Films like Jackass Number Two.

Jackass Number Two (2006) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Jackass 3D (2010) poster
1. Jackass 3D2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eddie the Eagle (2016) poster
2. Eddie the Eagle2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jackass: The Movie (2002) poster
3. Jackass: The Movie2002

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fred Claus (2007) poster
4. Fred Claus2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wasabi (2001) poster
5. Wasabi2001

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Here Comes the Boom (2012) poster
6. Here Comes the Boom2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Road Trip (2000) poster
7. Road Trip2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) poster
8. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls1995

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Parade (2011) poster
9. The Parade2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Tower Heist (2011) poster
10. Tower Heist2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Other Guys (2010) poster
11. The Other Guys2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Knight and Day (2010) poster
12. Knight and Day2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Jackass Number Two’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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