Jackass: Best and Last (2026) Paramount/Comedy RT: 92 minutes Rated R (extremely dangerous stunts and crude material throughout, graphic nudity, pervasive language, sexual material) Director: Jeff Tremaine Cinematography: Dimitry Elyashkevich Release date: June 26, 2026 (US) Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason “Wee Man” Acuna, Preston Lacy, Dave England, “Danger Ehren” McGhehey, Sean “Poopies” McInerney, Zach Holmes, Jasper Dolphin, Rachel Wolfson, Compston “Dark Shark” Wilson, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn.
Rating: ***
Jackass: Best and Last, the fifth movie starring those lovable pranksters from the popular MTV show, is definitely not the best but it’s hopefully the last. That’s what group leader Johnny Knoxville promises a few times through this latest (but not all new) collection of dangerous and foolish stunts. He and his band of merry jackasses are in their 50s now. They’re too old to be doing this stuff. They should call this one Jackass: The AARP Edition.
Let me clarify something everybody already knows. Johnny and the gang are in their 50s, but only in body. Mentally, they’re still frat boys in their early 20s. They still stand around laughing like idiots while one of their dumb buddies risks serious bodily injury doing something no sane person would ever attempt. They have a good time doing it too. But all things, good and bad, must come to an end. As such, Jackass: Best and Last serves as a send-off, a final hurrah. Again, it’s time.
I definitely laughed more than I should have at Jackass: Best and Last. Some of it is legitimately funny. Some of it is not. Some of it just turned my stomach. It’s a compilation of old footage from the show and previous movies and some new stuff. It’s intercut with talking-head interviews with the cast who speak glowingly (and profanely) about their experiences doing Jackass. They acknowledge their advanced ages and how it’s catching up to them as they look back on some of their finer moments. It’s actually pretty interesting.
Of course, audiences don’t come to hear the guys talk. They want to see the stupid s*** they’re famous for. There’s plenty of it here. I was glad to see one of my favorite bits included, “Golf Course Airhorn” from the first movie. We also get previously unseen footage like Knoxville pretending to be an escaped convict (replete with orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs) looking for a hacksaw in an L.A. hardware store. That one got him into serious trouble with the police.
As for the new, the one that stands out (for the wrong reasons) is “Human Pretzel” where the guys play Twister after consuming a strong, quick-acting laxative. There’s a reason why they’re wearing plastic (transparent) coveralls. It’s as gross as it sounds. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the crew’s newest member Larry. Larry is a robot. He fits right in with the group. His first act is giving Steve-O a prostate exam using chunky peanut better as lubricant. Ouch! He also delivers a painful blow to Knoxville’s groin. Other highlights include Poopies walking across a balance beam while wearing a shock collar on his penis and the “Escape Room from Hell” that traumatizes one of the guys enough to make him run off screaming.
Like its predecessors, Jackass: Best and Last is fixated on bodily functions (mostly poop and puke) and penises. I completely sympathized with their cameraman Lance who struggled not to vomit while filming the guys’ grosser shenanigans. I felt ill more than once myself. However, it’s all part of the Jackass experience so…..
Bam Margera, who was booted from the group in light of substance abuse and mental health issues during the filming of Jackass Forever, shows up in archival footage as does the late Ryan Dunn who died in a car accident in 2011. It’s nice Johnny and director Jeff Tremaine saw fit to include them in the series finale. It’s only right.
What else is there to say about Jackass: Best and Last? It’s not the kind of movie one judges on the usual merits (e.g. acting, writing, directing, etc.). It only matters if it’s funny or not. So is it? To that, I say yes, mostly. It’s funnier than it should be. It’s definitely funnier than Scary Movie 6. And not that I’m trying to ascribe deep meaning to Jackass: Best and Last, it speaks to something everybody goes through, aging. The gang knows this is it and accept it with as much dignity as the material allows. For their sake, I really hope they don’t do a sixth movie. It could literally be the death of them.
