Jackass 3.5 Review

• 9th Jun 2011

Jackass 3D was a fun instalment of the MTV franchise. It fell perhaps down slightly as far as the quality (if you can use such a word) of laughs were concerned, but it was no less filled with more laughs than you get in most releases.  It seems odd then that they would (like with their previous film) release a whole new edition of clips not shown in the theatre.  So then comes Jackass 3.5.

Running at just over 80 minutes you wonder if this is going to be a bunch of gags that simply are just lame by all standards, that they were not included in the theatrical release. But the gag factor is surprisingly high. True it is padded out with a few gags that didn’t work – but these gags act more like a documentary as you get an insight into how these are set up and what can sometimes go wrong.

There are a few classic skits though that you’ll wonder as to why they were not put in the original release. But we have them now. Whether it is Chris Pontius getting his tackle out and having it attacked by all manner of animals (cats, woodpeckers, mousetraps!), or Steve-O vomiting donkey juice, or even a well earned prank at the expense of Knoxville – you can be pretty assured that the guys are all working on top form.

The disc also comes with a 40 minute retrospective on how Jackass began. There is even more deleted material (believe it or not!) as well as outtakes. If you grab this edition you won’t feel like they have double dipped you.

Steven Hurst