Film

Jackass Number Two

Name: Jackass Number Two
Genre: Action, Comedy, Documentary
Released: 2006
Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn

Gross-out comedy
Action
Relentless
Dip in and out

Number Two doubles down on everything the original started: fireworks to the crotch, a horse tranquilizer prank gone wrong, a leech-covered gross-out challenge that will make you laugh through gritted teeth. It's dumber, gorier and somehow warmer than the first film — you can feel these idiots love each other. Not for the squeamish, but for anyone who's ever laughed until it hurt, this is ninety-three minutes of pure, filthy joy.

TMDb rating

3.3

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you love the giddy, anything-goes physical comedy of people hurting themselves on purpose for laughs, and you find a rotten-egg prank funnier than any punchline.

Skip it if you want a story, character growth or any sustained thread, since it is a loose run of stunts and gags that never builds toward anything beyond escalation.

What it asks of you: Ninety-three minutes of short, sharp bits with no connective tissue, so you can dip in and out, though some stretches of gross-out material will test your patience.

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