Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black, Jenna Ortega, Keith David
Three decades have elapsed since the legendary chaos first gripped the streets of Edge City and the ancient artifact long believed to be destroyed is finally unearthed during a botched high stakes heist at a prominent local history museum. Stanley Ipkiss played by the iconic Jim Carrey is now a mild mannered and thoroughly retired bank manager who has spent years enjoying a quiet life of peace. That tranquility is shattered when the mysterious mask falls back into his possession. However Stanley is far from the only person hunting for the relic.
A tech savvy and dangerous group of anarchist influencers known as The Chaos Collective seeks to harness the masks primal power to broadcast unprecedented digital bedlam across the entire globe. To prevent this total systemic collapse Stanley must once again embrace his inner green faced wild man but the stakes have shifted. This time the power of the mask has evolved significantly by syncing with modern artificial intelligence to manifest even more unpredictable and reality bending cartoon physics that defy every law of nature.
Jim Carrey returns to the screen with his signature manic and rubber faced brilliance infusing the character with a new layer of grumpy old man energy that makes his eventual transformation feel more explosive and cathartic than ever before. Cameron Diaz makes a triumphant and long awaited return as Tina Carlyle who has transitioned into a highly successful nightclub owner and remains the singular person capable of grounding Stanley during his most turbulent moments. Jack Black joins the ensemble cast as the flamboyant leader of The Chaos Collective a villainous mastermind who attempts to hack the mask to engineer a permanent and digitally integrated state of total societal chaos. Jenna Ortega shines as Stanley’s estranged and hyper logical daughter who finds herself dragged into this insane fray and must eventually learn that she needs to embrace a little bit of madness if she hopes to survive the night. Keith David also reprises his role as the weary and perpetually exasperated Lieutenant Kellaway who realizes with absolute horror that his life’s work of chasing the man in the green mask is beginning all over again.
The film reimagines Edge City as a sprawling technicolor playground where reality is merely a flimsy suggestion. From intense high speed chases involving self driving vehicles that behave like classic slapstick contraptions to massive musical dance numbers performed in the middle of live streamed viral events the visual spectacle is grander and zanier than fans could have ever imagined. As Stanley struggles to reclaim his personal agency from the masks tempting and ego shattering influence he begins to discover a dark truth. The most dangerous aspect of the mask is not the immense power it grants the wearer but rather the person it gradually turns you into when the green face is on.
Packed with mind bending practical effects inventive slapstick comedy that successfully pushes the boundaries of the digital age and the irreplaceable charisma of Jim Carrey at his most untethered Reborn serves as a wild and hilarious homecoming for the franchise. In a modern world where everyone is already wearing a metaphorical mask online Stanley Ipkiss is about to prove that nothing can ever truly beat the original.
