1. Son of the Mask (2005)
Son of the Mask could have only existed by way of a dying child's last wish and a foundation that specialises in making those wishes come true: "I haven't got long to go... my favourite movie is
The Mask with Jim Carrey... make it happen, Hollywood." What did Hollywood come back with, then? "Well, we can't get Jim Carrey, Katie, because he's too darn expensive, but we do have somebody else in mind... do you know who Alan Cumming is?" Alas, Katie did not (she passed away the moment she Googled him). Anyway, I hope that embellished little tale served its purpose, which was to question how or why
The Mask got a sequel at a time when nobody was talking about
The Mask anymore, and during a period where nobody thought there should ever be a sequel. I mean, this sequel came 11 years after the original, starred none of the original cast (except for that weird doctor guy for, like, a minute), and hinged on a plot that had absolutely nothing with its predecessor. It's a fully-fledged abomination in every sense. Proof that nobody asked for it? It lost $20 million at the box office.
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