stupidity. Luckily, Mr. Reynolds, scoundrel that he is, is on hand to thwart the dastardly deed with his heroism and his purity of heart. And that, dear children, is how the Americans came to win their independence from England.In more gifted hands, "Beyond the Mask" might have been a fun, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink kind of lark, a harmless little bit of absurd revisionism designed to make history entertaining for the masses. But, sad to say, everything about the movie - from the script to the directing to the acting - is so terrible that there's actually precious little fun to be had.

This was a well made, well written movie with an exciting, engaging, romantic, and adventurous plot. The story line is woven through with the gospel, outlining the journey of a man who was originally an assassin for the East India Company, who tried to redeem his notoriously evil name by thwarting multiple plots, saving lives, and etc. He slowly realizes that he can never redeem his name by works, he simply has to ask and it is freely given. I personally can't stand preachy movies... This one doesn't fall into that category. I also appreciate the romance part... Not over done and mushy, also not way to "homeschooler"and awkward.