[2] However, Russell found the violence of the comic to be off-putting, and wanted the film to be less grim and more fun than the source material.

[3] Unfortunate bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) finds a magical mask that transforms him into a mischievous, good-hearted gangster with cartoon-like superpowers.

After Loki (Alan Cumming) is dispatched to Earth to retrieve the Mask, cartoonist Tim Avery (Jamie Kennedy) inadvertently uses it to conceive a child, who inherits its powers.

[4] In December 2024, Carrey revealed that he was still interested in portraying the Mask a sequel as long as the idea is good.

A side-scrolling action game based on the first film was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995.