About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures):
Johnny Knoxville and the gang return for one final fling at the big screen. Featuring all-new stunts and stupidity along with the greatest hits and biggest laughs from the past, Jackass: Best and Last is a joyously raucous celebration of all the mischievous camaraderie that you’ve come to love and expect from these idiots over the past 25 years. So, grab your dumb little buddies, raise your glasses, and come experience the cinematic event that promises to be the last time you’ll ever laugh this hard in a theatre.
For a quarter of a century, Johnny Knoxville and his fearless crew of masochists have pushed the absolute limits of physical comedy. They have turned cringe-inducing self-harm into an art form, consistently delivering side-splitting laughter and collective winces in equal measure. Now, the aging daredevils return for what is billed as their final bow in Jackass: Best and Last. It is a celebratory victory lap that honors their painful history while offering up a fresh batch of delightfully unhinged madness.
This latest chapter operates as both a nostalgic retrospective and a forward-looking feature. Fans are treated to a beautifully curated selection of classic milestones and never-before-seen archive footage that highlights the sheer longevity of their madness. Yet, Jackass: Best and Last is far from a lazy clip show.
The newly filmed material proves that while their bones might take a little longer to heal, the group’s sharp instinct for weaponized stupidity remains completely intact. The comedic timing in Jackass: Best and Last is as precise as ever, showing a level of group chemistry that rival franchises can only dream of.
What easily could have felt like a cynical cash-grab instead emerges as a surprisingly heartfelt farewell. Knoxville has teased retirement before, but this iteration carries a distinct sense of finality, mirroring the aging-gracefully chaotic energy seen in Jackass Forever (2022).
There is a strange maturity buried within their immature antics—a genuine fondness among lifelong friends who have spent decades sacrificing their bodies for the sake of a shared punchline. Jackass: Best and Last acts as a perfect gateway project, capable of satisfying die-hard purists while easily welcoming a younger generation who might only know these names from internet lore.
Director Jeff Tremaine captures the beautiful chaos perfectly, balancing the visceral shock value with the infectious, laugh-out-loud joy of the crew. Much like the subversion of standard cinematic structures found in sketch-to-screen successes like Bad Grandpa (2013), the format of Jackass: Best and Last keeps the energy moving at a breakneck pace.
This experience leaves no doubt that the franchise is going out entirely on its own terms. It is raw, unfiltered, and deeply funny, validating its theatrical existence by simply being some of the loudest, most unified laughs you will experience all year.
Jackass: Best and Last is in theaters starting Friday, June 26th. Weaker tummies may want to skip this one. You’ve been warned.
