Starring: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Margot Robbie, Sean Young
The hair is bigger, the Hawaiian shirts are louder, and the Aaaall righty then is more manic than ever. However, the game has fundamentally changed. Ace Ventura 3: Primal Instinct drags the world’s only Pet Detective out of the relative safety of the Amazonian rainforest and into the high-stakes, sleek, and profoundly dangerous world of eco-terrorism and luxury fashion.
Jim Carrey returns with his signature manic energy, contorting face, and unpredictable physical comedy. But in this new chapter, Ace Ventura isn’t the one setting the tempo—he’s being directed by a powerful new handler.
The Director and The Detective
Melissa Robinson (Courteney Cox) has evolved far beyond the exasperated publicist of the first film. She is now the formidable, ruthless Director of the Global Wildlife Intelligence Agency (GWIA). Dressed in sharp, intimidating power suits and commanding a vast network of international agents, Melissa is the steel-cold professionalism to Ace’s glorious, chaotic madness. She recognizes that for this particular case, she needs chaos to fight chaos.
Melissa recruits the reluctant Ace to dismantle “The Gilded Cage,” a mysterious, highly protected international syndicate. This criminal network is led by a dangerously seductive, globally influential fashion mogul (Margot Robbie), who is using her empire as a front to turn rare and endangered species into wildly exclusive, sickeningly opulent haute couture.
From Jungle to Runway
The investigation immediately pulls Ace away from the familiar dirt and flora of the jungle and throws him onto the pristine, dangerous surfaces of the high-fashion runway. Ace must navigate a bewildering world of champagne receptions, predatory supermodels, and equally deadly assassins—all while trying to locate animals that have been tragically reduced to accessories.
The film cleverly blends Ace’s classic slapstick chaos and fourth-wall-breaking absurdity with a sleek, modern action-thriller aesthetics. It delivers both rapid-fire comedy and genuine suspense as Ace infiltrates the highest echelons of the criminal elite.
This sequel proves that while Ace Ventura may not have grown up or changed his ridiculous habits, the women around him—his friends and his enemies—have taken over the world. The chase is on, and the fashion industry is about to get a whole lot wetter. Aaaall righty then!