Jackass 3D
Directed by Jeff Tremaine
- comedy
- documentary
- action
The story
Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Wee Man and the rest of their fearless and foolhardy friends take part in another round of outrageous pranks and stunts. In addition to standing in the path of a charging bull, launching themselves into the air and crashing through various objects, the guys perform in segments such as "Sweatsuit Cocktail," "Beehive Tetherball" and "Lamborghini Tooth Pull."
What it’s like
Hard-cut handheld chaos in bright, flat daylight: suburban driveways, backyards, parking lots and dusty fields, shot with the cheap immediacy of a home video that someone decided to 3D. The palette is sun-bleached and saturated, with cheap-looking greens and carnival-red props, and the 3D pop gives thrown objects and flying bodies an odd tactile jolt. Sound design is loud and punchy: sudden whooshes, bone-jarring impacts, crowd laughter and the wet slap of a fall, with a rock-and-hip-hop soundtrack driving each gag forward. The vibe is raucous, juvenile and cheerfully self-destructive, best suited to a loud night with friends, a hungover afternoon, or anyone who wants to watch grown men hurt themselves for laughs. Pacing is brisk and episodic, a run of short sketches with no real arc beyond the friends' easy camaraderie and the running gag of escalating idiocy. Intensity is high on physical pain: frequent stunts that land hard, bodily injury, bodily fluids and gross-out moments, plus some nudity and crude sexual humour, but no real cruelty toward bystanders and little in the way of fear. It is not gentle. It is for viewers who enjoy slapstick nerve, crude irreverence, and stunt footage that makes you wince and laugh at once.
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