MOVIE OF THE WEEK (2/4/22): JACKASS FOREVER

"Oh this is going to hurt ... But that's what you paid to see!" "Danger" Kenneth Ehren McGhehey prepares to come face to face – literally – with a venomous friend in a scene from JACKASS FOREVER. Credit: © 2022 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:

DIRECTOR: Jeff Tremaine

KEY CAST MEMBERS: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, Sean 'Poopies' McInerney, Zach Holmes, Eric Manaka ... and introducing Jasper and Rachel Wolfson

WEB SITE: https://www.jackassmovie.com/ 

THE BACK STORY: Really – you want a back story for a Jackass movie? How's this: The old crew is back again and up to their old, crazy, disgusting habits ... And they've brought a few celebrity friends along for the (final?) ride.

THE REVIEW: Have you ever seen a Jackass movie before? If the answer is "no," you may not be ready for the boatload of full frontal male nudity, the scenes where PETA would not be concerned for the health or safety of the animals or insects involved or the amount of fluids that factor heavily into much of the 96 minutes on film. In short, this is not a film for anyone not yet old enough to drive, your older grandparents who prefer thought the Smothers Brothers were too dirty back in the 1960s or anyone that you are worried about having to show strong moral fibers around. 

If body parts being repeatedly being smashed, male gentalia in general and fluid o'plenty doesn't bother you, well ... You will likely find yourself equally grossed out and crying laughing at the crazy, ridiculous things you see happening in high definition in front of you on screen. (Thank your lucky stars the film is not in 3-D!) You're going to get Johnny Knoxville and company do their best to do their worst, succeeding more often than not. There's even a fitting tribute to the late Ryan Dunn at the end, which, for a film that is probably thisclose to being a NC-17 affair, has more heart than you'd expect as you can tell this bunch of jackasses is having fun injuring each other some 20 plus years later and counting.

If this is the last Jackass film, it goes out with a literal bang all its fans will love ... And make its detractors surely head home and pray for their souls. 

OVERALL RATING (OUT OF FOUR POSSIBLE BUCKETS OF POPCORN):