A Finale 26 Years in the Making
Jackass: Best and Last arrives in theaters on June 26 as the final Jackass movie, closing a chapter that began as an MTV series 26 years ago. Over the decades, the brand has expanded into four feature films and multiple spinoffs, turning a small band of daredevils into global pop-culture fixtures. This last installment is pitched as both a send-off and a celebration, distilling everything that defined Jackass: camaraderie, idiotic bravery, and a willingness to endure pain for a laugh. The new trailer confirms that Paramount Pictures and Gorilla Flicks are leaning into the idea of a grand farewell, teasing bigger, more elaborate set-ups rather than a simple victory lap. For longtime fans, Jackass: Best and Last is being framed as the ultimate highlight reel brought to life, a final chance to see the crew push their bodies and their absurdist humor to the edge one more time.
The Core Crew Returns for One Last Ride
A huge part of the appeal of Jackass: Best and Last is the return of the franchise’s core personalities. Across the series’ 26-year run, figures like Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Dave England, Preston Lacy, and Ehren McGhehey have all become synonymous with the brand’s reckless energy. The trailer centers heavily on Knoxville, whose near-fatal encounter with a bull on Jackass Forever left him with a brain hemorrhage, concussion, broken wrist, and broken rib, pushing him into what he’s called a semi-retirement from the most dangerous Jackass stunts. He’s been open about avoiding further concussions, while hinting that “a lot of other guys can” still take the more brutal hits. That dynamic sets up an intriguing passing of the torch: Knoxville as ringleader and chaos conductor, with the rest of the crew stepping into the line of fire even more than before.
A Jackass Stunts Preview: Tasers and the ‘Escape Room From Hell’
The first Jackass stunts preview for Best and Last makes one thing clear: age has not mellowed this crew. The trailer showcases taser-heavy sequences, elaborate trap rooms, and an “Escape Room From Hell” that appears to combine puzzle-solving with escalating physical torment. While specifics are kept under wraps, the tone suggests a blend of classic Jackass mayhem—pratfalls, gross-outs, bodily harm—with more structured, cinematic concepts that take advantage of the larger feature-film canvas. For fans, the appeal lies in seeing how the team tops themselves without completely destroying what’s left of their bodies. With Knoxville avoiding head trauma, attention naturally shifts to how the rest of the cast will absorb the punishment, and how the creative team escalates the comedy through clever set design, timing, and group reactions as much as through sheer shock value.
Nostalgia, Legacy, and Saying Goodbye to Jackass
Beyond the painful gags, Jackass: Best and Last is positioned as a nostalgic farewell to a franchise that helped define a certain era of MTV and early-2000s comedy. The film invites audiences to reflect on how these performers grew from scrappy skaters and pranksters into veteran entertainers whose battered bodies carry the history of every stunt. The joint announcement by Johnny Knoxville, the official Jackass account, and Jeff Tremaine’s Gorilla Flicks framed the movie as a summer event, promising that “Jackass is back” and emphasizing that fans would hear it “from us first.” That phrasing underscores the tight bond between the crew and their audience. As the final Jackass movie, Best and Last is less about reinvention than about closure—an opportunity to honor the friendships, the outrageous set pieces, and the strangely heartfelt commitment to shared, anarchic stupidity that made Jackass endure for more than two decades.