James M's review of SON OF THE MASK (2005)

 

Yo. Remember that classic 90s film known as The Mask starring Jim Carrey?

Of course you do, I did a review of the movie. Well, get ready for the sequel... without Jim Carrey, but it has Alan Cumming as Loki and Jamie Kennedy as a cartoonist. Oh, and this story is going to be freaking weird, also, it came out in 2005 over 11 years after the OG movie dropped.

Alright. So, the film takes place some years after THE MASK ends and Loki shows up, looking for his mask, and terrorizes a museum. Meanwhile, a dog finds The Mask in a river and takes it to his owner, a cartoonist named Tim Avery, who is reluctant to have kids with his wife. Things change when he puts on The Mask at a party, spices things up, and, long story short, he and his wife end up having a baby... WITH CARTOONISH POWERS and this is all because Avery wore The Mask during the little guy's conception.

"LOKIIIIIIIIIIII!"

Odin calls out to his son, Loki, and tells him a child of The Mask was born. Loki looks everywhere for said child, who freaks the father out with the various cartoony antics that he does. Loki eventually finds the baby, kidnaps him, and Tim and his wife go after him. Tim puts on The Mask, has a fight with the God of Mischief, helps mend family ties between Loki and Odin, and things end on a bright happy note for the Avery family as Tim makes a cartoon based on the antics between his cartoony baby and the dog.

Okay, thoughts?

SON OF THE MASK is a mess, a fun mess, a funny, whacky, crazy mess that deserves respect. Sure, Jim Carrey did not return in this film, but SON OF THE MASK carries the charm of the original film and takes the wackiness up to eleven... and a little too far in some areas. However, it's pretty good, and I enjoyed the ride. I am sure this film has a lot of fans out there, and I wish I could see this one again at some point. 9/10. However, if you're grossed out by weird baby stuff, the baby in this movie does something pretty gross at one point.