Jackass Number 2
JACKASS NUMBER TWO: YOU’LL LAUGH SO HARD YOU MIGHT THROW UP
Jackass Number Two proves that sequels CAN improve on the original. Just when you think that Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and even Wee-Man can’t do anymore, they surprise us all. They are capable of doing the most extreme stunts that make you surprised that they are still alive. They have become more extreme with age.
As anybody who goes to see this film knows, there isn’t a plot to this movie. It is a race to see who can outdo each other with intense feats, be it disgusting or just plain dangerous. Their acts include the Fire hose rodeo (you have to see it to believe it), the Toro totter (proves they are capable of working as a team), and even the Wind tunnel fart mask (a 12 year old boy’s idea of hilarity).
I haven’t laughed so hard in a movie like this in a long time. Even when I was looking away because I didn’t want to see what was going to happen next did I not stop laughing. This team of guys are ingenious with the deeds that they think of and actually carry out. You can’t believe that somebody would actually think to do a stunt where a guy would put a fish hook through his cheek and then have that guy be reigned out into the ocean to be shark bait. Or that Johnny Knoxville would be so daring as to get into a ball pit (such as what would you see at a Chuck E. Cheese) with two anacondas and try to wrestle one of them. Even when it is inappropriately funny such as when Johnny Knoxville is made up as an old man and has certain body parts hanging from his shorts you are shaking from your laughter. And just as with the first Jackass, they have a group of celebrity friends that dare to engage in their behavior with great results. Throughout the movie director Spike Jonze, made up as an old lady with her breasts hanging out, walks around public places with entertaining results.
There isn’t anything that I could think of that would make this movie better. These guys take all of their actions past the line of extreme. To suggest that they could tone it down would take away from the point of the movie. To suggest that they go even further could possibly get one of them killed.
Jackass Number Two isn’t going to win any Oscars. It is cringe worthy, made me cover my eyes, and almost made me throw up. I loved every minute of it and can’t wait till it comes out on DVD so I can watch it over and over. I just hope there isn’t a Jackass Number Three. If anything, for the sake of the cast’s safety.
Report Card:
Story-N/A
Acting-N/A
Visuals-A
Originality/Innovation-A
Enjoyability Grade –A
Overall Grade-A
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