Luke Hadley Juggalo Wrestling DVLH Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW, and formerly known as Juggalo Championshit/Championshxt Wrestling) is an independent professional wrestling promotion run by the rap duo, Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J). The first event was booked by wrestling referee and 17 year old Brian Gorie and wrestling manager/commentator Dave Prazak. The first JCW event on Dec 19, 1999 sold out St. Andrews Hall in Detroit and was filmed and appeared in stores as JCW Vol. 1. The tape/DVD (produced in Hollywood by Gorie and Russ Redmon aka JCW Wrestler Mr. Meaner/Big Flame) charted as high as #2 on the Billboard Sports and Rec. Top Sellers. After Prazak left in Jan 2000 (over money issues), Gorie planned, promoted, and booked a highly successful 15 city "Strangle Mania Live Tour" that spanned from Detroit to Denver in April and May of 2000. JCW Vol. 2 was filmed during tour stops in both Cleveland and Milwaukee. After the JCW Events in July 2000 at ICP's 1st Gathering of the Juggalos in Novi, Michigan, Gorie (the creative mind behind JCW's success) left JCW and events now only occur during each years Gatherings.
Largely founded on graphic stunts and shock value rather than the athletic skills of fundamental professional wrestling, their style was based upon that of backyard wrestling and hardcore-style matches. The promotion lasted several years. One of the major highlights for the company was running an angle on the nationally televised WCW Monday Nitro on August 21, 2000. WCW wrestler Vampiro, who was teamed up with the Insane Clown Posse on camera, brought the JCW title to WCW and proclaimed that it's the only world title that means anything to him. There are also video games loosely based on the promotion called Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home and Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood.
[edit] SlamTV!
Main article: SlamTV!
JCW made a coast-to-coast tour starting February 20, 2007 and ending on March 20, on what is ICP's Tempest Release Party Tour. The matches were done up with bonus backstage footage, and commentary from 3D and Gweedo for their own online TV show, SlamTV!, broadcasted Saturdays from their website. It all leads up to the "WrestleMania of JCW" (as described by Violent J) known as "Bloodymania". Slam TV Part 1 (Episodes 1-9 including West Side Wars) will be available on DVD on September 18. Slam TV Part 2 (Episodes 10-15 including East Side Wars and Bloodymania) will be available on DVD on October 30.
[edit] Roster
The JCW roster is a mix of Indy wrestlers and rappers, many of them performing under pseudonymous and/or parody alternate-names. The following is a list of wrestlers who have appeared for JCW:
2 Cold Scorpio
2 Tuff Tony
Al Snow
Abdullah the Butcher
"The Alpha Male" Monty Brown
Alofa
AT Huck
Axl Rotten
Balls Mahoney
Basham Brothers
Billy Bill
Bobby Roode
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Bryer Wellington
Bull Pain
Cash Flow
Chick Foley
Chris Candido
Chris Hero
CJ O'Doyle
Corporal Robinson
Damaja
Dave Prazak AKA Some Manager Guy
DC Stevens
"Deathdealer" Tommy Starr - AKA Hollywood "Chuck" Hogan (a parody of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan).
Devin Moore
Doink the Clown
Don Montoya
Doug Basham
Dusty Rhodes
Eric Young
Esham
Evil Dead (Jumpsteady in a mask)
Gavin Starr
Genshi
George "The Animal" Steele
Great Muta
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Headhunter A
Headhunter B
Honky Tonk Man
Hornswagglin' Hillbilly
Human Tornado
Hy-Zaya
Ian Rotten
Iron Sheik
Incidious
Izzy High
Jaimy Coxxx
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jamie Madrox - also does pseudonymous commentary on JCW Vol. 1 as "Luscious" Johnny Stark
Jayson Vorheese
JD Powers
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jimmy Jacobs
Jorge Santana
Josh Prohibition
Justin Credible
Kamala
Kevin V. Gill
Kevin Sullivan
Kid Kash - AKA Kid Cock (a parody of Kid Rock)
King Kong Bundy
Lenny Lane
Leather Face
Mad Man Pondo
MDogg20
"Mean" Mitch Page/Fat Fuck Barrel Boy
Mitch Rider
Mojo
Monoxide Child
Mr. Insanity Toby Klein
Mr. Meaner/Big Flame - Real Name: Russ Redmon
Necro Butcher
Norman Smiley
Nosawa
Patrick
Petey Williams
Pogo the Clown
Raven
Red Neck Devil Without a Cause/Neil - Real Name: Chucky Dail
Rhyno
Ricky Morton
Robert Gibson
Ron Zombie
Ron Killings
Rude Boy
Sabu
Samu
Scott D'Amore
Scott Hall
Scott Steiner
Shaggy 2 Dope - also does pseudonymous commentary as "Handsome Harley 'Gweedo' Guastella"
Shark Boy
Sir CJ Moore AKA CJ Otis
Spider Nate Webb
Suburban Gangsta/Dick Nipple - Real Name: Dougie Dail
Tarek The Great
Terry Funk - AKA "Drunk" Terry Flunk
Tito Santana
Tom Dub
The Too Tall Ninja - AKA Eddie Venom
Tracy Smothers
"Holy" Trent Acid
Truth Martini
Ultimo Dragon
Vampiro
Vanilla Ice
Violent J - also does pseudonymous commentary as "Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas"
Zach Gowen
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted.[1] Although hardcore wrestling is a staple among some wrestling promotions, where they are used at the climaxes of feuds, some promotions (such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Combat Zone Wrestling) specialized in hardcore wrestling, with many matches performed in this manner.
Hardcore wrestling became acknowledged as a major wrestling style first in Japan with promotions such as FMW and W*ING. It then became successful in America with Extreme Championship Wrestling. The World Wrestling Federation capitalizing on the success and introduced the WWF Hardcore Championship. The WWF soon began to turn the matches into comedy skits, illustrating the ridiculousness they involved. Hardcore is in sound contrast to traditional mat-based wrestling, where solid technical skills are preferred over stuntwork, blood, and sheer shock value.
WWF Attitude is a professional wrestling video game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999 for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. A slightly enhanced port of the game was later released on the Sega Dreamcast. Named after the slogan of WWF's marketing campaign at that time, the game's tagline is "Get it!"
The game is the sequel to Acclaim's WWF War Zone and is also the last WWF game to be published by Acclaim. Acclaim followed Attitude with two games based on Extreme Championship Wrestling: ECW Hardcore Revolution and ECW Anarchy Rulz.
Jackass: The Movie, is an American film directed by Jeff Tremaine and was released on October 25, 2002 with the tagline "Do not attempt this at home." It is a riskier continuation of the stunts and pranks by the various characters of the MTV television series Jackass, which had completed its series run by this time. The film was produced by MTV Films and released by Paramount Pictures.
The show features all of the original Jackass cast, including Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Bam Margera, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Ehren McGhehey, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuña. Brandon DiCamillo appears but is not a main cast member like in the show.
Other regular Jackass personalities who made appearances include Rake Yohn, Manny Puig, Phil Margera, April Margera . In addition, Rip Taylor, Henry Rollins, Spike Jonze, boxing star Butterbean, Mat Hoffman, and Tony Hawk make cameo appearances. Because of the nature of the film, everyone involved knew they could get away with doing stunts that would never get past television network censors. To that end, they included skits that involved profanity (such as April Says Fuck, which she screams after seeing an alligator in her kitchen), extreme stunts (such as Rocket Skates, which was filmed for the television show but wasn't allowed to air due to the network censors), and extremely crude humor (such as Butt X-Ray, which involves inserting a toy car wrapped in a condom into Ryan Dunn's rectum and getting X-rays of his rear end) while Dave defecates in a display toilet in a plumbing store showroom.
[edit] "We just killed Johnny Knoxville"
Because of the extreme nature of some of the stunts, as well as unforeseen accidents, the possibility of serious injury or death was always present. The first stunt of the movie outside of the opening credits, Rent-A-Car Crash-Up Derby, clearly shows how dangerous these stunts could be. In the skit, Johnny dresses in a long coat and dark glasses and rents a car, which he then has outfitted to be used in a demolition derby. Towards the end, one of the other participating cars backs into the hood of Johnny's Ford Contour and cracks the windshield with the tire. As director Jeff Tremaine explained on the commentary track of the movie, this was the first time (though not the last) that he thought, "Wow, we just killed Johnny Knoxville." Other skits, such as Golf Cart Antics, ended with an accident that could have resulted in the death of a performer (in this case again, Johnny was affected — suffering from a concussion and nearly breaking his neck as the result of a flipped golf cart).
[edit] The "Failed Ending"
In the ending of the film, Johnny Knoxville is launched from a catapult into a pond, where Rip Taylor sits in a boat, announcing that "this is the end." This is followed with the credits being shown over outtakes from the movie. The original ending for the movie was supposed to be a Rube Goldberg-type contraption, with each of the cast members performing a stunt that either has something to do with what they did on the show (for example, the first stunt would have Preston as 'The Human Wrecking Ball', knocking him into a Port-A-Potty), or simply for a sight gag (such as Ehren being knocked over in the Port-A-Potty and landing on a bed of toilet paper rolls), ending with Johnny being launched off the catapult next to Rip Taylor. However, as the entire contraption didn't work together the way they wanted it to, the producers of the movie decided to try filming an alternate ending, which is how they came to film the "Son Of Jackass" skit. The Son Of Jackass skit involves dressing all the performers in 'old man' clothing and having them run around exploding buildings and sheds, with only Steve-O surviving to proclaim "Yeah, dude." Some bits of the failed ending were incorporated into the end credits montage, like the penis skateboarder and the giant Plinko machine. Also, stunt double John Henry was supposed to place his head into an alligator's mouth as the movie ended. The entire skit was included on the dvd release in the deleted scenes section.
[edit] Cut out
Because of the sensitive nature of some of the stunts, as well as the possibility of legal action, some parts of the movie had to be edited out. One example of this is in the Riot Control Test skit. In this skit, Johnny Knoxville puts on a chest protector and is shot at with a beanbag projectile from a pump-action shotgun.
The first time Knoxville is shot at, the shot goes wide, which makes him extremely nervous. The scene was later edited out as, while the "Jackass" crew could waive civil liability, they could not waive criminal liability. Hence should Johnny or any cast member have been killed or grievously injured as a result of a stunt, the producers of the movie could possibly be held liable on the grounds of negligent or reckless homicide or battery. While Knoxville and other Jackass participants are clearly aware of the risks involved in their stunts, the threat of criminal liability was significant enough that the Los Angeles law firm Irell & Manella advised cutting out segments which could potentially be used as evidence in such a case.
In addition, the final skit in the movie called "Butt X-Ray" was edited to remove the insertion of the toy car into Ryan Dunn's anus, the reason being that displaying the insertion might have been considered pornographic or otherwise highly objectionable by the MPAA, and could have earned the film an NC-17 rating, severely limiting its distribution.
[edit] The Japanese version
Since some scenes of the movie were shot in Tokyo, Japan, a special edited version was made and screened for Japanese audiences. Some bits were edited out for legal reasons (especially scenes showing people's faces without their consent); however, they were placed back in for the special DVD version.
A reason for filming extensively in Japan is that laws requiring non-consenting participants to have their faces censored do not apply in Japan.[2]
[edit] Box office performance
The film had a budget of US$5 million[1] and was the #1 movie at the U.S. box office when it opened, grossing $22.7 million in 2,509 theaters.[1] The film went on to gross $64.2 million in the United States and $15.2 million in other countries, for a worldwide gross of $79.4 million.[3]
[edit] Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of September 2007 on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, 49% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 83 reviews, and among the "cream of the crop" reviews, 31% were favorable.[4] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 42 out of 100, based on 14 reviews.[5]
New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick said "[this] plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year."[6] Ethan Alter of Film Journal International admitted to having never seen an episode the TV show, said he couldn't say he enjoyed watching it, and said "it would be easy for me to hold Jackass: The Movie up as a leading example of the decline of Western civilization." Alter said he was disturbed by "the film's, and by extension the audience's, cavalier attitude towards pain." Alter went on to say the film "deliberately defies any and all cinematic conventions", "there's no story or characters to analyze", and said "simply put, there's no movie to review here, just a series of blackout scenes you're either going to find supremely funny or incredibly idiotic." Ethan Alter also said the film "may be the most experimental feature ever released by a major Hollywood studio" and also that it "appears to be hailing the birth of a new reality genre: Call it America's Most Sadistic Home-Videos."[7] Chicago Tribune movie reporter Mark Caro gave the film 1 star out of 4 and called it "willful idiocy for idiocy's sake." Caro also said "there's one stunt that I bet none of these moronic daredevils would tackle: trying to say something intelligent about Jackass: The Movie." Mark Caro also remarked, "Maybe the best way to look at Jackass: The Movie is as a piece of conceptual art. How far and low will these guys go? What's the pinnacle of pointlessness?" then concluded "I don't like conceptual art."[8] Jeff Vice of the Deseret Morning News gave the film 1 1/2 stars and said the 80 minute runtime was too much. Vice said the movie should have been rated NC-17 and said that many people will find the film to be "possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio."[9] A.O. Scott of The New York Times said the film "is essentially an extended episode of the popular Jackass MTV series" and that "some of the undertakings, amateurishly recorded on video, are like demented science experiments." Scott said "Jackass the Movie is like a documentary version of Fight Club, shorn of social insight, intellectual pretension and cinematic interest" and also remarked, "Occasionally, there is a flicker of Candid Camera-style conceptual inventiveness, especially in the bits filmed in Japan."[10] Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald gave the film 2 1/2 stars out of 4 and said "Johnny Knoxville and his merry band of anarchists ran around performing the sort of suicidal stunts parental warnings were invented for" and "the gang also likes to train their sights on the unsuspecting public, Candid Camera style." Rodriguez also said "It is not at all sexist to suggest most women will find Jackass: The Movie as further evidence they are the more intelligent sex" and "As much as I laughed throughout the movie, I cannot mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment, or even performance art, although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys' superhuman capacity to withstand pain (and their even stranger eagerness to suffer it)."[11]
LA Weekly film critic Paul Malcolm listed Jackass: The Movie as one of the 10 best films of 2002 and also called it the most underrated film of 2002.[12] On the television show Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper called it the "feel-sick movie of the year" and said the film is "a disgusting, repulsive, grotesque spectacle, but it's also hilarious and provocative."[13] Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat said the results of "essentially transplanting the show to the big screen" are "incredibly funny and often too disgusting for words." Vonder Haar said "the masochists of Jackass aren't hurting anyone but themselves", "no one is exploiting these guys", and "Knoxville and Co. joyfully sacrifice their bodies for our amusement, and it works." Vonder Haar also remarked "the end result is a collection of some of the best physical comedy since Moe first smacked Curly on the head" and called it "one of the funniest films I've seen all year."[14] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" and said the film "provokes a suspense halfway between comedy and horror. I'm not sure if I enjoyed myself, exactly, but I could hardly wait to see what I'd be appalled by next." Gleiberman also said "In the movie version of the show that might just as well have been called America's Funniest Frat-House Hazing Rituals, the boys engage in infantile Candid Camera grossouts...but mostly, the happy masochistic stunts just keep coming", and also remarked, "it's difficult to reprimand Johnny Knoxville and his crew of merry sick pranksters when their principal pastime consists of dreaming up elaborate new ways to punish themselves."[15] Ed Halter of The Village Voice said "their feature debut plays like a longer episode of the show" and said "it's funny, as the old saying goes, because it's true." Halter wrote "the structure is ruthlessly efficient: no plot, no characters, no sets, and no downtime—just one sight-gag right after another."[16] Kimberly Jones of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 stars and said the film is the "feature-length rendering of jackass the MTV show, meaning no plot, no script, just wall-to-wall idiocy." Jones said "It's silly, often stomach-churning, but also awfully addictive, inspiring the same kind of vicarious adrenaline rush as Fight Club, with its 'I bleed, therefore I am'; he-man mentality." Jones also remarked, "Consisting of a steady clip of barely minutes-long gags...this piece of outré performance art defies typical movie conventions...but that shouldn't surprise, or even disappoint, anyone lining up for a ticket." Jones wrote "the query 'can I have one for jackass the movie please?' sort of implies you know what you're getting yourself into" and "all told, either you get it or you don't."[17]
Critics disagreed on how to categorize the film. Scott Foundas of Variety referred to Jackass: The Movie as the first reality film when reviewing The Real Cancun in April 2003.[18] In a film critic roundup of 2002 films in The Village Voice, film critic Armond White said "Best Documentary: Jackass, far and away."[19] Ed Halter of The Village Voice wrote, "MTV would surely love to claim Jackass as a mutant by-product of its Real World franchise, but its roots lie elsewhere", saying "their self-destructive brand of docu-comedy emerged as a bizarrely elaborate version of a skateboard-video mainstay: slam sections..."[16] Jennie Punter of The Globe and Mail said the film "belongs in the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category".Luke Hadley Juggalo Wrestling DVLH Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW, and formerly known as Juggalo Championshit/Championshxt Wrestling) i...all »Luke Hadley Juggalo Wrestling DVLH Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW, and formerly known as Juggalo Championshit/Championshxt Wrestling) is an independent professional wrestling promotion run by the rap duo, Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J). The first event was booked by wrestling referee and 17 year old Brian Gorie and wrestling manager/commentator Dave Prazak. The first JCW event on Dec 19, 1999 sold out St. Andrews Hall in Detroit and was filmed and appeared in stores as JCW Vol. 1. The tape/DVD (produced in Hollywood by Gorie and Russ Redmon aka JCW Wrestler Mr. Meaner/Big Flame) charted as high as #2 on the Billboard Sports and Rec. Top Sellers. After Prazak left in Jan 2000 (over money issues), Gorie planned, promoted, and booked a highly successful 15 city "Strangle Mania Live Tour" that spanned from Detroit to Denver in April and May of 2000. JCW Vol. 2 was filmed during tour stops in both Cleveland and Milwaukee. After the JCW Events in July 2000 at ICP's 1st Gathering of the Juggalos in Novi, Michigan, Gorie (the creative mind behind JCW's success) left JCW and events now only occur during each years Gatherings.
Largely founded on graphic stunts and shock value rather than the athletic skills of fundamental professional wrestling, their style was based upon that of backyard wrestling and hardcore-style matches. The promotion lasted several years. One of the major highlights for the company was running an angle on the nationally televised WCW Monday Nitro on August 21, 2000. WCW wrestler Vampiro, who was teamed up with the Insane Clown Posse on camera, brought the JCW title to WCW and proclaimed that it's the only world title that means anything to him. There are also video games loosely based on the promotion called Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home and Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood.
[edit] SlamTV!
Main article: SlamTV!
JCW made a coast-to-coast tour starting February 20, 2007 and ending on March 20, on what is ICP's Tempest Release Party Tour. The matches were done up with bonus backstage footage, and commentary from 3D and Gweedo for their own online TV show, SlamTV!, broadcasted Saturdays from their website. It all leads up to the "WrestleMania of JCW" (as described by Violent J) known as "Bloodymania". Slam TV Part 1 (Episodes 1-9 including West Side Wars) will be available on DVD on September 18. Slam TV Part 2 (Episodes 10-15 including East Side Wars and Bloodymania) will be available on DVD on October 30.
[edit] Roster
The JCW roster is a mix of Indy wrestlers and rappers, many of them performing under pseudonymous and/or parody alternate-names. The following is a list of wrestlers who have appeared for JCW:
2 Cold Scorpio
2 Tuff Tony
Al Snow
Abdullah the Butcher
"The Alpha Male" Monty Brown
Alofa
AT Huck
Axl Rotten
Balls Mahoney
Basham Brothers
Billy Bill
Bobby Roode
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Bryer Wellington
Bull Pain
Cash Flow
Chick Foley
Chris Candido
Chris Hero
CJ O'Doyle
Corporal Robinson
Damaja
Dave Prazak AKA Some Manager Guy
DC Stevens
"Deathdealer" Tommy Starr - AKA Hollywood "Chuck" Hogan (a parody of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan).
Devin Moore
Doink the Clown
Don Montoya
Doug Basham
Dusty Rhodes
Eric Young
Esham
Evil Dead (Jumpsteady in a mask)
Gavin Starr
Genshi
George "The Animal" Steele
Great Muta
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Headhunter A
Headhunter B
Honky Tonk Man
Hornswagglin' Hillbilly
Human Tornado
Hy-Zaya
Ian Rotten
Iron Sheik
Incidious
Izzy High
Jaimy Coxxx
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jamie Madrox - also does pseudonymous commentary on JCW Vol. 1 as "Luscious" Johnny Stark
Jayson Vorheese
JD Powers
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jimmy Jacobs
Jorge Santana
Josh Prohibition
Justin Credible
Kamala
Kevin V. Gill
Kevin Sullivan
Kid Kash - AKA Kid Cock (a parody of Kid Rock)
King Kong Bundy
Lenny Lane
Leather Face
Mad Man Pondo
MDogg20
"Mean" Mitch Page/Fat Fuck Barrel Boy
Mitch Rider
Mojo
Monoxide Child
Mr. Insanity Toby Klein
Mr. Meaner/Big Flame - Real Name: Russ Redmon
Necro Butcher
Norman Smiley
Nosawa
Patrick
Petey Williams
Pogo the Clown
Raven
Red Neck Devil Without a Cause/Neil - Real Name: Chucky Dail
Rhyno
Ricky Morton
Robert Gibson
Ron Zombie
Ron Killings
Rude Boy
Sabu
Samu
Scott D'Amore
Scott Hall
Scott Steiner
Shaggy 2 Dope - also does pseudonymous commentary as "Handsome Harley 'Gweedo' Guastella"
Shark Boy
Sir CJ Moore AKA CJ Otis
Spider Nate Webb
Suburban Gangsta/Dick Nipple - Real Name: Dougie Dail
Tarek The Great
Terry Funk - AKA "Drunk" Terry Flunk
Tito Santana
Tom Dub
The Too Tall Ninja - AKA Eddie Venom
Tracy Smothers
"Holy" Trent Acid
Truth Martini
Ultimo Dragon
Vampiro
Vanilla Ice
Violent J - also does pseudonymous commentary as "Diamond Donovan '3D' Douglas"
Zach Gowen
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted.[1] Although hardcore wrestling is a staple among some wrestling promotions, where they are used at the climaxes of feuds, some promotions (such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Combat Zone Wrestling) specialized in hardcore wrestling, with many matches performed in this manner.
Hardcore wrestling became acknowledged as a major wrestling style first in Japan with promotions such as FMW and W*ING. It then became successful in America with Extreme Championship Wrestling. The World Wrestling Federation capitalizing on the success and introduced the WWF Hardcore Championship. The WWF soon began to turn the matches into comedy skits, illustrating the ridiculousness they involved. Hardcore is in sound contrast to traditional mat-based wrestling, where solid technical skills are preferred over stuntwork, blood, and sheer shock value.
WWF Attitude is a professional wrestling video game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999 for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. A slightly enhanced port of the game was later released on the Sega Dreamcast. Named after the slogan of WWF's marketing campaign at that time, the game's tagline is "Get it!"
The game is the sequel to Acclaim's WWF War Zone and is also the last WWF game to be published by Acclaim. Acclaim followed Attitude with two games based on Extreme Championship Wrestling: ECW Hardcore Revolution and ECW Anarchy Rulz.
Jackass: The Movie, is an American film directed by Jeff Tremaine and was released on October 25, 2002 with the tagline "Do not attempt this at home." It is a riskier continuation of the stunts and pranks by the various characters of the MTV television series Jackass, which had completed its series run by this time. The film was produced by MTV Films and released by Paramount Pictures.
The show features all of the original Jackass cast, including Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Bam Margera, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Ehren McGhehey, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuña. Brandon DiCamillo appears but is not a main cast member like in the show.
Other regular Jackass personalities who made appearances include Rake Yohn, Manny Puig, Phil Margera, April Margera . In addition, Rip Taylor, Henry Rollins, Spike Jonze, boxing star Butterbean, Mat Hoffman, and Tony Hawk make cameo appearances. Because of the nature of the film, everyone involved knew they could get away with doing stunts that would never get past television network censors. To that end, they included skits that involved profanity (such as April Says Fuck, which she screams after seeing an alligator in her kitchen), extreme stunts (such as Rocket Skates, which was filmed for the television show but wasn't allowed to air due to the network censors), and extremely crude humor (such as Butt X-Ray, which involves inserting a toy car wrapped in a condom into Ryan Dunn's rectum and getting X-rays of his rear end) while Dave defecates in a display toilet in a plumbing store showroom.
[edit] "We just killed Johnny Knoxville"
Because of the extreme nature of some of the stunts, as well as unforeseen accidents, the possibility of serious injury or death was always present. The first stunt of the movie outside of the opening credits, Rent-A-Car Crash-Up Derby, clearly shows how dangerous these stunts could be. In the skit, Johnny dresses in a long coat and dark glasses and rents a car, which he then has outfitted to be used in a demolition derby. Towards the end, one of the other participating cars backs into the hood of Johnny's Ford Contour and cracks the windshield with the tire. As director Jeff Tremaine explained on the commentary track of the movie, this was the first time (though not the last) that he thought, "Wow, we just killed Johnny Knoxville." Other skits, such as Golf Cart Antics, ended with an accident that could have resulted in the death of a performer (in this case again, Johnny was affected — suffering from a concussion and nearly breaking his neck as the result of a flipped golf cart).
[edit] The "Failed Ending"
In the ending of the film, Johnny Knoxville is launched from a catapult into a pond, where Rip Taylor sits in a boat, announcing that "this is the end." This is followed with the credits being shown over outtakes from the movie. The original ending for the movie was supposed to be a Rube Goldberg-type contraption, with each of the cast members performing a stunt that either has something to do with what they did on the show (for example, the first stunt would have Preston as 'The Human Wrecking Ball', knocking him into a Port-A-Potty), or simply for a sight gag (such as Ehren being knocked over in the Port-A-Potty and landing on a bed of toilet paper rolls), ending with Johnny being launched off the catapult next to Rip Taylor. However, as the entire contraption didn't work together the way they wanted it to, the producers of the movie decided to try filming an alternate ending, which is how they came to film the "Son Of Jackass" skit. The Son Of Jackass skit involves dressing all the performers in 'old man' clothing and having them run around exploding buildings and sheds, with only Steve-O surviving to proclaim "Yeah, dude." Some bits of the failed ending were incorporated into the end credits montage, like the penis skateboarder and the giant Plinko machine. Also, stunt double John Henry was supposed to place his head into an alligator's mouth as the movie ended. The entire skit was included on the dvd release in the deleted scenes section.
[edit] Cut out
Because of the sensitive nature of some of the stunts, as well as the possibility of legal action, some parts of the movie had to be edited out. One example of this is in the Riot Control Test skit. In this skit, Johnny Knoxville puts on a chest protector and is shot at with a beanbag projectile from a pump-action shotgun.
The first time Knoxville is shot at, the shot goes wide, which makes him extremely nervous. The scene was later edited out as, while the "Jackass" crew could waive civil liability, they could not waive criminal liability. Hence should Johnny or any cast member have been killed or grievously injured as a result of a stunt, the producers of the movie could possibly be held liable on the grounds of negligent or reckless homicide or battery. While Knoxville and other Jackass participants are clearly aware of the risks involved in their stunts, the threat of criminal liability was significant enough that the Los Angeles law firm Irell & Manella advised cutting out segments which could potentially be used as evidence in such a case.
In addition, the final skit in the movie called "Butt X-Ray" was edited to remove the insertion of the toy car into Ryan Dunn's anus, the reason being that displaying the insertion might have been considered pornographic or otherwise highly objectionable by the MPAA, and could have earned the film an NC-17 rating, severely limiting its distribution.
[edit] The Japanese version
Since some scenes of the movie were shot in Tokyo, Japan, a special edited version was made and screened for Japanese audiences. Some bits were edited out for legal reasons (especially scenes showing people's faces without their consent); however, they were placed back in for the special DVD version.
A reason for filming extensively in Japan is that laws requiring non-consenting participants to have their faces censored do not apply in Japan.[2]
[edit] Box office performance
The film had a budget of US$5 million[1] and was the #1 movie at the U.S. box office when it opened, grossing $22.7 million in 2,509 theaters.[1] The film went on to gross $64.2 million in the United States and $15.2 million in other countries, for a worldwide gross of $79.4 million.[3]
[edit] Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of September 2007 on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, 49% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 83 reviews, and among the "cream of the crop" reviews, 31% were favorable.[4] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 42 out of 100, based on 14 reviews.[5]
New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick said "[this] plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year."[6] Ethan Alter of Film Journal International admitted to having never seen an episode the TV show, said he couldn't say he enjoyed watching it, and said "it would be easy for me to hold Jackass: The Movie up as a leading example of the decline of Western civilization." Alter said he was disturbed by "the film's, and by extension the audience's, cavalier attitude towards pain." Alter went on to say the film "deliberately defies any and all cinematic conventions", "there's no story or characters to analyze", and said "simply put, there's no movie to review here, just a series of blackout scenes you're either going to find supremely funny or incredibly idiotic." Ethan Alter also said the film "may be the most experimental feature ever released by a major Hollywood studio" and also that it "appears to be hailing the birth of a new reality genre: Call it America's Most Sadistic Home-Videos."[7] Chicago Tribune movie reporter Mark Caro gave the film 1 star out of 4 and called it "willful idiocy for idiocy's sake." Caro also said "there's one stunt that I bet none of these moronic daredevils would tackle: trying to say something intelligent about Jackass: The Movie." Mark Caro also remarked, "Maybe the best way to look at Jackass: The Movie is as a piece of conceptual art. How far and low will these guys go? What's the pinnacle of pointlessness?" then concluded "I don't like conceptual art."[8] Jeff Vice of the Deseret Morning News gave the film 1 1/2 stars and said the 80 minute runtime was too much. Vice said the movie should have been rated NC-17 and said that many people will find the film to be "possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio."[9] A.O. Scott of The New York Times said the film "is essentially an extended episode of the popular Jackass MTV series" and that "some of the undertakings, amateurishly recorded on video, are like demented science experiments." Scott said "Jackass the Movie is like a documentary version of Fight Club, shorn of social insight, intellectual pretension and cinematic interest" and also remarked, "Occasionally, there is a flicker of Candid Camera-style conceptual inventiveness, especially in the bits filmed in Japan."[10] Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald gave the film 2 1/2 stars out of 4 and said "Johnny Knoxville and his merry band of anarchists ran around performing the sort of suicidal stunts parental warnings were invented for" and "the gang also likes to train their sights on the unsuspecting public, Candid Camera style." Rodriguez also said "It is not at all sexist to suggest most women will find Jackass: The Movie as further evidence they are the more intelligent sex" and "As much as I laughed throughout the movie, I cannot mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment, or even performance art, although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys' superhuman capacity to withstand pain (and their even stranger eagerness to suffer it)."[11]
LA Weekly film critic Paul Malcolm listed Jackass: The Movie as one of the 10 best films of 2002 and also called it the most underrated film of 2002.[12] On the television show Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper called it the "feel-sick movie of the year" and said the film is "a disgusting, repulsive, grotesque spectacle, but it's also hilarious and provocative."[13] Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat said the results of "essentially transplanting the show to the big screen" are "incredibly funny and often too disgusting for words." Vonder Haar said "the masochists of Jackass aren't hurting anyone but themselves", "no one is exploiting these guys", and "Knoxville and Co. joyfully sacrifice their bodies for our amusement, and it works." Vonder Haar also remarked "the end result is a collection of some of the best physical comedy since Moe first smacked Curly on the head" and called it "one of the funniest films I've seen all year."[14] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" and said the film "provokes a suspense halfway between comedy and horror. I'm not sure if I enjoyed myself, exactly, but I could hardly wait to see what I'd be appalled by next." Gleiberman also said "In the movie version of the show that might just as well have been called America's Funniest Frat-House Hazing Rituals, the boys engage in infantile Candid Camera grossouts...but mostly, the happy masochistic stunts just keep coming", and also remarked, "it's difficult to reprimand Johnny Knoxville and his crew of merry sick pranksters when their principal pastime consists of dreaming up elaborate new ways to punish themselves."[15] Ed Halter of The Village Voice said "their feature debut plays like a longer episode of the show" and said "it's funny, as the old saying goes, because it's true." Halter wrote "the structure is ruthlessly efficient: no plot, no characters, no sets, and no downtime—just one sight-gag right after another."[16] Kimberly Jones of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 stars and said the film is the "feature-length rendering of jackass the MTV show, meaning no plot, no script, just wall-to-wall idiocy." Jones said "It's silly, often stomach-churning, but also awfully addictive, inspiring the same kind of vicarious adrenaline rush as Fight Club, with its 'I bleed, therefore I am'; he-man mentality." Jones also remarked, "Consisting of a steady clip of barely minutes-long gags...this piece of outré performance art defies typical movie conventions...but that shouldn't surprise, or even disappoint, anyone lining up for a ticket." Jones wrote "the query 'can I have one for jackass the movie please?' sort of implies you know what you're getting yourself into" and "all told, either you get it or you don't."[17]
Critics disagreed on how to categorize the film. Scott Foundas of Variety referred to Jackass: The Movie as the first reality film when reviewing The Real Cancun in April 2003.[18] In a film critic roundup of 2002 films in The Village Voice, film critic Armond White said "Best Documentary: Jackass, far and away."[19] Ed Halter of The Village Voice wrote, "MTV would surely love to claim Jackass as a mutant by-product of its Real World franchise, but its roots lie elsewhere", saying "their self-destructive brand of docu-comedy emerged as a bizarrely elaborate version of a skateboard-video mainstay: slam sections..."[16] Jennie Punter of The Globe and Mail said the film "belongs in the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category".«
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