Jackass Number Two (2006)

Thanks for the memories!

Sick Product of a Sick System

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Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The kindest thing that I can say about "Jackass 2 Unrated" is that it is the most vile, disgusting, and repellent movie that I have ever seen in my entire life. On the other hand, I spent most of my time laughing my ass off at this hideously hilarious movie. Mind you, "Jackass 2" makes the first "Jackass" movie look extremely tame. In fact, if there is a "Jackass 3," it is going to have to top "Jackass 2" and Johnny Knoxville and his bunch are really going to have to dig deep to come up with better gags. The thing that sets "Jackass 2" apart from the previous "Jackass" is that this time when the guys aren't performing stunts to alienate other people, they punk as Ashton Kutcher might do themselves. Some of the normal nitwit gags include riding a mini-motorcycle at high speed down a short track to a do a loop-the-loop but crashing; rolling downhill in giant caterpillar tires; and launching themselves aloft on rockets that crash only a few seconds later. The best and most nauseating stunts include milking a stallion of its semen and drinking it. Steve-O dons a bubble helmet called a fart mask and promptly chucks up when the stench of a fat man's gas hits him. Steve-O does the butt chug where his companions pour beer down a tube stuck in his rectum. One of the biggest gags involves them shaving their pubic hair to supply one of their unsuspecting own with material for a beard. Johnny Knoxville masquerades as an old man and walks through town with his testicles dangling from his shorts. Later, they pull the same stunt but this time he masquerades as an shriveled up old lady who gets her dress caught in a car door and when she walks away, it rips to show her sausage-shaped breasts. When they aren't trying to gross everybody else out, these freewheeling stunt guys see if they can keep from puking after performing some of their more objectionable gags. The opening gag is probably as stylist as any "Jackass" movie will ever get. The film opens with stirring music from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" as dust rises and we see our protagonists emerge from this dust cloud with steers charging in hard pursuit after them. Think of the old TV show "Candid Camera" gone wild and you'll be prepared for what follows, unless you are of the squeamish variety. Of course, as they point out at the beginning and the ending, nobody but professional stunt men should perform these stunts. Some people would never set their eyes on this kind of nonsense and people who are easily offended should avoid it at all costs.

I didn't know what to expect from Jackass 2. Jackass 2 is 90 minutes of 9 stunt men who worked on the show performing extremely dangerous stunts and pranks. I thought I've either really like it or loathe it to the core. The result? I loved it. It's one of the most insane films ever made and to be perfectly honest isn't so much a film as a rocket powered shopping trolley smashing through a supermarket, but it's deliriously entertaining and incredibly funny. Some of the stunts cross the line into disgusting instead of disgustingly fun gross out humour and anyone who doesn't like this sort of thing should stay as far away as they can. J2 is a fairly surreal experience overall, and is totally nuts but it is genuinely funny and showcases comedy at its most unrestrained and daring. All of the performers are entertaining and have plenty of presence, while Jeff Tremaine directs the film very well. The opening set piece where a group of bulls chase the performers through an abandoned neighbourhood is pretty extraordinary.J2 is an acquired taste, but for what it is it's very well done. It's consistently hilarious, the jokes are well done, the stunts and daring and often clever and for once gross out comedy works. Some of the stunts are weaker, but most of them hit the mark. At times it's a terrifying movie but it doesn't feel terribly intense and throughout it's good natured. On a cinematic level it's actually a rather good piece of documentary filmmaking. The gross out novelty never quite wears off and the shocks, screams of laughter and sublime comedy never stop flowing. I haven't watched the TV show or Jackass 1, but even though I was uninitiated, it was still an absolute blast. Not all of it is fun, but at least 85% of it is. Crazy, smashing comedy with no subtlety, no restraint, no taste and no boundaries. Believe it or not, it's genuinely awesome.9/10

As you would expect this sequel is more gross out, hence more funny, steered by Johnny Knoxville, a sort of Vince Vaughn lookalike, and his crazed mob. Again we have more di..heads who just want attention and they get it, like in one of the ball tubs, like you see in Le-cornu's, an added bonus, hidden underneath lurks an anaconda, that Knoxville tackles, who gets his fangs into di...ead Johnny a few times. D..khead, or more correctly Jackass. Another stunt: Big hole in the wall, behind it one of the largest punching gloves you'll see. I think you get the picture, when a chain of oblivious jackasses walk up to. Oh, a highlight act to end the finale, Terror Taxi: this segment putting a spin, a twist on the scenario prank you must see. Definitely for fans of the original. You will not be disappointed, where as in very few cases, the sequel here, surpasses the original. Ones who hate to be grossed out, or like to wince at some some scenes, forget it. This one includes much additional footage in the after of the movie. Again, if a fan of the original, if still sitting down, don't be a jackass, rent number two.

Apparently, I'm not as smart as I'd like to think I am because I gave in and decided that if I'm going to sign up to see a movie like Jackass, I might as well see the sequel. Oh, do I feel sick saying this, I actually kind of liked the sequel. But it's like saying I prefer diabetes to cancer, it's not that dramatic of a difference. But how could I not laugh at some of these pranks? As stupid and insulting as they are, I did get a kick out of some of them. Who the heck would go for a water hose rodeo? Of course the members of Jackass. Who would come up with dressing up as an elderly lady with her blouse coming off and seeing the reactions of regular citizens? The members of Jackass. I just gave in and let go and I think I just had a good time with this Jackass sequel. If you can't beat them, join them, oh, boy I can't believe I just said that.I have to give these guys a little credit, their pranks can be a little clever. But I'd expect them to be with this sequel. You have to up the pranks, though I'd hate to see these guys on their kid's career days. I wonder how proud I would be to say that my daddy gets paid to come up with stunts like hit the bell and shove a vibrator up his behind. How do you join this family business? Do I even want to know? But granted, we're all young once, we all do stupid things and look back at how silly we were, just makes me wonder how old Johnny Knoxville will have to be to realize this.The only prank I found to go way too far was the terrorist prank. What's so funny about it? That we're making fun of a culture, race, tragedy, the fear of a nation or that someone could seriously get hurt in a situation like that? I just couldn't find it funny and I don't want to know the person who thinks that it's funny.But I did think other than the elderly woman with the open blouse was funny, Steve-O pretends he's bait and puts a hook through his cheek. It looks like they actually had a lot of fun with that one and I have to admit that I was laughing. Also when Wee Man sits on the electric chair and thinks that someone is throwing cards at him and that the cards are electrocuting him. While I still think that this is an insult to our intelligence and Jackass is an incredibly vile show, I give up, I let go and just decided to have fun with these gags. So believe me, this is as kind of a rating as I could give.4/10