‘Jackass Forever’ Film Review: The Johnny Knoxville Harm Offensive Is Back, Irresistibly So

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they all find it to reduce each other to writhing heaps. Though you will surely wonder why Jason Acuña (“Wee Man”) would allow himself to be tied down and covered with raw meat as an offering to a hungry vulture, “Jackass Forever” is not for questioning.

That way lies the unfunny kind of madness. Rather, the adrenaline-fueled carnival of crazy on display feels generous, because the funniest bits always include the appealingly human, what-am-I-in-for wind-up and the WTF aftermath of communal howling and battle-scar pride. “Jackass” would be a horror show without the full flower of that teasing camaraderie, a bonkers oneupmanship of fear and pain that can sometimes feel like the purest glimpse of machismo’s true foolishness.Bullying is wrong, kids.

Cruelty is no lesson for living. Violence is never the answer. But when practiced in the open air by tattooed, daredevil “professionals” — as the pre-movie disclaimer anoints them — and lovingly captured by a cameraman frequently seen fighting the urge to puke, their merry re-deployment in “Jackass Forever” might just represent the unhinged release we need in a bruising world.“Jackass Forever” opens in US theaters Feb.