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Jackass Number Two (also known as Jackass Two or Number Two) is the sequel to the 2002 comedy reality film, Jackass: The Movie, itself based upon the MTV series.
The Jackass cast refused to divulge where they were filming, out of fear of fans interfering with the filming process. However, they have filmed in India, Australia, and Moscow. A few insights were leaked prior to the movie's release by Steve-O and Bam Margera via Radio Bam and Loveline. Other shootings were Bull Shoals, Arkansas; Key West, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; and West Chester, Pennsylvania.
On June 15, 2006, Yahoo! released the first official teaser for the movie . The stunts in the trailer included Knoxville riding a "rocket bike" off a ramp and a blindfolded Knoxville being rammed by a yak.
The film had 4 different screenings for fans of Jackass and MySpace users, which was a part of MySpace's "Black Carpet" screening. The screenings took place a few days before the movie was released (possibly August). Some of the screenings also had surprise visits by cast and crew. For example, the Pennsylvania screening had director Jeff Tremaine and cast members Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera.
The cast was named the "Cockiest Crew" on the Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards on June 13, 2007.
The DVD of the movie is now available in its R rated version in full and wide screen and in widescreen in the unrated version.
The film grossed US$29 million during its opening weekend, taking the number one spot at the box office. The film grossed an additional $14 million in its second week. The film made $84,210,524 worldwide, more than the original.
The New York Times awarded Jackass Number Two a Critic's Pick, calling it "Debased, infantile and reckless in the extreme, this compendium of body bravado and malfunction makes for some of the most fearless, liberated and cathartic comedy in modern movies."
Ebert & Roeper's Roeper and guest critic Fred Willard gave Jackass Number Two "Two Thumbs Up," as said in the previews after the rating.
Movie critic Joe Gayeski of the website AndersonVision gave Jackass Number Two a rating of three and half stars out of 5, which according to his rating definitions, is defined as "Very Good." He did write though that Jackass: The Movie had a much more coherent and successful "rocking beat of a narrative" than its sequel, but the latter is still among the more hilarious pictures to have come from the "Hollywood comedy machine" in the last few years, especially in 2006.
It received a rating of 61% (positive) on RottenTomatoes.com, with the critical consensus being; "It dares you not to laugh."Wikipedia |
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