It’s an impossibility to review Jackass: The Movie in the normal manner. There is no script, no direction to speak off, it’s filmed with video cameras and there is little or no acting involved. What you are basically getting for your money is a feature length episode of the TV show with stuff included that they couldn’t get away with on TV.

For those unfamiliar with the TV show let me fill in the blanks. Jackass was created by movie director Spike (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) Jonze and Johnny Knoxville. It is basically a show made up of cheaply filmed stunts that either involve the participants being placed in high bodily danger or playing crazy pranks on the unsuspecting public. Oh, and it’s about the funniest thing to hit TV since a crudely drawn yellow family debuted on the Tracey Ulman show.

That being said, I think it’s funny. Comedy is about as subjective as it gets and one mans comedy might be another mans repulsion. The stunts in Jackass invariably involve bodily functions, serious injury and sometimes a combination of the two. I’ll admit it; I find a man stapling his butt cheeks together funny. If that doesn’t sound like something that gets you chuckling then it’s a fair bet that Jackass: The Movie is not for you. If on the other hand this sounds like a laugh riot then Jackass will be right up your alley.

Fans of the TV show will immediately feel at home, the rogues gallery are all present and correct and in the crosshairs of injury and humiliation. Johnny Knoxville your host and a man with a seemingly insatiable appetite for pain. Bam Margera, a man who’s only goal is to torture his parents at every opportunity. Chris Pontius and his alter egos Party Boy and Bunny. Steve-O, no stunt is too extreme or too stupid. Wee Man and Preston, the Laurel and Hardy of Jackass. Ehren MGhehey, a man with an unhealthy obsession with his bowel movements. Yes, they are all here, but also keep an eye out for a host of celebrity cameo’s from the likes of Tony Hawk, Spike Jonze, Henry Rollins and Rip Taylor.

I’m not going to go into any detail about the various set-ups and stunts in this movie, as that would completely ruin the film. A big part of the films comedy comes from the element of surprise. The ‘Oh my god, their not gonna do that are they?’ factor is imperative to get the most from this film. Incase you’re wondering, yes, they always do it…….