Jackass: Number Two

Year: 2006

Grade: B+

Country: USA

Director: Tremaine

Review

the first few stunts are either obvious set pieces or less organically derived than most of their previous works. i was a bit put off by this because i thought maybe they were doing it more for the money, than for the love of stupidity. as the film progressed they get back to their roots. organically derived or set up, i guess it doesn’t really matter. if you like them then you like them. i don’t know why most people like them. i think there’s a universal pleasure derived from seeing other people get hurt. monkeys seem to like it, and i think the popularity of jackass is in much the same vein. i did find, though, that much of my pleasure derived from what i see as an uncommon justice. very infrequently in this world do people get exactly what they deserve. in jackass, though, all these idiots get what they deserve. it’s not that i hate them or anything, but i do look down on them because they’re stupid. with every stunt i was pleased to see that each of them got the pain that they deserve for doing what they do. there is a small measure of justice in the world after all.

this installment of the jackass series is more rude, crude, gross and over the top than the first. it’s a reflection of our times; we’re an internet society now, and as a result every sickening facet of humanity is known to anyone who cruises around the internet for a (in)decent amount of time. it takes more to shock us these days and this film is as much a testament to that as anything else i can think of right now.

Watched in theater