Going where Jim Carrey and his rubber face profitably went before him, Jamie Kennedy tries "The Mask" on for size only to find out that's it's a painfully ill-fitting proposition. Loud, mean-spirited and generally obnoxious, "Son of the Mask" makes the boisterous 1994 original look downright demure and refined. Director Lawrence Guterman, of "Cats and Dogs" fame, and his crack visual effects team are so busy showing off how far digital technology has advanced in the past decade that no one ever bothers to stop for a second to check if there are any workable characters or a story that makes any sense.

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