Jackass 3D

Let’s get a few things out of the way. Jackass 3D is not intellectual. Its antics do not say anything about the human condition, the degradation of modern society, or anything like that. It is a bunch of middle-aged men finding different and ever-more inventive ways to hit each other in the testicles. And if you have a problem with that I honestly recommend you navigate your way back to the Arts page and find something that does not contain as many testicular-crunching incidents and is more to your liking.

Those who have seen the previous two Jackass films know the drill: led by Johnny Knoxville, a bunch of bums and stoners hurt each other. There is nothing like the bungie wedgie of the first film that makes you want to go out and try it straight away. Instead, Knoxville & co opt for the ever more ridiculous and utilise the potential of 3D by having objects fly everywhere, most notably at the audience’s face; 3D wasn’t supposed to be a gimmick like this but compared to the near-unwatchable farce that was the 3D of Clash of the Titans, or Alice in Wonderland, I’ll take flying sexual toys any day of the week.

If you like Knoxville’s particularly masochistic brand of prostitution/humour, you will love Jackass 3D. The Jackass team get hurt, hurt each other, get hurt by animals etc. Some scenes, such as a bungee Portaloo, are ‘Oh-my-god-I-can’t-breathe-this-is-too-funny’. And yes I laughed at the midget fight scene, and am probably going to Hell. Some scenes, such as gorilla-scaring-a-guy’s-mum, seem particularly forced, whereas my worry was more Steve-O, a member of the team recovering from alcoholism, who looked very ill and weak. But all in all, if you are a teenage boy who still inwardly giggles when he says the word ‘shaft’ (haha), and finds the website True Lad a mecca to his needs, you will love Jackass. For everyone else, it depends on your tolerance of genitalia and faeces.

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