oh man, that was hilarious. i laughed the hardest when ryan dunn ran into the wall after trying to escape the bull.

I just watched the first one last night and it still cracks me up. Their high-pitched girlish screams when using the muscle stimulator kills me everytime.

i can't wait to see this.

I didn't see the first one, but enjoyed reading the review of the second from the Chronicle:

The second "Jackass" movie begins and ends with a warning, so this review will do the same:
This film contains stunts that are so tasteless, that we can't even explain them in the advisory because The Chronicle is a family newspaper. It seems as if every scene in the movie ends with someone vomiting. Full frontal nudity is the rule, not the exception. And one scene features nothing more than a guy defecating onto a dollhouse toilet.

All that being said -- and the warning continues below -- "Jackass: Number 2" is extremely funny. I don't recall being in physical pain from laughing (which happened a couple of times during the first film), but the sequel still delivers what it promises. This is the "Godfather II" of tasteless prank films.

"Jackass: Number 2" is less a movie than the process of natural selection at work. It's filled with stupid people doing stupid things that could easily get them maimed or killed. Later, some of the stupid people watching the movie will ignore the warnings and try the stunts at home, and one or two of them will get maimed or killed. As a rule, you need below a 95 IQ to really enjoy this film. (I suspect mine is in the 70s, because I was laughing louder than most during the advance screening.)

But low-brow audiences deserve to be entertained, too, and the concept and execution of "Jackass" is much more ingenious that the television series and movies have received credit for.

Johnny Knoxville is the ringleader of a group with the same size and social structure of the typical "Saturday Night Live" cast. The group travels around the world, often with the help of a celebrity -- everyone from John Waters to Tony Hawk. They play pranks on each other (frequently with a double cross), run dangerous and often ironic experiments (such as using a willing human as bait for hammerhead sharks) or just spend time being as gross as possible. (Did we mention what they did to the dollhouse?)

Most of the scenes are shot with handheld cameras, oftentimes hidden. The funniest part usually isn't the stunt itself, but the reaction of the other Jackasses, innocent passers-by or a friend or relative of the victim.

"Why would you burn him in the first place, Ryan?" asks Bam Margera's mother, after she learns that cast member Ryan Dunn has used a cattle brand to stamp several penis shapes on her son's buttocks.

"Because it was funny?" Dunn responds.

The second "Jackass" movie's biggest shortcoming is a lack of unforgettable scenes that you'll be talking about the next day. The first movie had five or six (including the demolition derby rental car and the Hot Wheels enema) and the sequel has two or three. The middle part of the film in particular slows down quite a bit, although the next-to-last skit -- involving a guy dressed up as a terrorist who gets double-crossed a few different ways -- is pretty amazing.

Or it's really horrible, depending on your feelings about this kind of humor. The cast of "Jackass: Number 2" is likely to end up dead, paralyzed or at the very least addicted to Percocet. But as long as they still have the strength and cluelessness to strap themselves to giant homemade rockets, let the good times roll.

-- Advisory: Where did we leave off? This film contains profanity, violence and dangerous stunts that should not be attempted at home. Bathroom humor is rampant. And it's hard to believe that no animals were injured during the making of this movie. (At the very least, a garter snake was sexually assaulted.)

Sounds good to me!

I never had interest in seeing the first one at the theater. I eventually saw it on DVD, and just the other week saw it again on Comedy Central.

I'm leaning towards seeing this one at the theater. Usually not my kind of humor, but the shit they do is just so impressive/off the wall.

This is gay-porn, & at least one of these jokers will come out within the decade (before 2010 or 2011 (depending on when one believes the millenium began)).

I think ryan dunn is the funniest of those guys, just because he seems like the laziest, most half-baked one of the bunch.

You'll love the ass bong.

ass bong = best phrase ever.

I have to agree it was rather homoerotic, but still funny as hell. I saw it last night and couldn't believe how much dick related stunts were involved. I laughed my ass off and somehow avoided feeling dirty once it was over.

My friend actually made it into the finale as a synchronized swimmer. I still havne't seen it, but it's at least good to know that synchronized swimming at least pays off for something

I love how the movie established everyone as individuals instead of just a roving gang of dopes.

Margera cried three times, and is starting to give off the vibe that he's getting too old for this shit. Wee Man and Preston got to really show off their timing and humanity, as opposed to just being the small dude and the fat dude. Knoxville is doing the stuff that no one else want to try, and gives off the vibe of the comsummate showman.

And Ryan takes more of beating then anyone for some reason.

First, it was "The Butt Chug". Second, I'd rather it be a porn-starlet with a champagne bottle up her butt...

As it were, the funniest bit was the shortest, & tamest: John Waters making Wee-man disappear. Perfection in the understatement.

john waters is in it? wait, why does that surprise me?

I won't see this in the theater but I will see it at some point.

I honestly can't believe Steve-O is still alive.

Yes, and, apparently, Mike Judge is in this as well. (I dnn't know for what, though.)

Luke Wilson also makes an appearance, on the bloopers reel at the end. (They must have gone to the Idiocracy set for a day of shooting this, huh?)

Other notables: Jason Taylor (Miami Dolphins); 3-6 Mafia; Tony Hawk (naturally), & other skaters/BMXers/etc.; Jeff (?) Zupan, from Murderball.

First of all, it's Three 6 Mafia...

funniest movie i have seen in years.

i laughed so hard for the first 45 minutes, that even though the second half was just as good, i was simply laughed out and exhausted to laugh anymore.

i agree 100%. when he ran into that wall i lost it.

so wait, Johnny Knoxville has a Wawa tattoo?



huh?

What the hell is Wawa for?

The convinience stores?