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Jackass: The Movie (2002) Paramount Pictures 1 hr. 37 mins. Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Dave England, Chris Pontius, Jason “Wee Man” Acuna, Ryan Dunn, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey Directed by: Jeff Tremaine Jackass: The Movie Rating:  
E-MAIL GIANCARLO DE LISI A couple of years ago, MTV had decided to target Generation X by taking a then unknown Johnny Knoxville and making him the ringleader of a cohort of men as they attempted the insane. That television show became a cult hit and was known solely as 'Jackass'. The show gained an enormous amount of popularity as its' precariously named hosts such as Steve-O and Party Boy attempted the most idiotic yet comedic tasks which garnered them the right to become overnight sensations. Yet amidst the mayhem such as Human Jai Alai and Human Weapons testing, controversy arose as uneducated teens from across the country emulated those exact stunts and as a result - the show was banned. Here we are in 2002 and 'Jackass: The Movie' has just been released with no improvement in style or stunts. For those who are not familiar with the MTV show, 'Jackass' was a half hour of brilliant insanity. By no means were the Producers of the show trying to reinvent the wheel, they simply videotaped a bunch of guys doing stupid things - and it worked. In the feature film, the producers who are also active participants in some of the stunts display no effort in making the phenomenon of 'Jackass' bigger than it already is. Shot in Digital Video, and with a regular television aspect ratio of 1:78:1 that seems stretched to fit in the regular 1:85 cinematic ratio, this film comes off as somewhat of a disappointment that will deliver no supplemental feeling of satiation nor of exuberance compared to watching a decent television episode of Jackass. Being a true 'closet fan' of the original television series, I have been exposed to all of the antics of the gang including my perennial favorite, Partyboy (Chris Pontius). Yet, this film will definitely attract new fans that have never witnessed the original curmudgeons of the cast. I on the other hand have fallen into the pratfall of being conditioned to their antics and did not laugh as hard nor as loud as I would have expected. The film opens with a prophetic sequence in which all our characters ranging from Preston to Wee Man are riding downhill in an oversized shopping cart while an apocalyptic instrumental theme rings through the theater from the likes of Mozart and Beethoven. As the camera pans across the gang with their names in classic White Jackass script, explosions go off as observable Styrofoam pieces of supposed rock hit our characters one at a time. But, the speed is real and so are the falls when they occur. At this point, the discerning viewer can spot what I like to call the 'studio touches'. Even the introductory sequence's climactic shopping cart crash seems staged as the whole crew in their oversized shopping cart violently crash into a fruit stand which appears to be conveniently padded. That is when I thought the Jackass-ers had sold out, but as the classic black fade blanketed the screen, the title came over and Johnny Knoxville and the crew returned to what they did best - cause trouble. Memorable sequences include the opening as Johnny and the gang rent a car and use it in a demolition derby only to return to the lot and demand the renter pay for the damages. Also, Steve-O returns to his hygienically humiliating ways as he wrestles alligators and snorts some foreign food only to post second to Ryan Dunn's vintage visit to a proctologist to discover he has a Hot Wheels car intentionally lodged in his anus. Fascinating footage indeed, yet this is not applicable to all tastes. Even I found myself turning away as Dave England ate a snow cone containing his own urine and many, many sequences of human feces featured as the centerpiece for segment's punch line. In any event, using the noun 'film' to describe this motion picture would be a misallocation of vocabulary. It contains no script, no objective, it is simply an extended version of the television screened in a dark room enabling ushers to ask for I.D. upon everyone's entrance (and I mean everyone) in order to get the underage fans from not seeing the film. In short, this is definitely nothing groundbreaking and one could wait for the DVD to screen the film. The 'movie' regularly borders on the inane and stupidity of humans yet, there is an audience for it as was demonstrated at the screening. 'Jackass: The Movie' is by no means a little gem. It is a morally bankrupt film, which adds nothing useful to society except a good laugh. I seem disappointed in the film because I was expecting some fairly fresh and new ideas. Yet, many times the avid fan was treated to recycled fair and lack of cameos such as Brad Pitt's absence. Instead, we were treated to Henry Rollins and series regular Tony Hawk. Instead of cool stunts, the apparent theme was 'Let's see how gross we can be'. Which is not the reason I became a true Jackass fan. Instead, the film contains some memorable sequences including the only other 'studio touch' that actually works at the very end of the film. As the credits roll, make sure you stick around for the 'sequel' that has already been worked on - a studio touch that actually works. Click here to comment on this review or post your own thoughts. Giancarlo De Lisi © TheWorldJournal.com |
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