Twenty-four years after the original show turned self-destruction into a genre, Jackass: Best and Last asks a simple question: how much more can a group of men in their fifties actually put their bodies through? The answer is less than you’d expect, and that’s not necessarily a complaint.
Directed once again by Jeff Tremaine and produced alongside Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze, Jackass: Best and Last leans hard into its title. This is billed as a farewell lap, and it plays like one. There’s a heavy dose of clip-show energy mixed with a handful of new bits, and the whole thing feels more like a victory lap than a reinvention.
A Nostalgic Send-Off, Not a New Direction
A lot of Jackass: Best and Last recycles ground the franchise has already covered, which makes sense given the cast’s age. These are men in their fifties now. They simply cannot take the punishment they took in 2000, and the movie knows it.
That’s not a knock on effort. It’s just reality. The new stunts are there, but there aren’t many, and the film leans on recap energy to fill the gaps. If you’ve followed this crew since the MTV days, you’ll recognize the rhythm instantly.
Watching Jackass: Best and Last feels like revisiting a familiar kind of pain. You know what you’re signing up for. You watch anyway. That’s always been the appeal.
Johnny Knoxville’s Bull Stunt Is the Moment That Matters
One sequence in Jackass: Best and Last justifies the price of admission by itself. Johnny Knoxville goes up against a bull, and the bull wins in terrifying fashion.
The impact sends Knoxville flipping through the air, twice, before he lands and simply doesn’t move. It’s the kind of moment where the comedy briefly disappears, and genuine concern takes over. This isn’t a guy pretending to get hurt. This looks like a man whose life was in real danger for a few seconds on camera.
Say what you want about the format running out of new ideas. Nobody can say these guys don’t commit. Knoxville surviving that hit, and the film capturing it, is the single best argument for why Jackass: Best and Last still works as a spectacle even when the jokes feel familiar.
The Gross-Out Stuff Hasn’t Changed (For Better or Worse)
If you’re squeamish, this section of the review is your warning. Jackass: Best and Last is loaded with the kind of male nudity and bathroom-based chaos the franchise has never been shy about.
There’s a bit where the crew plays Twister in the bathroom mid-game, which is exactly as gross as it sounds. Toilet gags and port-a-potty stunts show up repeatedly, some more elaborate than others, but the throughline is the same one Jackass has run since the first movie. If it’s disgusting, someone’s going to do it on camera.
None of this will surprise longtime fans. It’s part of the formula, and the MPA’s R rating for graphic nudity and crude material throughout confirms the movie isn’t holding back.
Why Jackass Still Matters to Combat Sports
Jackass’s fingerprints are all over professional wrestling, and Jackass: Best and Last is a good reminder of why. This crew turned physical self-destruction into mainstream entertainment two decades before hardcore wrestling fully embraced the same idea.
Darby Allin is the clearest modern example. He throws himself off scaffolding, torches his body for a spot, and treats stunt work as a legitimate part of his in-ring identity, all while still understanding wrestling psychology in a way pure Jackass alumni never had to learn. That combination is exactly why Darby Allin shocked Jon Moxley at AEW WrestleDream in 2025 and walked away with one of the most physically committed performances of the year.
The crossover has gone the other direction, too. Steve-O found that out the hard way when Umaga went after him in a real WWE segment, and Steve-O simply couldn’t sell the hit the way a trained wrestler would. That’s the difference between Jackass chaos and wrestling craft, and Jackass: Best and Last makes that gap obvious again.
Who Should (and Shouldn’t) See This Movie
If you’ve never seen a Jackass movie and you like watching people survive stunts that should’ve killed them, Jackass: Best and Last is worth the trip. It’s a solid entry point into the insanity without you needing any prior context.
If you’re already a diehard fan, expect a nostalgic hangout more than a reinvention. There’s enough new material to justify a theater trip, but don’t go in expecting the crew to top themselves.
And if you get queasy easily, this probably isn’t the movie for you. There’s a reason this franchise has always come with a warning label, and Jackass: Best and Last earns it again.
For more from Johnny North, check out the 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review, the Anaconda review, the Sisu: Road to Revenge review, and the Kraven the Hunter review.
Jackass: Best and Last Final Rating
★★★ out of 5
Jackass: Best and Last doesn’t reinvent anything, and it doesn’t need to. Johnny Knoxville’s bull stunt alone makes this worth seeing, and the crew’s willingness to keep putting their bodies on the line, even in their fifties, still carries a strange kind of respect. It’s not the boldest chapter in the franchise. It might be the last one, and it plays exactly like a group of guys who know it.
Jackass: Best and Last stars Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Preston Lacy, Rachel Wolfson, Jasper, Compston Wilson, Sean McInerney, and Zach Holmes. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Rated R for pervasive language, crude material throughout, graphic nudity, extremely dangerous stunts, and sexual material. Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes. In theaters now from Paramount Pictures.
