Jackass Forever is a reality/prank comedy the fourth in the Jackass feature series. Like the other three movies and the TV show before it the movie is simply a collection of stunts, gags, and pranks with this installment featuring more of the cast hanging out and enjoying each other casually and in their performances.
For a certain age group there is a magnetic nostalgia in seeing Knoxville, Steve-o, Chris Pontius and the crew back together along with some new members who grew up as fans. Their older, more balanced, and there's less drama but the stuff they do is just as bizarre, stupid, and funny as it ever was. And, oddly, there is something heartening about Jackass Forever because the idea, the format, is unchanged. Some of the set ups are more elaborate, the situations more dangerous as they attempt to continue there perpetual one-uping, some of it grosser and more bizarre, but it is, in essence, the same as it ever was. And that consistency, that simplicity, sticks out in this age of reboots, sequels, and cashing in on the past. It is not Jackass with a brand new cast with a cameo by an aging and washed out Knoxville and a new social media twist. It is Jackass now with the guys in their 40's or 50's with some new blood to try their hand at some of the more physical, outrageous gimmicks but with the old crew absolutely getting in there. It's a successful way to keep the franchise alive without watering it down or trying to repackage it, the package is the same as it was in 2000 and that's kind of great.
Funny, occasionally shocking, and absurdly comforting.
Currently in theaters coming soon to VOD.
Rent It.
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