Considering the content of Jackass 3D, it’s almost amazing to think it may be tamer than its predecessor. That is to say this time around instead of drinking horse semen one of the members of the Jackass crew of miscreants drinks a cup full of sweat after it dripped off Preston Lacy’s naked body. Instead of showing a miniature house covered in feces you get, quite literally, an anal eruption. And I am reporting all this in the gentlest of terms, hoping you aren’t reading this review during your lunch hour. It’s only appropriate to prepare you for what’s on screen. However, this film isn’t entirely made up of gags meant to make you… well… gag.
Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Wee-Man (Jason Acuña) and the rest of the Jackass crew are back for a third go ’round in the series that was made popular on MTV and has now spawned three feature films in which a group of guys come up with a series of ways to injure, humiliate and gross out all in the name of comedy. From playing tetherball with a ball filled with Africanized bees to testing the force of a jet engine by using it to hurl items at one another with amazing force, these guys somehow continue to come up with a variety of ideas most would never imagine.
Animals play a large role as Lacy has a giant hog eat an apple from between his ass cheeks, Knoxville has a dog bite his ass and one unlucky victim plays “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” with an actual donkey.
Perhaps what’s most surprising is the way Jackass 3D actually uses 3D to far better advantage than most legitimate movies nowadays. Because let’s face it, this isn’t really a movie. Sure, it’s in movie theaters and it runs almost 90 minutes, but a series of stupid human tricks hardly makes a feature film as much as it describes a theatrical freak show.
Dildos are fired at high speeds directly into the camera, a gentleman known as Will the Farter uses a party favor to his advantage and the audience gets an up-close-and-personal introduction to one man’s penis as he goes around the set randomly urinating on people. The capper is a porta-potty stunt that will probably encourage a few audience members to lose their lunch and not be able to eat again for hours and it’s hard for me to believe Steve-O will ever eat again after what I saw.
Considering none of these activities make up my daily life or are ways I would ever consider spending an afternoon, I have to be honest and say I laughed quite a bit at this film. However, I can’t say I would ever spend actual money on this kind of entertainment. Just as I would never consider doing any of these stunts, watching them performed also doesn’t rank high on my list of things to do even if I find myself laughing once I do see it.
I find it hard to believe anyone would walk into this film not knowing what to expect, and I believe I have prepared you as best as possible. Yet, I’m not entirely sure if words can prepare you entirely. If you’re willing to give this film a shot have at it, but don’t say you weren’t warned and don’t complain if you have a hard time keeping your popcorn down.
Grading this movie seems entirely inconsequential, but nonetheless here you go…
