Raise the Hammer
Please don't think Matt's a jackass because he reviewed this movie.
By Matthew Van Allen
Jan. 10, 2007
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Staring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera
Jackass Number 2?! I know, I can't help but write more of a defense statement than a movie review. So consider this:
Yes, some of the scenes are vulgar, stupid and just plain wrong but honestly, didn't you laugh at least once during your Sunday afternoons with the Three Stooges? (Okay fine, but I know you chuckle at America's Funniest Home Videos).
It's entertainment, folks. Mindless - not harmless - but mindless entertainment!
I believe John Waters once said, "There is no such thing as bad bad taste."
Golly – I don't have a fourth point but ... is that a giant bull with long jagged horns charging at - GOYAHHHH!
To see or not to see: If Johnny Knoxville and all his friends jumped off a bridge, would you?
Fossil fuels resemble capital in the bank. A prudent and responsible parent will use his [sic] capital sparingly in order to pass on to his children as much as possible of his inheritance. A selfish and irresponsible parent will squander it in riotous living and care not one whit how his offspring will fare." -- Admiral Hyman Rickover, 1957
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