With Sonic the Hedgehog 3 reminding moviegoers of Jim Carrey‘s sensible bodily comedy expertise, it is solely pure to return and discover the actor’s expansive again catalog. One in every of his greatest movies from the 90s is The Masks, primarily based on the Darkish Horse Comics sequence. The movie was a important and field workplace hit. But what folks would possibly know is the movie did get a sequel in 2005 that did not see Carrey return. Now, Son of the Masks is getting a second probability of life on streaming without cost.
The Jamie Kennedy-starring sequel is at the moment inflicting chaos within the free part of Fandango at House with advertisements. The movie is notorious for less than having an abysmal critic ranking of 6% on Rotten Tomatoes. Its viewers rating is not that significantly better, with a lethal 16%. To make issues even worse, the movie made just below $60 million worldwide on an $84 million funds. That is a far cry from the Carrey model which remodeled $350 worldwide. It was one other instance of a sequel not retaining its predominant star and paying the literal worth for it.
What’s ‘Son of the Masks’ About?
Not too dissimilar from the primary movie, Son of the Masks follows a cartoonist named Tim Avery (Kennedy). Every thing appears peaceable till his canine finds a mysterious masks within the yard. With each his canine and new child child inflicting chaos round him due to this new discovery, Tim has his arms full. That is all of the whereas the god of mischief, Loki (Alan Cumming) is on the hunt for the masks. Despite the fact that Kennedy was a well known identify due to his position as Randy Meeks within the Scream franchise, this sequel was removed from the profession development the actor was in all probability hoping for. With dangerous results, cheap-looking manufacturing design and a script filled with infantile humor, followers of the unique Masks have been left greater than dissatisfied. The movie is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2025, so its stint on Tubi would possibly simply be what Son of the Masks wants to vary its very adverse narrative. The 2000s have been an attention-grabbing period for movie to say the least, and lots of franchise entries from that point interval are beginning to get reappraised. Will Son of the Masks be the following movie to achieve a rabbit cult following? Solely time will inform.
Cartoon Chaos and CGI Insanity
Earlier than you set again on The Masks on your subsequent franchise binge, Son of the Masks’s trailer could be seen under. The unique may also be rented and bought on all main paid VOD platforms.
