Rectum rockets and butt x-rays hit DVD

"Jackass: The Movie" is one of the most misleading "film" titles of all time. "Jackass" isn't a movie so much as it is a super-sized, uncensored episode of the infamous MTV show, and for that reason alone it's loveable. There is no plot, no characterization -- just random acts of mind-numbingly hilarious idiocy.\nJohnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris "Party Boy" Pontius, Steve-O, Dave England, Ryan Dunn, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey and all the other jackasses have reassembled better and dumber than before for this big screen opus. With this motley crew aboard, both popular convention and good taste are thrown zealously out and through the window. Stunts range from sticking a matchbox car in a condom, lubing it up, inserting said confection into the rectum and having x-rays done, to launching bottle rockets from one's anus. Some might say these dudes have their heads firmly shoved up their butts, and yet they'd be wrong, as something else is most assuredly wedged up there already.\nThe humor of "Jackass: The Movie" extends well beyond the flick itself, as the DVD is stacked. The disc boasts two commentary tracks. The first features director Jeff Tremaine, cinematographer Dimitry Elyashkevich and Knoxville, while the second sports the rest of the "Jackass" ensemble. Other extras include an uncut variation on MTV's "Making of Jackass: The Movie," 27 minutes of additional footage, an outtake reel, "Jackass: The Movie" promo spots (which are hilarious, as they star Margera's oft-abused parents, Phil and April) and music videos by Roger Alan Wade and Andrew W.K. All of this stuff is reasonably entertaining and serves as a natural extension to the film. The transfer itself is about as good as should be expected for a film shot entirely on DV camcorders and pinhole cameras.\nThose who didn't dig the original incarnation of "Jackass" shouldn't even bother with the DVD, as it's more of the same only cruder. But for fans with strong stomachs, it's a must-own.