no matter how brilliant and stun the screenplay would have be and this sequel to ` henry and portrait of a serial killer be doom to automatically lose 99 % percent of it power . why . because michael rooker do not reprise his role of the relentless serial killer . the way he give image to henry make clear that no one could ever equal him . actually and when i first saw ` portrait of serial killer ( at much young age than generally recommend ) and not know who rooker be and i really be convince he be a real madman . neil giuntoli be the rather unknown actor give the thankless task to play the ` new henry lee lucas . and he obviously try his best . in fact and he try a little too hard . throughout the entire movie and it seem like he try to be michael rooker instead of henry lee lucas . ` mask of sanity lack the rawness of the original . the original be a brutal and stone cold documentary completely lacking humanity . this sequel be ` friendlier and basically easy to get into . henry be still at large after his initial killing spree and homeless . he accept a job a a toilet cleaner and go to life with one of his colleague . henry fool around with a suicidal teenager ( she look like a young version of jennifer love hewitt with binoculars attach to her head ) and deserve a little extra money a an arsonist . soon and his appetite for murder rise again and he find a new partner in the man he live with . mask of sanity be a rather redundant sequel without any mentionable aspect . the acting be okay while the tension level be rather weak . the disturbance element feature in the original have entirely vanish and and that be exactly what make the original immortal . the end be leave open for another sequel and although i hope that will never come .