Look at the photo above. That is what’s in Jackass 3D, the new film from American idiots like Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera, and Wee Man.
This is what they do for 90 minutes. Some of their stunts are disgusting (a butt hole volcano, for example), some are clever (a big fat man walks into a store and asks an innocent bystander to watch his dog, then a dwarfed version of the same man returns to relieve the confused bystander) but most are just plain dangerous.
Everybody gets hit in the face by something, be it a penis, a boxing glove or a giant high-five hand, and everybody ends up laughing about it and talking about how much it hurt and how funny it was. A lot of people get punched in the genitals, as well. But you knew that already.
It’s hysterical more than it’s not and the 3D’s actually put to good, gimmicky use. It’s clear smart, diligent people were hired to make sure this happened.
If you like stunts, and laughing, and the first two Jackass movies, you’ll like this.
What’s most impressive is that the filmmakers haven’t done much anything different from the first two entries. They’ve gone back to the well, upped the ante a bit (Knoxville is cut down off the top of a 40-foot tree) and it still works as well as it ever has. Say what you will about the intelligence of a bunch of dudes who hurt themselves to get a cheap laugh, but these guys know how to stick to their guns in their sequels like nobody else. The Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Transformers 2‘s of the world could learn a thing or two.
7 out of 10
Will you see Jackass? What do you think of 3D?