'Jackass: Best and Last' Review
- Connor Petrey
- 4 hours ago
- 2 min read
Release Date: 06/26/26 [Cinemas]
Genre: Comedy. Documentary.
MPAA: Rated R.
Distributor: Paramount Pictures.
The Verdict: A Maybe
Jackass: Best and Last celebrates the last 26 years of Jackass with a glorified clip show of the best, the unaired, and a sprinkling of new stunts. It may be the weakest of the five, mainly because it consists of so little new material, but it’s a truly fun experience, especially for Jackass fans who haven’t rewatched the series or films in quite some time.
The crew is getting older; in fact, they’ve been at it for over 26 years together, and unfortunately, things have changed. In recent years, most notable Knoxville can’t do the stunts any longer because of his life-altering “The Magic Trick” from Jackass Forever. That means he’s playing more of a cheerleader this go, and it’s clear this just isn’t his passion - he wants to be all in on the chaos.
Of the old crew,, a majority of the new stunts and bits feature Danger Ehren, Dave England, Chris Pontius, and Steve-O. Of the new crew, Poopies and Zach Holmes easily take most of the hits. It’s a shame that so much is older material, as many of the new cast introduced in Jackass Forever are forfeited as background extras (aside from one pretty brutal stunt featuring Jasper).
When we see Steve-O cover himself in fecal matter doing a bungee cord stunt, watching him play Twister while involuntarily relieving himself is no match (even if it’s still incredibly grotesque). It’s remarkable how underutilized the newer, younger crew is in this final installment.
Sure, in many ways, this is a celebration of the “beauty” of Jackass throughout the years, but it also feels like, if they wanted to go that route, they could’ve gone full-on documentary and talked through their favorites one by one, with more background than ever before on the making of. Unfortunately, the new material ranks far below the throwbacks or even the more traditional stunts of the past, not shown here… it almost comes off as lazy, or possibly as the Jackass crew running out of ideas.
Nevertheless, although a massive disappointment for someone who went in hoping for one last big bang before the crew got shot out of a canon into the sunset, Jackass: Best and Last still has plenty of charm behind its existence, even if there feels like they left a majority of the ideas for this finale on the cutting room floor.
