I try to start these reviews with a catchy opening paragraph. I try to create some kind of analogy to help people understand exactly what type of movie we’re dealing with. That’s not gonna work with this one. It’s because everyone knows what Jackass is all about by now. So any review of this may as well be a review of the first movie or of the T.V. series as a whole. I guess the best tact to take with this is by seeing if it stacks up to rest of the Jackass “ovewah.” And I’m happy to say yes. Yes it does. Not only is it just as good the other stuff, it’s quite a bit better in certain places.
Number Two has all the standards we’ve come to expect. Bodily evacuations. Self-violence. Pranks on unsuspecting people. It’s got everything we’ve seen from these guys before, only better. The classic Pontius bit where he dresses up like the devil and screams about keeping god out of California get’s a great update. The old people make-up gets taken to some awesome extremes. Even the played out bit with Preston chasing Wee-Man while they’re both in their underwear get’s a face-lift. It’s not just old stuff either. There’s some incredible new stuff in here. I don’t want to ruin it for you. Suffice to say that the boys have had to step up their game creatively and they certainly went above and beyond what was expected of them
There’s a certain attraction people have to seeing things done that shouldn’t be done. A morbid fascination. We love to see people put themselves in danger. Whether for our entertainment or not. And it’s hard, very very hard, to look away when you see someone strap themselves to a real live rocket that’s going to be fired across a lake. If you’ve ever seen anything by these guys before and been at all interested then go see Number Two. You’re guaranteed to see at least one thing that will leave your jaw hanging and face cramped from laughing.
9/10
