With just over 12 million hours watched, Jackass 4.5 climbed to number 6 of the most viewed English-language films in the last week in Netflix and it is only located below Our Father, Sonic: The Movie, Dangerous Instinct, A Perfect Pairing Y the year of my graduation. The documentary tape brings together all the scenes discarded by the team and that did not survive the director’s cut in Jackass Foreverwhich was released just this year in theaters.
“These daring, never-before-seen images reveal how the insane exploits of the latest installment in the franchise were filmed. Jackass”, points out the official premise. As is customary with the film series full of blows and ridiculousness, this kind of continuation arrives that shows everything that was not seen in the fourth installment and works – just as the title “4.5″” indicates – as an extended version.
Directed by Jeff Tremain, the new film offers us more stunts, accidents and stupidities starring a cast already used to bruises and broken bones. Back in action, they are present Johnny Knoxville, Steve-OChris Pontius, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Jason weeman Acuna, Preston Lacy, Sean poopie McInerney, Rachel Wolfson, Jasper Dolphin, Zach Holmes, and Eric Manaka.
Although normally, in previous years this package of additional and unpublished moments was released in DVD format, Jackass 4.5 was launched exclusively by Netflix and will remain available to view on this service streaming until 2024. That same year, the entire film saga will move to the catalog of Paramount+ (current home of MTV’s original titles), and a new show based on the 2000s TV hit will be developed.
“Based on the success of Jackass Foreverwe are working with the creators to continue the partnership with a new series, bringing even more hijinks and goofy pranks directly to Paramount+,” Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish said of the new project.
The franchise of Jackass and its successful fourth installment
At the beginning of this century, an innovative and ridiculous comedy format was created by Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze (Her Y Do you want to be John Malkovich?), Jeff Tremain Y Bam Margera. With the name of Jackassthe documentary-style television production showed a group of young people carrying out dangerous activities that caused them a lot of pain, all to make the public laugh mtv. It had three seasons that were broadcast between 2000 and 2001, but its validity was kept alive thanks to its films projected on the big screen.
Jackass Forever It was the fourth installment in the franchise. and amassed $80 million at the global box office. Filming was made possible in collaboration with Paramount Pictures and MTV Entertainment Studios, and had Tremaine, Jonze and Knoxville among its producers, as well as Shanna Newton and Greg Iguchi executive producing.
