Jackass 3D – review

In this third cinematic spin-off from the American TV exercise in institutionalised schadenfreude , the gleeful nine-man team of punishers inflict pain upon each other by cruel pranks and willingly endure brutal trials as their comrades look on, braying with laughter of the kind that confirms the film's title. Is this just the equivalent of movie stunt artists having macho fun at one of their annual summer gatherings? Or is it something more sinister, but with moralistic undertones? Hieronymus Bosch is the master of their revels, and the bullseye of most exercises is the groin. 3D enables the producers to assault the viewer with dildos and turds leaping from the screen.