Jackass: Best and Last Reviewed as Wistful Finale
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- Jackass: Best and Last is the sixth and officially final film in the franchise, structured as a greatest-hits compilation interspersed with new and previously unaired footage.
- Johnny Knoxville, now 55, continues performing extreme stunts including raging bulls and what the reviewer calls 'grievous genital peril,' with his silver hair and shades marking the crew's visible aging.
- Poopies, a newer cast member, attempts to cross a balance beam with an electric shock collar fastened around his penis in one of the new bits.
- A new sequence involving laxatives and Twister is singled out by the reviewer as a future highlight reel entry in the spirit of 2010's Poo Cocktail Supreme.
- Paul Walter Hauser appears as a guest star in a bit the reviewer describes as overlong, in which he's strapped down and threatened with giving one of the crew a rim job.
- Chris Pontius quips 'I'm not in touch with my emotions' when asked if he feels any sadness at saying goodbye to the franchise.
- The reviewer frames the Jackass crew as the 21st-century answer to Buster Keaton, noting the biggest laughs still come from the simplest setups like a 2002 golf-course airhorn prank.
Why it matters: The review frames grossout stunt comedy as 'something of a big-screen novelty in 2026,' distinguishing Jackass from 'witless TikTok content' that lacks flair, while noting that physical punishment in the performers' fifties carries different stakes — making this finale a document of both an era of comedy and the specific bodies that carried it.
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