Jackass Forever (2022)
★★ — Jackass Forever (2022)
Jackass Forever arrived twenty-one years after the original MTV series launched in 2000, making it something of a generational reunion picture dressed up as a stunt film. Director Jeff Tremaine, who has shepherded every major Jackass project from the television run through Jackass Number Two (2006) and Jackass 3D (2010), brought the core crew back for what was publicly framed as a farewell outing, with Johnny Knoxville having sustained a serious brain injury during production. Shot largely in 2020 and 2021 amid Covid-era restrictions, the film introduced a handful of younger cast members alongside the established faces, a deliberate attempt to pass the torch. On a modest $10 million budget it grossed over $80 million worldwide, confirming that the franchise's appetite for punishment still has a paying audience.
Jackass Forever tries really hard to recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle stupidity of the early 2000s, and sure, there are a few moments that make you gasp or laugh out loud, because let’s be honest, watching someone get attacked by a swarm of bees will always be funny on some primal level. The old crew (Steve-O, Wee Man, Pontius, Johnny Knoxville doing his best not-to-die face) are still game, still bruised, still somehow doing this at their age. Respect. But the truth is, it’s just not the same without Bam Margera. His absence is felt. He wasn’t just a cast member, he was chaos with a skateboard, unpredictable, wild, and half the reason the stunts felt dangerous. Without him, it leans too hard on nostalgia and too little on genuine surprise. And the new cast? They’re ok I guess, but they don’t bring that same anarchic spark. They feel more like hired performers than unhinged friends just filming dumb shit in a backyard. It’s polished. Too polished. Feels like a reboot made for streaming, not a VHS tape passed around school. The stunts are bigger, the cameras better, but the soul’s thinner. It’s loud, it’s gross, it’s got a few good gags, but it lacks the raw, reckless heart of the original run. Watchable if you’re nostalgic, but mostly a reminder that some things shouldn’t come back. No Bam? No good.
Rating: ★★ | Year: 2022 | Watched: 2025-09-07
Where to watch (UK)
Stream: Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Rent: Apple TV Store · Rakuten TV · Amazon Video · Google Play Movies
Buy: Apple TV Store · Rakuten TV · Amazon Video · Google Play Movies
Physical: Amazon UK
Affiliate disclosure: Movies With Macca may earn a small commission on purchases or subscriptions started via these links. It costs you nothing extra.
Related on Movies With Macca
More from Jeff Tremaine: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) · Jackass: Gumball Rally 3000 Special (2002) · Jackass 3.5 (2011) · Jackass 2.5 (2007)
More with Johnny Knoxville: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) · Skiptrace (2016) · The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) · The Ringer (2005)
More from the 2020s: Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain (2024) · Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage (2025) · The Long Walk (2025) · Americana (2023)
More action: A Better Tomorrow (1986) · The General (1926) · Hand of Death (1976) · Daredevil (2003)
More comedy: The Eagle (1925) · The General (1926) · Americana (2023) · The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
