A power tie....

Rating: 6/10 (1 March 2014)

Stanley Ipkiss is a shy man who working in a bank.
He discovers a mask by the sea, which pictures the Norse god of tricks and deception, Loki.
When Stanley puts on the mask, he transforms into an uncontrolled reflection of himself, that does crazy and sometimes, criminal things.
This new super Stanley falls in love with a singer, Tina Carlyle while he decides to eliminate every gangster in the city......
Between Apr 1994, and Dec 1995, here in the UK, Carrey was shoved down out throats until we got burned out.
Both Ace Venturas, Dumb And Dumber, Batman Forever, and this were released, and they were huge hits.
Looking back though, only one of those really holds up, and this isn't it.
It's not as dark as it should have been, the comics were very dark, Ala Tank Girl, this is aimed at kiddies, and teens, and twenty years later, by Zeus does it show.
Carrey is still good as Ipkiss, but after a few turns as the titular character, he really starts to grate, and the catchphrases are nowhere near as funny as they were when I was sixteen.
Saying that though, it's pretty original for a comic book movie, Diaz is superb as the object of everyones affection, but it just doesn't hold up today.