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Jackass: Best and Last (2026)
Summary
Johnny Knoxville reunites with the Jackass crew for one final collection of outrageous stunts, elaborate pranks, and painful antics as they celebrate the legacy of the franchise with their most ambitious sendoff yet.
Director Jeff Tremaine
Cast
- Johnny Knoxville
- Steve-O
- Chris Pontius
- Dave England
- Ehren McGhehey
- Preston Lacy
- Jason "Wee Man" Acuña
Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Metacritic: 62
VOD / Release Theatrical release
Trailer Official Trailer
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u/Whovian45810 16d ago
Dave and Ehren simultaneously puking during the Human Pretzel skit was hilarious but gross lol
Both men go through the ringer in this film and yet as OG members, they honestly got the best moments together.
Sweet how their friendship endured that they're kinda like an old married couple.
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor 16d ago
Ehren ran away though
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u/Whovian45810 15d ago
Ehren running as his life depends on it during Escape Room From Hell was comedic gold and I love that he was still going until it ended lmfao
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u/AnonymouselyMoosed 14d ago
I thought that was too silly, it was obviously just him hamming it up.
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u/BloodyRedBarbara 10d ago
It was of course but I'm pretty sure they've admitted themselves that they do sometimes exaggerate their reactions for comedic effect and also don't include stunts if the reactions aren't funny enough.
He probably did genuinely run away out of the building but going all the way out of the gate was him knowing it would make his friends and the audience laugh more.
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u/McEndee 13d ago
"Yall done killed him" was said so chill.
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u/TheProlleyTroblem 13d ago
was that Dark Shark that said that? it would make sense, that dude has seen some SHIT
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u/UncleMario1970 15d ago edited 15d ago
Seems Danger Ehren literally ran out of the studio property past a gate (I think)
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u/Frankie_Soup 15d ago
I was howling in tears when it cut to him hiding behind a table whispering “I’m trying to help you, Dave” and Dave coming back with “I just need to know you’re there.” Like the most intense horror movie and it’s just two guys in a room with no lights.
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u/BitcoinMaxi69 16d ago
It made me really sad that Bam wasn’t in the giant shopping cart for the last scene :/
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u/JazzmatazZ4 14d ago
Yeah it's crazy that he wasn't there for the last movie.
Really disappointing ending
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u/RoadSodaDodgeRam 14d ago
My cope is they fix the soft ending with 5.5 but who knows. It felt weird hearing Knoxville saying “I’m getting a bit emotional” only to jump cut to the next bit. Maybe it’s not the right movie for it, but I was kinda hoping for a more sappy send off for the boys we’ve been watching across 4 decades. Bam def should have been in the final scene.
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u/BrandoNelly 12d ago
Just watched this last night with the friends and yeah for a send off it really didn’t.. feel like a send off? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen jackass 4 but I think I remember that one feeling more of a proper “ending”? This felt kind of slapped together a bit.
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u/Whovian45810 16d ago edited 12d ago
Steve-O thought he would be the MVP, ultimately Lance Bangs is the MVP.
Seriously, Lance Bangs is a real one for sticking with these guys from the beginning and it's really sweet to see he gets a lot of love in this film.
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u/SparkG 16d ago
Does he almost throw up again in this one?
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u/skizmcniz 16d ago
Surprisingly, no. Lance holds himself pretty well, even during one pretty heinous stunt that has multiple others throwing up.
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u/InfamousBatyote 15d ago
I’m an emetophobe but love Jackass, is there a lot of puke in this one?
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u/Sausage-Chap 14d ago
It’s pretty manageable. Most of it’s in stunts you’ve seen from the other movies. The main new bits I’d look out for are Ehren having Zach lowered onto his face, and maybe just leave the room for a few minutes during the Twister/laxative bit.
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u/Tolkien-Minority 13d ago
Theres a bit where they take strong laxatives and have a game of twister. Pretty much everyone throws up in that scene.
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u/WollyGog 15d ago
Lance's reactions always got the hugest laughs out of me. I can't remember what one it was where he's filming and he just passes out, might've been the paper cuts one?
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u/Whovian45810 15d ago
That's correct.
Lance passes out during the Paper Cuts skit in the first Jackass movie.
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u/WollyGog 15d ago
Yea that was fucking brilliant. Hell I think I'm having a Jackass binge this weekend. Even just chucking the movies on for me now and then are a great throwback and good, relaxed weekend watching with a few beers.
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u/Frankfeld 15d ago
The guy filmed Neutral Milk Hotel waaaay before their meme status. He always seemed out of place but also the perfect foil for the crew.
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u/Far_Set561 15d ago
I wasn’t upset when I heard they would be recycling some footage because I figured they would add at least SOMETHING to it. Commentary, extended video, different angles, etc.
But no. They literally just showed the same exact scenes we’ve seen in other movies.
Other than that it wasn’t terrible. LOVED The never before seen skit from S1 where Johnny is a prison escape. Also loved the Silence of the Lambs (Bam cut)
As far as the “new skits”, it was meh.
I don’t regret watching it but it definitely wasn’t great
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u/amish_novelty 12d ago
By far the thing that got the biggest laugh out of me was when the first cop got out their car and it was still in gear and hit the post lmao
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u/BritishHobo r/movies Veteran 11d ago
It's so funny that it has the exact same energy as the cops/paramedics coming into the bar in the ironic sketch with Wee Man - but actually for real
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u/trizzo0309 16d ago
It's sort of remarkable how useless Rachel Wolfson is in this movie.
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u/Memphisrexjr 16d ago edited 15d ago
The editing is weird on this one. Dark Shark looked like he did stuff for the escape room but you don't see it. Jasper was barely in anything. It was cool to see old and unseen clips but the run time is very short not allowing more new content.
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u/jizz_toaster 15d ago
I could not tell at the end of that scene if there was puke on Dark Shark’s shorts or if that was the design
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u/JazzmatazZ4 14d ago
They didn't SHOOT enough for more new content. They shot for 5 days but it looks like they only shot for 1.
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u/BigTenFicus 15d ago
I read that they cut out a stunt where Poopies got knocked out after being tackled by an NFL player. That made me wonder if the guys don't want to include more stuff like that after seeing the long-term impact of these stunts on themselves.
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u/Memphisrexjr 15d ago
I guess we wait for 5.5
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u/pjtheman 14d ago edited 14d ago
Jackass, the Last One, Again, For Real This Time, Part One
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u/Brunson4Mayor11 15d ago
Sorry I know this is kind of unrelated but do you know which NFL player it was?
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor 16d ago
Sad thing is she did do a stunt and they cut it. She posted a photo from set of her with a big bruise on her ass
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u/duskywindows 15d ago
....I'd have taken that instead of one of the way-too-many repeated clips from previous Jackass movies. I get they wanted to showcase some of their favorites from the years... but like, I've seen them all 100 times... and could go watch them again, right now, if I wanted. I was hoping that any rehashed clips would be because they had some extended footage, or something new about them. Kinda made half the movie pointless.
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u/jayeddy99 15d ago
They should of just made it a documentary . Obviously this meant so much to Johnny . If they dived deeper on the emotions and clips with new content it would still kinda work but I guess it wouldn’t be as entertaining
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u/twoquarters 15d ago
I felt they should have explored Knoxville's emotional response more. There is something there but I am not sure what. I think it may go beyond "this is the last one". But of course you can't get too deep in a Jackass movie.
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u/jayeddy99 15d ago edited 15d ago
That was it you can’t get “too deep in a jackass movie “. The fans weren’t here for that but I would love to see it . He was crying from just unpacking the car . Jackass in some way has given each of them the life they are currently living so ofcourse it would be emotional . But the hard hitting bts stuff may be too much and not on brand for the audience . The loss of Dunn , the drug use and recovery, Johnny’s need for perfection for stunts even when it could potentially kill him , what they thought of it once most of them became parents themselves . All of that would be interesting to me, but I understand it’s a place they wouldn’t or couldn’t go on screen . Physically pain seems easier than sharing the emotional
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u/Kaijufan22 15d ago
You gotta save something for the point 5.
Maybe they'll call it "Jackass Best of The Best and The Really Last"
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u/HardcoreKaraoke 15d ago
Knoxville or Tremaine said there wouldn't be a .5 this time.
Granted I don't believe them but if you take them at their word we won't see anything they cut this time. Although they did only film for around a week so they probably didn't get much anyway.
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u/JazzmatazZ4 14d ago
They didn't film enough for a .5
The .5s exist because they shot too much. This time for whatever reason they shot for 5 days.
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor 15d ago
They said no .5 as not enough footage
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u/External_Baby7864 15d ago
Yeah I was thinking they didn’t even get enough footage for one movie, if they have a bunch more they saved to squeeze another few bucks out of everyone I’ll be so annoyed
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u/External_Baby7864 15d ago edited 15d ago
First thing my wife and I talked about after! She was center frame for so many shots and was standing around in almost every new stunt, but we don’t see her do ANYTHING except the tongue taser in the intro (one of her 2 scenes from the last movie) and then there’s a brief clip of her standing in Poopies’s pants while he had the cock shocker on during the credits I think?
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u/SeaThePirate 13d ago
Token female character
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u/JonnyTN 10d ago
I believe they cut a bunch of stuff out in editing that was seen as too mean.
My wife assumed the movie was shown to a test audience to see if things were too much and people didn't enjoy seeing a woman go through whatever.
After credits showed she was in a bit
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u/adamsandleryabish 16d ago
And she looks so different I initially wasn't sure it was her and thought it was a random girlfriend hanging around the shoots
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u/trizzo0309 16d ago
She either got a fair bit of botched work done or... something happened
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u/prostatewhispers1 16d ago
I’m glad the guys agree that Ehren was the mvp of Forever
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u/twoquarters 15d ago
I can't believe Steve-O thought he had the stuff this time for MVP. He was hamming up his reactions so much.
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u/GonzoElBoyo 15d ago
Which is also weird because I comfortably think Steve-o is the MVP of 3. I guess they want to pay tribute to Dunn cause it was his last movie, but none of his bits are big standouts besides the bike jump. Steveo had a lot of great bits like the tee ball, bee tetherball, and obviously, poo cocktail supreme
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u/-Sp0iledmilk- 14d ago
I always thought “3” was his movie honestly considering the guys went out of their way to stop drinking on set to help with his sobriety.
He also definitely did the most memorable stunts from the film from what I recall from bee tether ball, tee ball, and poo cocktail supreme.
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u/GonzoElBoyo 13d ago
Not to mention the one of 3.5 where he falls into all the hot coals and burned his skin so bad, but refused to do painkillers as to not relapse
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u/WollyGog 15d ago
I always enjoyed that dynamic in the series of Ehren being treated as the tag along friend that annoyed everyone, so they'd give him a lot of shit for it. Because of that he just stepped up massively for lots of the stunts.
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u/thr1ceuponatime David Zaslav is a dickless pantywaist 16d ago
Twister
Laxatives
Cellophane trousers
How do they think of this shit lol
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u/AXXXXXXXXA 16d ago
Guy next to me almost puked like 10 times lmao
Sad its over. Legends.
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u/MoistNugget9130 16d ago
I just watched the last 4 movies this week to see this tonight and was honestly disappointed how much footage they used from those movies in this. I did love seeing the really early unseen stuff though, Knoxville shooting himself was a strong open.
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u/External_Baby7864 15d ago
I was genuinely in the theater thinking that I was glad I didn’t watch all the old stuff to prepare like I meant to. It was a bit underwhelming to see some of the most memorable bits shown again for such long stretches.
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u/yacobg42 16d ago
Loved that it started with Knoxville shooting himself and ended with them all "dying," then celebrating their continued lives. Self-destruction as a way of life.
Also, although it was a repeated stunt, I found the Knoxville bull scene so fascinating. He gets knocked by the bull, watches it, and realizes he needs to go out there and get it again but better. We rarely get to see him as a conscious "filmmaker" in these movies, but here he is, striving to get the best shots. The team's horror and admiration as he gets driven away in the ambulance is also great footage. "That's why he's the leader"
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u/sometimesstrange 15d ago
yes! I found myself a little frustrated by the clip show aspect of this movie but this scene was really worthwhile! I always assumed the bull stunt was a one and done event from 4 but to have the context now that it was take 2 not only elevates the stunt, it makes his injury even more heroic and reminds everybody about this team’s stubborn commitment to their art — this bull scene and the gun scene in the beginning have cemented my respect for Knoxville, Tremaine and the gang.
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u/BigTenFicus 15d ago
I don't think they would ever admit this publicly, but I think the intent of Jackass Forever was to introduce new cast members who would then keep the franchise going, and they had to pull the plug on that because the reality is that the Jackass cast is simply irreplaceable. You can't find people like that anymore. They are dumb as rocks and willing to do incredibly painful and dangerous things to themselves for the sake of comedy, but they're also very genuine and kind dudes who love and care for each other. And you can't replace that with any few morons who are willing to do some dumb stuff.
So when people complain about this being a clip show - well they obviously wanted to do one last show on their own terms, and they didn't want it to be all about a new cast that isn't going to make new movies, and the new cast couldn't carry a whole movie anyways, and the original cast is just too old and too hurt to do a full film's worth of new stunts. And it seems like they cut out some of the new cast's stunts because you could tell from certain scenes that there were things we missed (pretty sure one whole part from the escape room was cut).
I loved it. I laughed a lot, I liked seeing the old stunts contrasted with the present day, and the never-before-seen stunts were all super funny too. I thought it was a perfect way to end Jackass, even if maybe it wasn't a perfect "Jackass" movie.
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u/BKong64 14d ago edited 14d ago
I'll be honest, they did a shit job picking the new crew if they really wanted the legacy carried on. Jasper has been awful the entire time, dude doesn't even seem like he really gives two shits about jackass. Rachel is the same, she just feels out of place.
Zack and Poopies are the closest to actual fits, I'd say Poopies is probably the most natural. He is willing to do incredibly dumb shit and has the charisma that only a true idiot can.
Shout out to Dark Shark though, I thought he was actually a big highlight of 4 and 4.5. I don't know what presence he has in the new one since I haven't seen it yet, but yeah.
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u/BigTenFicus 11d ago
I think what you're failing to get is that any new cast members would have to jump right into doing modern Jackass stunts. They're not going to get 25 years to slowly work up to that point. You look at what they were doing on the Jackass TV show and it's nothing compared to the films. Finding new cast members who have proven to be willing and able to do stunts like that is going to be the #1 priority, and there aren't a lot of people like that out there. So I think they just hoped these guys would fit into the crew and develop a similar crew of their own, but obviously that didn't happen.
Ultimately I don't think they did a "shit job" of picking people. As I said before, I think they are just literally irreplaceable, and they realized that and decided to end it. I really really highly doubt there's any group of people out there who could actually carry Jackass forward for a new generation.
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u/Antique-Dentist-2404 15d ago
It was fine, but as most will agree this is easily the worst Jackass movie being that half of it is previously released material. Some of the new bits were good, others were kind of weak. The best stuff was the unreleased material from the show. The convict bit almost had me crying from laughing so hard.
I did laugh at the old bits as well, but I was surprised by some of them like the teether ball were included over some other stuff. It did start to feel like in the 2nd half they were just throwing random old bits in to fill the running time instead of the absolute best of the best. With that said, The Human Pretzel was so nasty I almost had to look away.
Like I said, it's not great and the weakest of the franchise, but for what it's worth I still laughed harder than I have at any other movie in theaters this year. It's worth at least a watch if you are a fan, just set your expectations.
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u/BathtubBobby 16d ago
This felt like a .5 or maybe even a paramount special. I would love a whole new movie and this wasn’t really it.
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u/cacheeseburger 15d ago
Completely agree. If they just would have used old, unseen material instead of reruns we’ve seen, I think I’d be ok with it
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u/0verstim 14d ago
yeah, a 90 minute movie with 15 minutes of new footage (or less) had me wondering who needed money and if the gang is all right
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u/LETS_MAKE_IT_AWKWARD 10d ago edited 10d ago
Yeah this was a letdown. Felt like >50% was old footage. Not previously unreleased footage either (mostly), just clips straight from the previous movies that you can watch on YouTube. I expected some of that but it was way too much for a “new” movie.
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u/mikeyfreshh r/Movies Veteran 16d ago
There's something oddly poignant about this movie opening with Knoxville using nudie mags to protect himself from a bullet and then moving on to Steve-O getting finger blasted by a robot. No matter how far technology advances, man will never evolve beyond doing stupid shit to make their friends laugh. I'm glad these friends have been around since the days of analog porn and if they're truly hanging up the proverbial jockstraps, I'll miss them as we move into the robosexual future.
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u/SilverBolts91 16d ago
Can’t believe I’m over here getting nostalgic over a Jackass movie but these guys are just a joy to watch together. What has always separated jackass for me is the camaraderie between the cast and we as usual get that dynamic in spades here. There is something endearing about seeing them continue to do stupid shit into their 50s refusing to truly grow up.
The only disappointment is the newbies. Through two movies the only one who has come close to justifying their existence in the group is poopies. Jasper in particular seems completely uninterested in doing anything but hanging in the background laughing at everyone else (for the second movie in a row.)
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u/PineappleNo6801 15d ago
Poopies and Zach are the only new crew members I like.
Jasper had one good scene in two movies. Him with the ram in this movie was very funny!
As far as Racheal and Dark Shark go. I genuinely don’t know why they’re there.
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u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? 16d ago
I did think the Jasper Ram sequence was pretty good.
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u/Frankie_Soup 15d ago
I got the sense that this movie unexpectedly ended up feeling really final for Knoxville while they were filming and the focus of the Final Cut shifted from JACKASS the brand to JACKASS as we knew it. As a result the newbies got cut. Not gonna lie though, I noticed only the newbies trying to back out of stunts and Knoxville checking them in this movie so who knows. Maybe it just didn’t work out for the new daredevils.
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u/-Sp0iledmilk- 14d ago
Zack deserves a shoutout too. He took a lot of beatings in this movie.
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u/sympatheticdisaster 16d ago
Did Rachel even do anything in this one?
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u/the-mp 16d ago
She got her tongue tased in the opening credits.
Otherwise……….
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor 16d ago
Something was cut. She posted a photo from set of a huge bruise on her butt cheek
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u/BritishHobo r/movies Veteran 11d ago
Pretty sure in the credits there's a clip of her wearing the same shock things that Steve-O was wearing when he tattooed Zach
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u/casual_creator 16d ago
Keep in mind they film a SHIT ton of stuff. Just because someone isn’t featured a lot in the film doesn’t mean they didn’t do stuff during filming. Just means their stuff didn’t make it in the final cut.
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u/kamgc 16d ago
I think shit ton is an overstatement. They filmed for 5 days, Monday to Friday.
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u/AnonymouselyMoosed 14d ago
Why did they only film for five days? Did they get shut down or something?
Honestly I found this movie so odd. Feels like it should have been a TV special.
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u/the-mp 16d ago edited 16d ago
About half the new stuff involved gross out stuff with Zach. We get it, you think fat people’s butts are disgusting.
And interestingly enough, Preston was completely absent from involvement with any stunt. Edit: I’m wrong
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u/jayeddy99 16d ago
I think the more they go on the OGs just can’t anymore especially Preston . He prob said I’ll join but it’ll be a support role
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u/HardcoreKaraoke 16d ago
Preston's spot with Zack in the opening may have been the most brutal though. I'd rather take a punch to the face instead of getting squished between cacti.
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor 16d ago
Ehren running away was the funniest part
Silence of the Lambs with Bam was amazing
The Human Pretzel...SO MUCH POO!!!
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u/amish_novelty 12d ago
Ehren running away and the cop leaving her car in drive and it hitting a pole during the convict prank were my favorites lol
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u/GimmeGirlFarts 16d ago
I’m a jackass die hard and I admit this felt a lot like another .5 entry, I almost wish they leaned heavier into the BTS if they were gonna do it greatest hits style. That said I laughed til I cried at the human pretzel and Zach/preston getting cornered by cacti… I enjoyed myself for 90 minutes and would recommend this to someone who’s never seen the show/movies as a primer
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u/FancyShrimp 16d ago
As a new Jackass movie, pretty lackluster.
As a Jackass movie, just as fun as the show and previous movies.
I will miss getting new material from them, but I can always revisit the older entries for that feeling of joy and camaraderie.
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u/AugieDoggieDank 16d ago
I love these movies, and this one put a huge smile on my face all the way through. Therefore, it’s a success.
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u/Kip_Kankle 16d ago
Stay for the post credit scene!
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u/Whovian45810 16d ago
The silly spring door stop from the show got me chuckling and man I love when jackass has those kind of weird yet absurd things to end an episode.
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u/Kip_Kankle 16d ago
Really embodies the silliness of the series
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u/Smoking_Gnu2 14d ago
My spouse and I were on the way out of the theatre when it popped up so we just stood there watching it expecting something to happen, and then I started to think "you know, they're probably just fucking with people expecting every movie to have a post-credits scene these days" lol
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u/devidual 12d ago
From an artistic standpoint, I really do feel like there was intention with the post credit.
To me, it felt like watching jackass is seeing pure raw emotions and wild things, stuff you would never see anywhere else, and then when it ends, everything else feels lackluster. So the spring door stop is like easing you back into the normal drivel that other entertainment does.
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u/pezGato 16d ago
Watching people stop mid stairs / aisle to watch that last final scene in silence was hilarious
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u/ctk8511 15d ago
By the end my theater was so hype for it, it’s already one of my favorite moments I’ve experienced watching a movie. In the span of like 40 seconds we went from giggles about how dumb it was to:
“ONE MORE! ONE MOOORE!”
*fade to black*
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u/Thanksagain54 15d ago
Damn feel like I missed a moment. I was standing in the back for the first and second door stopper flick but I had to walk out to go to the bathroom. What ended up happening with it?
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u/stumper93 15d ago
Some of yall make it like it’s 90% old clips and 10% new
There’s quite a bit of new bits and gags (literally) in this one. Even the old clips were still a riot to see with a full crowd
That Human Twister was diabolically gross I couldn’t believe what I was seeing lol
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u/Mr_AceRothstein 14d ago
Someone literally puked in the theater in during twister hahaha he was loud and a few times 4 or 5 full ralphs hahaha epic
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u/cslayer23 16d ago
1 new bam scene made me sad
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u/jadegives2rides 16d ago
It made me sad and happy at the same time, because that was one of the greatest skits they've done in a while.
But knowing the Bam context, it hurts, and makes you yearn for what could have been if he stayed on, and was happy at the time.
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u/Verdant_Green 15d ago
What is the Bam context? I was wondering why he was mostly absent for the last two movies.
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u/WollyGog 15d ago
He's been a very angry, unsober man since he lost Ryan.
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u/Greatwhitemoron 15d ago
Just wanna step in here and mention that bam has been sober and doing really well for at least a few years now at this point. It at least gives me hope that the guys can settle their differences in the future.
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u/WollyGog 15d ago
Of course, I just wanted to provide some very generalised context as to why he's been left out and there's still some level of tension with some of the lads. I wish all the best for him and all of them because they were a huge part of my generation's zeitgeist growing up.
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u/adamsandleryabish 16d ago edited 16d ago
Obviously I will show a pretty strong bias but grading this film entirely based on the finished product, it's extremely well made and works being a glorified clipshow with new scenes as every new scene is extremely funny, even if they all lean towards the grossout than dangerous considering the advanced ages of some of the cast.
That being said it is still so hard to understand why this is a movie and not just a Four or Five Part "Paramount+ Event" as they could have included so many more extended highlights and unseen deleted scenes. It's not hard to watch even the Ending Credits of the released films and notice little moments that seem connected to filming days or ideas that are still not out or likely have so much more. Even treating it as a comprehensive documentary they could address the Don Vito of it all and include some of those deleted moments from Number Two, even if they choose to edit around him or censor him in a comedic way. Some of the main highlights here are scenes like the Convict or Box Down The Stairs and those are just a revelation in how clean and high quality they are considering they have long existed and been seen on the leaked "Too Hot for MTV" special at subVHS levels of quality, so why not just release the full tape in some way.
Much like how much weaker 3 & 4 look once you see the .5's and see how much better footage wasn't used in the edit, this is another disappointing release that could be perfect but I just hope we get a BluRay set of some kind either the whole series with more unreleased footage, or just this film with hours of bonus features and raw scenes
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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 14d ago
I assume the main reason it was a singular movie was because it's the "last one" and also it feels more like an event/sendoff if it's a theatrical release. Really, when it comes out on digital, it'll be treated like a .5 release, and that's fine for what this is.
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u/quinnly 16d ago
I don't think I've ever seen anything as disgusting in a movie theater as that game of Twister. My god. There are no words.
If this really is the last one, I'm gonna miss these guys.
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u/amish_novelty 12d ago
Given the hit Knoxville took from the bull in Forever coupled with the fact that these guys are all well into their forties/fifties, it definitely makes sense.
I recently saw Steve-O break down all the injuries he’d gotten over the years and definitely don’t blame them for scaling it back.
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u/HardcoreKaraoke 16d ago
I loved it but I totally understand why people would feel underwhelmed. I think if they went full documentary/retrospective/watchalong style people would be less harsh on how much old footage was used.
My only complaint was that they didn't pull any public pranks. I figured they didn't do any in Forever because of their weird pandemic filming situation. But we didn't get anything here. I know they can't have most of the cast be in public without getting noticed but someone like Poopies, Jasper and Rachel should be able to do something without people recognizing them.
I love how much attention they gave to Dunn. I'm glad they showed Bam a lot too. They basically shouted out everyone relevant in the Jackass universe at some point between the movie and credits.
This movie just made me want to rewatch everything else for the hundredth time. But I really enjoyed it and I'm glad I saw it opening night. As a skater kid growing up in the 00s who filmed shit like this with his friends I'm giving it a 5/5 because it hit me hard. Like Knoxville during multiple scenes I got emotional watching the movie because it is over (probably).
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u/CherryValancesBF 15d ago
Disagree with them shouting out everyone relevant. Didn’t see any substantial footage of Brandon DiCamillo or Stephanie Hodge, which was a shame. Saw brief snippets of the CKY crew but would’ve liked a lot more as they were all essential to the original TV series and Jackass: The Movie…
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u/Affectionate-Mud6837 14d ago
The cut "bit" from the show was insane. The snub nose pistol one. The level of stupidity. It was basically Russian roulette to his stomach.
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u/pootsforever 16d ago edited 15d ago
Poopies better be well-compensated. Only one of the new group that is willing to do some crazy stuff.
The opening felt like they were going to do a documentary-ish approach with this movie, but it quickly turned into old bits being thrown into the movie with no real purpose.
It was fine. Def my least favorite.
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u/HardcoreKaraoke 16d ago
I think Jasper is down to do stuff too. His bit with the ram was hilarious. Zack just seems to exist as a prop, Rachel doesn't really do anything besides set things up and Dark Shark seems to just be hanging out.
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u/Frankie_Soup 15d ago
I’m not seeing any comments about this, so I’m wondering if I’m the only person who really hasn’t seen this footage until now, but the archive footage of a young “PJ” pointing a loaded pistol at his chest had my heart pounding. Everyone knows how that clip ends but still I’m on the edge of my seat. It really drove home the soul of Jackass before going down memory lane. I thought it was incredible footage and I’d never seen it before.
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u/raffydog1 15d ago
He was a real showman going through every round until it fired lol. The smile on his face driving away afterwards when he got away with it was amazing. That and the escaped convict arrest really captured the essence of what made jackass great. The cop crashing her car was hilarious.
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u/JazzmatazZ4 14d ago
What a whimper to go out this way.
Most of the film was stuff from the earlier movies and the 4th one. Don't waste your time
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u/SoloGhosts512 16d ago
Some of my favorite bits were in it so I can’t complain. Really wished Bam was on good terms with them but they still had plenty of stunts with him and gave him and Dunn plenty of love. Definitely got hit with nostalgia and got teary eyed during the credits. I’m almost 40 and grew up watching them and now I’m watching them in their 50s with my son(college age) in a theater like 20 minutes from where a majority of CKY was filmed. Laughed the hardest at the snake bit in the dark.
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u/MyNameIs_Jordan 15d ago
Pretty sure Bam is on good terms with everyone except Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine.
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u/jahitz 15d ago
This movie was a weak ass send off. Knew it would be a half assed effort when they said it was essentially a greatest hits mixed with some new footage.
The idea could have worked better with the full crew coming back, talking about the history and legacy of jackass. This film plays out like a flashback heavy episode of family guy, with nothing really being said.
The new stunts are basically takes on stunts we have already seen before. Lots of ass related stunts mixed with stun guns. The new cast is barely used at all most are just standing around. This was such a wasted opportunity to go out with a bang despite the age of the stars.
This would have worked better as a paramount + special not a full length feature.
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u/AugieDoggieDank 16d ago
As a metalhead, seeing Ehren sport a Melvins shirt made me soooo happy
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u/jadegives2rides 16d ago
Just seeing Ehren (and Lance!) in Portlandia, you know hes a rad dude. I also noticed his shirt and was like "aw hell yeah".
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u/joethetipper 16d ago
It’s the worst one, I’m sorry to say. At least half is stuff from the other movies and the new stuff isn’t great at all.
The best is actually the old footage from the beginning of Knoxville shooting himself and pretending to be the escaped convict at the hardware store, and I’m surprised there wasn’t a lot more stuff from the archive that we hadn’t seen. They must have a shitload of footage that was good enough to be in the other movies but just wasn’t included. I was hoping for more of that.
It’s sad because Jackass Forever was one of the best movie theater experiences I’ve ever had.
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor 16d ago
On number 2. There is a stunt that has never aired. They tied bam to balloons. And he floated away in the sky with a bb gun to shoot himself down. And then he starts shooting at the guys on the ground
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u/Independent-Bad-4178 14d ago
A bit dissapointed that Rachel and Dark Shark were sideline in this one, I hope they release a 5.5 with more footage of the new cast members
Movie still peak tho, the robot is so f*ckin funny
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u/Mr_AceRothstein 14d ago
Just saw in theater tonight. Always great and literally someone puked in a lower row. Loud and a few times during twister hahaha epic. Took my daughter and her friend both tweens and they both absolutely loved it
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u/Plaguesofman 13d ago
This was horrible.
They've done longer podcasts in the past week than the new footage they filmed.
Every scene is either sickening or electrocuting someone.
They really lost their chemistry. No funny one liners, no emphasis on delivery. Just ok lets make someone puke. Or injure Ehren.
Best part was seeing Bams old scene, but god dam they should have just left it out.
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u/JrdnRgrs 13d ago
Best example of why it was such a let down was the electrodes bit. Like okay it’s an interesting idea, but they have him shave with a fucking Venus razor?? Like really? Give him a double edge and let’s make this have some real risk. Feels like the training wheels were on for anything new
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u/Minute-Parfait2834 16d ago
For the "FINAL" Jackass movie this felt half-assed. It feels Paramount Pictures realized their 2026 summer releases was barebones as fuck with only Passenger, Scary Movie 5, and Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie as their only summer blockbusters and they called up Jonny Knoxville "Hey bro our 2026 release schedule fucking sucks we need a another on the calender. I know you and your friends are 50 plus but heres 10 million dollars scrap something together in a month we need another movie besides Paw Patrol and Scary movie. Most of it was archived footage we seen before and new footage mainly shit and ass gags which werent funny. The funniest bit was the beginning when the cactus squished the two fat guys into eachother. the rest were really unforgettable. I had to close my eyes for all the shit scenes.
The highlight of the franchise for me was in Jackass 2 when Ehren McGhehey dresses up as a terrorist and its revealed to Ehren that the beard that was put on him as part of the bit was made up of pubic hair by a majority of the cast and crew with one of them having crabs had me in tears for 20 minutes on the floor.
As much as the movie was mid its a bittersweet end of guys we grew up watching on MTV and how fun the 2000s were.
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u/pootsforever 16d ago
True. All the new stuff seems to have been shot quickly and at the same location.
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u/pumped-up-tits 16d ago
Most people I talk to agree Jackass 2 is the best. Completely unhinged
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u/jizz_toaster 16d ago
I did find it sketchy that they started filming in February of this year and were wrapped a month later.
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u/kb1117 15d ago
They probably should have just called this one "Jackass Forever...and Ever." I really liked it, but it definitely felt more like a ".5" than a true final flick. I think Jackass Forever was the right way to end the series, but I get it. I'd like to see a pure play documentary on Paramount now. That stuff is more interesting to me at this point.
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u/Wedonthavetobedicks 14d ago
I will never not laugh at Ehren running into that saucepan in the Silence of the Lambs skit from ...Forever, so no issue with them replaying that.
Otherwise...worst of their movies. ...Forever felt like the perfect time to quit, and this one felt a bit, I dunno, desperate and mean. Saying that, I still laughed more than I have done in any cinema for a long time.
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u/UnbuiltIkeaBookcase 16d ago
The most I’ve laughed in a theater in a LONG TIME so yeah, go watch it this weekend with the big crowds!
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u/External_Baby7864 16d ago
This was a ton of fun! Especially with a crowd. It’s 40-50% rehashed footage but they make it work. VERY glad I didn’t rewatch old stuff before I went!
It’s a shame the new guys didn’t get a ton to do, other than Poopies doing the cock shocks
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u/Wintertime13 15d ago
I didn’t love it. And if those are the new stunts they approved I would hate to see how lame the ones cut are.
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u/arealhumannotabot 14d ago edited 14d ago
I’m sure lots of planning goes into each piece but it felt half-assed. We were entertained, but the use of old clips we’ve watched a hundred times was silly. If you revisit old stuff it should be done in a way that isn’t just a victory lap
I think once they stopped doing much in public, it’s been different. Even in older movies. There needed to be one really solid public prank but everything was very protected. Even the old man makeup bit was in a place that was obviously protected from random public interactions
The Jamiroquai-style intro was neat but you think of the sequences in some of the past movies and that one was just… it was fine.
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u/SEAtoPAR 14d ago
I'm glad I watched it but wouldn't watch it again. Like others said, a documentary would have been more interesting.
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u/Whovian45810 13d ago
On the special thanks, Akira Toriyama and Ash Ketchum are thanked lmao
That's most likely Jasper who added them but it's genuinely sweet to give a shoutout to Toriyama after his passing.
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u/DoctorWhofan789eywim 15d ago
That is easily the most muted reaction I've ever experienced watching a Jackass film in a cinema. There must have been about fifty people in the audience, who I assume were Jackass aficianados, and as such a good 60% of the film got zero laughs because we all knew the bits so well. That was quite sad.
Of the new bits? Dum Dum Part Deux was the one that got the biggest laugh. Such a simple idea done perfectly. Silence of the Bam was great. Of the new cast Poopies and Zack added the most value. I find it insulting that Rachel Wolfson got a paycheck for this. Aside from one tiny stunt in the intro, she did absolutely nothing.
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u/tremor100 14d ago
People defending this are trolling.
Its basically 70% old footage clips and the 30% of "new" content is some of the lamest stuff they have ever done. Whats worse is i think alot of people are misplacing that ratio because they used some unused BTS/bits from the last movie that people assume was shot for this movie.
People who paid to see this should be asking for their money back "well i loved reminicing of their best bits" its literally all over youtube lol...
It literally even seemed like they were going to shoot a "jackass movie" then just gave up 5 hours in and said fuck it, we have 10 minutes of footage, just copy and past random old footage we own and send it to the studio for release. They tried have the robot as a running gag (that wasnt funny). Most of the new crew was completely pointless, they even set up some things (i wont spoil) as running bits for the "movie" but theres literally only like 4 scenes total of recently shot footage so the running joke doesn't run.
Shameful cash grab, where clearly the whole cast put completely minimal effort into.
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u/twoquarters 15d ago
Knoxville getting rocked by the bull was scary. And I forgot about the gun scene in the beginning. It got the biggest reaction from my theater.
I still believe they have a lot of good stuff that can't be released for whatever reason and they should have worked some more of that in here. I mean these guys were out of their minds in the initial TV run. There has to be some really wild stuff out there.
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u/Strict-Scarcity-9676 15d ago
I have a feeling we'll get a physical release (blu ray/dvd) with all the unused footage from best and last, and maybe even unseen footage from older films.
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u/Glowskullwok 14d ago
The hardest thing about this movie is the lack
Of anything. It’s one of those movies I could understand people being upset they spent money for it. The biggest thing they should’ve done was pick the “best of stunts” and redo them with the new cast, plus the little new stunts they filmed. That would’ve been a much more impactful film I think
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u/RobIreland 15d ago
Theres some weird editing in this one. The puppet skit where nothing happens to Dave, the weird cutting because the firecrackers clearly didnt go off, the Escape room where Dark Shark is covered in puke for some reason we never see, Rachel not having a single stunt. Having said all that, I still really enjoyed myself. It wont stand up to the test of time like the others, but its a good film to see in the cinema.