By Angela Espinoza,
Arts Reviewer

en years ago, reality
television took a welcome
turn when several young

thrill-seekers decided to torture
themselves on a weekly basis. Their
insanely violent and ridiculous self-
performed stunts and pranks brought
them universal popularity. So much
so that, despite their repetitive
warnings, they were blamed for
many accidents (from minor to
deadly) caused by imitators. This
was a major contributing factor to
the cancellation of the show merely
two years later, but the series lives
on it what has recently become the
Jackass trilogy.

Johnny Knoxville and his band
of merry morons are back after
another four-year resting period.
This time though, they’ve made the
transition to the aggravating fad
that is 3D, only they’ ve managed
to make it worthwhile. The men of
Jackass have begun their descent
into middle age, but they’ve yet to
let it slow them down.

Jackass 3D has an evidently
lower number of gross-out sketches,
but the few they’ve kept in will
haunt the back of your mind for
weeks to come. The film relies
more heavily on the stunt and prank
factor, such as the “High Five”
gag seen in the trailer. As for the
technology, the movie opens with
Beavis and Butt-head explaining to
the audience how most of the stunts

are filmed with Phantom high-speed
cameras. These particular cameras
shoot at 1,000 frames per second —
in other words, many of the shots
are presented in slow motion, and
no matter how horrendous to the
viewer, the quality is distractingly
fantastic.

As one can only expect, the
guys play with the 3D here and
there. These sequences are at their
best during the opening credits and
closing scene. Without spoilers,

I’ll just say that for the first time in
a long while, I felt like there was
actually (in some cases) rubble and
debris flying at me. Since some of
the scenes had to be shot secretly,
it’s easy to spot when a camera of
lower quality is in use, not that it
makes the skits any less enjoyable.

Our knights in flimsy armour
prove that even with experience,
the dead look of fear can still
reside. The amount of suffering
the Jackass crew put themselves
through is nonetheless hilarious as
ever. Outside of the main cast, Phil
and April Margera make a return
and several sports stars appear in
both cameos and as accomplices to
various stunts. It should be said that
Steve-O (AKA Stephen Glover),
possibly the most notorious of the
crew, has noticeably cleaned himself
up following several stints in rehab.
After watching the stuntman destroy
himself for so long, it’s refreshing
to see him able enough to handle the
worst Jackass has to offer without
drugs or even alcohol.

 

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In the off chance that this may
be your first Jackass film, or if
you’ ve learned nothing from the
previous two, remember never to
let your guard down. I urge many
of you not to buy food or drinks
before the film, unless of course
you’re running an endurance

 

 

test on your stomach. Heed the
series’ warning of not trying these
stunts yourselves (no matter how
tempting), and prepare yourselves
for many laughs to come.

2.5/5

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