Son of the Mask (2005) (Guest: Ryan Hoss Writer Batman On Film + Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive)
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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, William Thrasher, and special guest Ryan Hoss (Batman on Film), Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive)) discuss Son of The Mask. Although he signed a 2-picture deal with New Line Cinema for The Mask, Jim Carrey decided to not move forward with The Mask 2. A sequel without Carrey wiggled its way into theaters in 2005 with MTV and Scream star Jamie Kennedy in the lead. Tim Avery (Jamie Kennedy) is fighting with his wife (Traylor Howard) over whether or not to have a baby. Tim finds the mask, and knocks up his wife while wearing it. This makes his newborn son the titular Son of the Mask. Meanwhile, Loki (Alan Cumming) is commanded by Odin (Bob Hoskins) to retrieve the Mask from Earth.

This is a sequel that misses the point of what made the original so great. It's tough to compete or even match the manic levels of energy of an early 1990s Jim Carrey, but the tone is so dumbed down and the plot so complicated that what results is an unfunny mess. There are moments of inspired surrealism, but the poor CGI, Kennedy's sad-sack performance, and literal cartoon gags makes this one for the truly desparate or small children. 

Mat though parts of Snatched with Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer were inspired. It takes time to set up its zany story, and Hawn and Schumer have a nice chemistry. Not hilarious, but it's fine to watch if it happens to pop up on your streaming service of choice.

Thrasher caught Pacific Rim Uprising in theaters and thought it looked cheaper and lacked the interesting monster designs of the original. 

Ryan enjoyed the recent Blu-ray release of Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero. As a nice touch, the disc has all the Mr. Freeze episodes from Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond as an extra.

Ratings for Son of the Mask:

Mat: Sequel No

Thrasher: Sequel Yes

Ryan: Sequel Yes

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