- Genre : Comedy,Adventure
- Runtime : 85 min
- Cast : Johnny Knoxville, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Susan Yeagley, Johnny Pemberton
- Director : Tim Kirkby
- Producer : Paramount Pictures
- Language : English
- Release Date : 01 Jun 2018
- Rating : R
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8 Reviews
Everyone's favorite daredevil Johnny Knoxville is back to his hilariously painful antics in the upcoming comedy ACTION POINT. Knoxville stars as D.C., the crackpot owner of a low-rent, out-of-control amusement park where the rides are designed with minimum safety for maximum fun. Just as D.C.'s estranged teenage daughter Boogie comes to visit, a corporate mega-park opens nearby and jeopardizes the future of Action Point. To save his beloved theme park and his relationship with his daughter, D.C. and his loony crew of misfits risk everything to pull out all the stops - and stunts - making for another wild ride from the star of BAD GRANDPA and JACKASS.
Action Point feels particularly unstuck in time, even by the standards of movies built around niche celebrities whose times in the spotlight has already come and gone. Fifteen years ago, a movie starring two of the faces of Jackass would’ve been a buzzy hit, a lark offering the chance for audiences to participate in the time-honored tradition of watching people with a remarkable lack of regard for their own safety eat shit for the entertainment of the masses. Johnny Knoxville made his career on this sort of fare, but Action Point is curious in that it’s just as interested in being a vehicle for Knoxville the character actor-turned-leading man as Knoxville the reckless daredevil. It’s an appeal for his merits as an all-around performer, long after the world cemented him as a man fated to pratfall for our entertainment. If the film’s existence feels a bit dated in and of itself, Action Point gives that impression early and often in its story and delivery as well. It’s strange to find oneself drawing on Joe Dirt as a key stylistic influence, but here we are, as much of Action Point unfolds in flashbacks while an elderly D.C. (Knoxville, once again bathed in old man makeup) tells his granddaughter stories of the good ‘ol days. For D.C., those were his halcyon days running the titular backwoods amusement park in the late 1970s, where the Schlitz flowed freely, the times were good, the girls were pretty, and “there weren’t so many rules.” D.C. takes several shots at the modern-day “nanny state” throughout Action Point, and the closest thing the movie seems to have as a thesis is that we were all better off when we could disappear off the grid, get into some generally harmless trouble, and maybe destroy some property or our own bodies along the way. Action Point is essentially a death trap, an outdated carnival-esque park full of cracked slides, grinding fairway rides, and occasionally a local brown bear. D.C. is an enthusiastic ringleader, equally full of love for the locals who’ve grown up on his rides and the “Shitbirds,” a group of local teenage ne’er-do-wells who come back every summer to enjoy themselves, loosely police the rides, and drink and smoke themselves into nightly good times. He has a little bit of help from Benny (Chris Pontius), who’s the second closest thing to an authority figure at Action Point when he’s not flirting with girls or practicing with his katana. Action Point’s only real rival for D.C.’s affections is his daughter Boogie (Eleanor Worthington-Cox), who lives in New York City with D.C.’s ex-wife, and comes back to live in the woods with her dad for the summers. When a local amusement park conglomerate attempts to encroach on Action Point’s land, D.C. and Boogie and the Shitbirds find themselves engaging in the kind of hijinks that both movies and society used to enjoy more often when we had “a little thing called personal responsibility.” There’s a lot of talk of days gone by throughout Action Point, to such an extent that even the film’s R-rated penchant for four-letter words and porno mags feels oddly quaint, in its way. For all of the film’s insistence on repeatedly assailing Knoxville’s penis with pressure washers and well-placed objects, Action Point ultimately aspires to being a Jackass take on fare like American Graffiti or Dazed and Confused, an ode to simpler times, when the trouble we got into was more innocent and not everything was taken so seriously that it ended in a lawsuit. Between the various slimy lawyers and businessmen offered throughout, and the revelation that the adult Boogie turned into a helicopter parent, Knoxville and director Tim Kirkby are clearly interested in wistful nostalgia and nothing more. As such, the movie is reasonably successful in its own modest way; its interests go no further than offering a handful of pratfall-driven laughs, and a few lessons about kicking back and cutting loose before you miss out on the simpler pleasures of life.
Action point is a movie about an amusement park that's supposed to be nothing but fun, Action Point isn't very fun to watch. There are a few moments of amusement when characters do Jackass type stunts and end up in quite a bit of pain. But apart from those few brief moments, Action Point isn't very funny, and frankly it's pretty boring.
Action Point was honestly a funny, light-hearted movie! While it didn't have the laugh-level of "Jackass," it did keep the audience laughing and had a decent storyline to boot. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Critics don't know what they're talking aboutThe movie was great if you loved Jackass!
Giving Action Point an EXTREMELY generous 3 stars because it reminded me of Meatballs, another movie that was super feel-good despite being poorly made and light on laughs. Honestly the most disappointing aspect of this "inappropriate" Ernest Goes To Camp is that it never delivers on the gimmick of seeing Knoxville "really" taking the hits (which he clearly doesn't) or it's (light) R rating. I wanted Jackass and Bad Grandpa-level shock value, but the only thing shocking about Action Point is how tame it is. Fortunately, I love Johnny Knoxville and believe unconditionally the man can do no wrong.
Funny and cringey at the same time, as is expected from a Johnny Knoxville film, but with a decent, if unimaginative, father daughter story at the center. Some of the jokes land, some don't, but the body humor is always funnyAction Point was honestly a funny, light-hearted movie! While it didn't have the laugh-level of "Jackass," it did keep the audience laughing and had a decent storyline to boot. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Critics don't know what they're talking about.
There is just one laugh, from an alcoholic bear tipping back a can of Schlitz in its snout. This happens in the first two minutes. Johnny Knoxville and company know it's funny, too, because they repeat it 75,283 times -one time for each minute left.A movie that's about reckless freedom and counter-culture communities needs to be less by-the-numbers than "Action Point."
For all of the manic anti-authoritarian energy that Knoxville and pals generate in "Action Point," it's not directed at anything, which renders it meaningless and leaves the film to fizzle out like a deflated balloon. If you were a Jackass fan back in their prime, you'll probably still chuckle alongside them as they continue to risk life and limb for the sake of slapstick
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