Son of the Mask
- Jamie Kennedy: Tim Avery (mask)
- Alan Cumming: Loki
- Traylor Howard: Tonya Avery
- Kal Penn: Jorge
- Steven Wright: Daniel Moss
- Bob Hoskins: Odin
- Ben Stein: Dr. Arthur Neuman
- Bill Farmer: Otis
- Magda Szubanski: Betty
- Falconer Twins: Alvey Avery
Mask 2: The Next Generation is an American comedy film from 2005 directed by Lawrence Guterman.
Action
The Norse god Loki was sent by his father Odin to earth to finally find his mask, so that these, after all the damage that has been done, can not be dangerous for people. The only problem is that he does not find and a dummy after another falls for what Odin angrily getting stronger. Meanwhile, somehow Otis, the dog of Avery, can grab the mask, and stores them as a trophy at home. But the Averys have other problems than to worry about such a thing. So Tonya wants to Tim a child, which in turn permanently refuses he wants but only once in the profession to be successful before he puts talent in the world.
And so does the cartoonist Tim participated in the Halloween office party Animagine his employer, although he reluctantly and lack of costume takes the mask. Not knowing that it is Loki's mask, he sits down on this and is immediately transformed. But it is helpful because it not only transports the party to a new level, he will also carries himself and impregnates night even Tonya. Unfortunately, it is not his seed, the Tonya receives. It is the seed of the mask. And after a pregnancy with some strange occurrences is Odin was not convinced that a child was born of the mask so that it unleashing Loki again, to find not only the mask, but also the child. So Loki obtains a list of all newborns and examined the child of the mask, which is problematic turns out to be thought of.
Even Tim is faced with new problems. Not only that, he has to finish his presentation under time pressure, Tonya leaves him for a week to New York and leaves him alone with Alvey. In order to work in peace, he sets Alvey even watching television, where these cartoons like Woody Woodpecker and Flintstones look at and get ideas to drive Tim crazy. And with his power he has as a son of the mask, he takes advantage of this and plays all the tricks after. But Otis, who excavates the mask out of his kennel, uses the power of the mask to play his envy for the favor of Tim against Alvey and eliminate him so that he may be the only Tim's favorite again. And so both duel gives up to Otis.
Meanwhile, Loki and Tim Alvey has found and tried to get his mask back by any means. Finally he kidnaps Alvey and asks in return the mask. But when Tim and returned from New York Tonya bring him the mask, he wants the baby does not move out again, so he flees with Alvey. Tim continues the Mask on and follows him through the city. Then there will be a duel of the two, where they find that they have the same powers and, accordingly, are equally strong, so Loki suggests that Alvey to decide with whom he wants to live with Loki or Tim. But since Alvey decides for Tim, Loki is so angry that he tried to kill the entire family Avery.
But Odin appears and prevents him there because he believes that he is again wiser to find the mask. Tim interrupts this dispute in which Odin Loki expresses his disappointment loudly and passes the mask with the note that you would have a family only and you should begin to live with this. Odin and Loki see the one, which is why they get along peacefully and disappear, while Tim and his family, a new happy life next to professional success, can have.
Reviews
The film received extremely poor and scathing reviews. So counted the website RottenTomatoes of 103 evaluated professional reviews 6 positive, corresponding to a value of 6%. Also by the general public of the film with very bad reactions was recorded simultaneously evaluated for 31% of 35,950 users the film positive. This in turn is from the online film archive IMDb, another platform, can submit their film reviews on the normal users, more than confirmed, because there gave 25,235 users the film average extremely poor 2.1 out of 10 possible points, thereby making the movie at number 53 of the 100 worst films of all time landed. (Updated: December 8, 2013)
Not only the history, remember the comedy Mr. Mom, is weak, Michael O'Sullivan said in the Washington Post, but also Jamie Kennedy " a tragic miscast ". This would, however, less to him than to the " material, which is offered to him ."
While the predecessor, the mask still prevailed some reasonable ground rules, thereby making the movie looked funny, summed up the renowned film critic Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun - Times, would be the mask 2 entirely unkomisch and would simply just " inappropriate, shocking, atypical, rude and everything outside any acceptable behavior ".
In the liberal daily newspaper New York Times Dana Stevens said that the mask at least one story would have had, during the mask 2 " incorrigible mess, a computer- animated puppet theater without wit, heart and memorable performance " is.
Background
- Alvey is looking at the short film One Froggy Evening of the Looney Tunes of 1955. The short film is about a frog, which lists all Musikalnummern, but only a generation ago. And this man wants to show that to anyone, but the frog refuses all others, which is why he so humans leads to madness.
Awards
- An award for worst remake or sequel for the Golden Raspberry and seven additional nominations ( Worst Picture, Worst Director Worst Screenplay, Worst Actor, Worst Screen Couple and twice as Worst Supporting Actor )
Publication
Son of the Mask Off on 18 February 2005 in the American cinema and ended up with 7.5 million dollars box office as the third- best rookie behind Constantine and Winn -Dixie - My shaggy friend at # 4 at the box office. Overall, the film came with a production budget of 84 million U.S. dollars on a box office earnings of 57 million U.S. dollars, including 17 million in the U.S. and 0.5 million U.S. dollars in Germany, so the mask 2 is considered flop. In Germany the film opened on 10 March 2005 and is available on DVD from 26 August 2005.