

(I won't tell you what kind of animal it is, though if you saw a certain previous Carrey movie you should be able to solve the riddle.) Unfortunately, this particular animal is the one beast on God's green earth that PETA-poster boy Ace can't stand. It seems that if it's not returned, a tribal war will erupt with the violent Wachootoo. The human jester of the animal kingdom is lured out of contemplative retirement to search for the Shikaka, the sacred animal of Africa's Wachati tribe.

(Pierce Brosnan will have to work overtime in the upcoming "Goldeneye" to out-007 this edge-of-your-seat opening sequence.) Still, he's decided to throw in the towel on the whole pet-detecting thing after a tragic accident in which a raccoon he's been sent to rescue from a mountain plane crash plummets to its death.

The rubber-faced comedian has no problem stealing "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" from a cast that includes chimps, elephants, zebras, ostriches and a baboon-as well as British thespians who have appeared in Merchant/Ivory films.įans of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" will be glad to hear that the sequel finds our hero little changed: He still sports a tsunami of hair and is able to stretch his trademark phrase-"Alrighty then"-into about 27 syllables. Jim Carrey Ian McNeice Maynard Eziashi Simon Callow Sophie OkonedoĮvery actor knows you should never work with animals, but no one seems to have told Jim Carrey that. He is lured out of contemplative retirement to search for the Shikaka, the sacred animal of Africa's Wachati tribe. Ace Ventura has decided to throw in the towel on the pet-detecting thing after a tragic accident in which a raccoon he's been sent to rescue from a mountain plane crash plummets to its death.
