Action Point | Forgotten Failures
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2022
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The Jackass film series and Action Point are owned by Paramount Pictures. 
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The idea of Johnny Knoxville doing a film inspired around the extremely dangerous Action Park seemed like a genuinely great idea for a film, kind of sad people don’t really remember it that much.
It also might depend on where you live as to IF the film even got advertised....I didn't even know that the movie existed until it popped up on Prime video or I rented it on PSN either one because I happened across the thumbnail and thought hmmm this looks interesting. Had no clue what it was until I watched it.
It was a match made in heaven
That's because it just wasn't that good of a movie. The idea was there, but the end product kind of felt like a sanitized version of Jackass with a lazy, maudlin plot attached to it.
The doc about the actual park was way better.
I’m pretty sure I liked it but I legit can’t remember
I went to Action Park about a dozen times when I was a kid. I was too scared to do anything. All the stories you've heard are true. It was a war zone. You'd see at least 20 people bleeding in front of you at any given time.
What a time to be alive
@@kennyb1588 the 20th century was rad
I never know how to feel when you find out stuff like this is true.
I was kinda cool because it's from that time when kids could have fun and get hurt and it was okay.
On the other hand of course Action Park was notorious because people really got hurt/died and there was were lawsuits because of the negligence/greed. Gotta take the good with the bad I guess.
I grew up in New York City and "Action Park" commercials would come on every 5 mins on tv. I always wanted to go, but we always ended up going to Six Flags Great Adventure instead. Looks like we made the right choice.
And
It’s amazing how Johnny Knoxville is still alive.
Him and Especially Steve-O
It's a miracle
really and Bob Saget gets one little bump on the head and dies. Life ain’t fair!
I heard a radio interview with Steve-O recently and he said that every time he talks with Johnny he's seriously analyzing the conversation in case there's a red flag for dementia. He said mainly because of all the concussions Johnny has suffered.
and able to talk, and not drool all day
Well, they only hurt themselves superficially, it's hardly ever anything truly dangerous.
I've always felt so bad for Johnny Knoxville when it comes to this movie. Dude seemed to really have passion for the film and the concept, had the worst injury of his career making this and everyone just kinda brushed it off. I'm not saying people need to like it, but that's probably really gotta suck for him.
Paramount and the filmmakers let him down. They could have written and edited this movie so much better, then most importantly, paid for some real marketing. Z
*The worst injury of his career _so far_
yeah i heard Bam say this lost millions at the box office
Imagine being Johnny Knoxville, literally busting your ass for this movie, just to have it flop. The physicality/brutality of this and the rest of Knoxville’s work is going to be studied in the future, just like Chaplin and Lloyd.
Johnny Knoxville is a legit underrated actor. He can do drama. He needs to do a semi biographical movie about an old "stuntman" (I don't know what you call what he does. Yeah a daredevil but it's something different) who everyone loves but he's just lonely and wants more in life
Outside of Jackass, Grand Theft Parsons is my favorite role of his. If you haven't seen it definitely worth it if you like Knoxville
I agree. He's actually a very good actor that also does surprisingly well with dramatic stuff.
@@scottwolff6946 And a good radio host too. He's got a show on Sirius XM's Outlaw Country
I was thinking about this the other day and I realized Jeff Tremaine already got his feet wet in biopics with The Dirt so now he’s actually perfect to direct a biopic on the Jackass crew. Every one of them has lived a rockstar lifestyle without being an asshole for the most part so I’d love to watch the story of everything that went on behind the scenes
It's really surprising that I'm the only person that thinks he's make the perfect joker. Especially in his age now
Immortal line: "It was like Lord of the Flies with booze and weed."
Wouldn’t that be Kids?
Kudos to you Joe for including Buster Keaton and Three Stooges clips where they are ACTUALLY getting hurt on-screen! In the clip at 7:22 of Buster hanging from the water tower, the force from the water pressure breaks his neck - and he ignores the pain as he runs out from beneath the water and finishes the scene. Then, at 7:58 the Stooges clip of Moe falling with the ladder, he breaks two ribs upon landing! And still completes the scene by getting up and double-slapping Larry and Curly... What a pro. Ouch!
And then what happened? When CUT was called, what happened? How long was recovery?
@@attiasprouse682 They both died
@@howiegruwitz3173 🤨
Buster did not find out had broken a bone in his neck until many years later
@@goodwood-rc4nx Because an unrelated neck injury was nagging at him.
JUST....
WHAT were these guys MADE OF back then?!
Kinda reminds me of Hot Rod a little bit. That's a good stunt movie.
Johnny Knoxville is actually an amazing actor. Wish he had more going on for him
It’s ok I have hope he will make it big someday!
@@brutalbasspro Ummmmm probably not, just because he can't get away from the Jackass stuff....Even when he is in a decent movie he always has to play the idiot sidekick, like that pretty awful Schwarzenegger movie where he was the imbecile, gun nut deputy...
I did like him in Dukes of Hazzard. But I actually liked the movie and, grew up on the show. As opposed to those Dukes fanboys who crapped their diapers over it being a "comedy"...It wasn't amazing but it was entertaining.
Lol. He’s garbage unless he plays Johnny Knoxville.
Probably the type that doesn't like to audition.
I’m glad it’s not just me who thinks this
My wife and I watched this sometime last year after rewatching most of the Jackass catalogue, and we both loved it. I never realized that it bombed so hard financially. That's a huge shame because I would love to see more of this type of film in the future.
I actually had a great time with this movie honestly. Knoxville is Eternal.
Literally thought you had done an episode on the actual park and was like "Why is he covering an amusement park on Forgotten Failures?"
Same
I've said it since 2001... Johnny Knoxville is criminally underrated.
by who?
We got the timeline of Johnny Knoxville DOESN'T succumb to any of his injuries.
I actually really enjoyed this movie. The 70s vibe is extremely accomplished and is very appealing to the eyes and ears (music wise). The only problem I had was with the supporting characters. If they took out the grandpa stuff and had 20-30 more minutes of character building and scenes of camaraderie amongst the supporting and main characters, I think this would’ve been a damn good, enjoyable, fun, and heartfelt movie. Great video as always, keep it up.
I had a theory that sometime in the mid 2000s Johnny Knoxville could have played the lead in an adaptation of Max Payne. he looked the part, was a stuntman so he could take a beating and he could act if needed be.
Travis Touchdown is also based on his likeness
What could have been
@@TheB00tyWarrior Speaking of what could have been, I kind of wonder if the Farrely brother's adaptation of The Three Stooges would have benefited from a stunt team like Jackass. The Stooges themselves were great but the movie was tame compared to the old stuff.
Also, for a LONG time, Johnny was attached to a Plastic Man movie. That would've been the perfect vehicle for his style of humor. Oh well.
@@rdp16rulez wasn't Knoxville rumored for the 3 stooges movie at one point?
@@HallErik16 YES, he was going to play Moe. But later on he turned the role down, since he refused to do an impersonation.
Holy crap, I literally thought this was 10 years old or something. Man 2018 already feels like the "long ago." I had a fun time with this and yea, a bigger group of rowdy friends who all laugh at/with eachother would've helped a ton.
As a longtime Jackass fan I turned this off about twenty minutes in because of the reasons you laid out. Without the reactions or a quick recovery, all those injuries just hurt to watch.
I think the film would have worked a little better if Johnny’s character is a massive unrepentant irresponsible d-bag like Chuck Jones’ Daffy Jones where every mishap feels like Karma kicking him in the nuts for being a such d-bag.
No one suffers for art like Johnny Knoxville
well, the rest of the Jackass crew comes close, but no one else would have taken those punches from Butterbean
I am one of the few who went to see this movie in theaters opening weekend and honestly I can be proud of it. I enjoyed the film! I really love Johnny Knoxville's acting style and I thought he performed great in this movie. Sad to hear it was such a disappointment to many other jackass fans.
Same, I also went to see it in theaters. It was a fun popcorn movie.
I'm honestly worried for Knoxville as he gets older. Those TBIs are gonna catch up to him. I hope it doesn't ruin him.
i think he made up his mind a long time ago that its all worth it. i mean he must have, right?
@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS if he remembers
The Defunctland doc on Action Point is my favorite one on youtube.
I remember watching Actionpoint when it came out, and I really enjoyed it. Knoxville is an incredibly underrated actor.
I have NEVER heard of this movie before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
12:42 - We all want your Buster Keaton video ASAP!
Yes! Bring us Buster!
I loved this movie and I'm glad people are finding it. The stunts were great and I'm surprised so many people slept on it.
I just watched this movie about a week ago for the first time, and while I thought elements of the plot moved forward too quick or with no explanation (like Chris Pontius's love interest) there was something about the movie I really enjoyed.
Maybe it's just because I'm a huge mark for Jackass.
Dude I can’t thank you enough with this Chanel!
"There's only one man who really did it flawlessly"
Harold Lloyd : ". . ."
Agreed! You can't leave out Harold Lloyd.
I loved this movie! It was sad around the middle of nowhere in Wisconsin where I live, they didn't even release it in our theaters, I had no way of knowing this movie existed until it was on bluray
Grew up less then 20 minutes away from Action Park. Man what a fun place it was. I did some dumb things there lucky I was never hurt that bad.
I'm surprised you didn't mention The Ringer. That movie has some of the best acting Knoxville ever put to film.
Great movie, but that needs to be a video of it's own, with the controversy surrounding the movie before it even got released based on the premise alone.
A former friend of mine once talked about how they went to a screening of this movie and how it was so bad they walked out about 30 minutes in.
You can tell it was supposed to have the Jackass crew in it. There are stand-ins for them that end up doing nothing.
ACTION POINT: Also starring Bim Marchino, Stephen-O, Aaron Mulcahy, Parker Macy, Little Gent, and Drew Britian. With a special guest appearance by Rip Torn!
@@JeonardShadby505 lol
I kind of feel bad for Johnny Knoxville, I mean those several hard hits in the head don't help you to age well. Poor guy, I wish him the best for the future.
Action Park (better known as "Traction Park) was everything you have heard it was. I have scars on my knuckles from the alpine slide. It's not "defunct", per se. It still exists as Mountain Creek Waterpark but it's a MUCH safer experience.
I saw so little marketing for this flick that I thought it was a one night Fathom event when I saw it in my theater's showtimes. Didn't even know Pontius was in it, I just thought it was Knoxville starring in a standard summer camp movie.
P.S. I love Knoxville in Bad Grandpa too, that movie was like a modern day raunchy remake of Chaplin's The Kid.
Knoxville is a legitimately great actor. Daltry Calhoun is a great example of this
Maybe don't point to one of the worst films ever made as an example lol
“Great” is a reeeeal stretch. Like how everyone is a “genius” these days lol. He’s a decent actor that just passes the test.
With ‘Action Point’ and now ‘Last Looks’, Tim Kirkby is becoming one of those directors who makes “bad” films that are actually decent and will find their fans.
He's a much better director in short-form comedy. Check out series 2 of Look Around You, it's probably one of the best things he's directed.
@@GuyWithACamera23 Holy shit, I love Look Around You! My college roommate and I were obsessed with it when Adult Swim reran all 12 episodes.
I'm neither a fan of Chevy Chase or the Vacation movies, but not casting Knoxville as Griswald was a missed opportunity. Seeing him here made me think of the first Vacation movie.
You mean as Rusty in the sequel/reboot?
I get the feeling that if it was more than just the 2 of them doing the stunts there might have been a longer runtime. Knoxville got hurt so bad with that catapult scene they probably had to shelve a bunch of scenes.
Makes sense
I saw this in theaters actually. Had a great time, fun premise, and some of the most gut punching stunts I’ve seen. It’s a shame it didn’t sell enough seats.
This was a great movie. Under appreciated.
I’m from New Jersey and I never heard of action Park before good mythical morning (back when it was good) did a spot on it
Action Point was a fucking blast! Here, raising my hat to the king, Mr. Knoxville! This dude knows how to take a beating for the camera!
Johnny Knoxville actually started his career as an actor. He focused more on partying than getting roles and eventually washed out of Hollywood before he started doing the Jackass stuff. He's actually got a talent for acting. He just focuses more on getting hit in the nuts because it makes him money.
Love your vids man, especially the genuine sincerity you bring. Too many RUclips channels wallow in cynicism and you’re having none of that.
I’d like to recommend the almost classic ‘Moving Violations’ for you to discuss on this channel.
I found out yesterday that Johnny Knoxville was offered a cast member position on SNL around the time he was selling Jackass.
As a fan of defunct and little known theme parks I was curious about this but never got around to seeing it.
I literally just watched this movie for the first time with my boyfriend yesterday, we both enjoyed it.
I hope the "other" stunt player you are talking about doing a video on is "Super Dave Osborne" . His show on the Showtime Network was great ! RIP Bob Einstein.
Johnny Knoxville is a surprisingly good actor. The Ringer is another film where he really gets to show off his acting chops. Hell, in The Ringer, he manages to hold his own opposite Brian fucking Cox!
Yes! Recently bought this on bluray to own!
They did market this movie poorly. I remember seeing a trailer and going "Ah, a Jackass like movie, but not Jackass. Pass"
Have you considered doing a forgotten failure about 1990's Book Of Love? It seems right up your alley sir and I feel it's actually a genuinely good and fun movie that just didn't land with most folks.
I went watched this in the theaters and thought it was pretty fun movie.
You mentioning the connection to classic National Lampoon/Doug Kenney type comedy movies really make me realize why I liked the movie when it came out
Defunctland has an AWESOME short form documentary about Action Park too. As someone who grew up on the tail end of the "safety last" era, I've always love the lore of a place like this!
Without watching this video first I would say the single biggest reason behind the flop was there was zero marketing behind it. No one knew about it, no one saw it, no one talked about it. I’m a huge jackass fan and I never heard about this film until I came across it randomly on a streaming app.
The Behind the Bastards about Action Park is a great listen. Just mind-blowing.
I enjoyed the film. It actually looked like it was filmed in the 70's and Knoxville as ever was great in the role. Crazy stunts as expected, and lots of cool Punk songs.
It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it's a perfectly entertaining Saturday night film that goes with beer and pizza. I actually think it was meant to be this way.
I remember going to the theater to see this movie. A buddy of mine had show me the trailer and I remember laughing myself silly every second of that trailer. But when I saw the movie I didn’t really laugh. The only parts that made me laugh were the scenes from the trailer and even then, because I had already seen them, I didn’t laugh as hard as before. I can appreciate physical comedy, I think it’s truly a lost art, but I really had a hard time getting into this movie. I think if I give it another shot now I might be able to appreciate what it was trying to do but back then it wasn’t doing it for me, and I love Knoxville! I think he’s great with the stunts.
Man that’s so funny I just saw that movie like a couple of days ago never thinking about it for a while. So weird you did a video on it, but really excited to see it!
I'd watch Knoxville in a Buster Keaton biopic.
I agree
I love the Forgotten Failures that are total cringefests but I value and cherish the ones like these that shine a light on productions with true heart that failed for no real fault of their own.
Excellent video as always!
I saw this in theaters and fucking loved it! I didn't know it was a "failure"
_Class Action Park_ is one of the best documentaries I have seen in quite a while. If you love real life Jackass, see it!
never heard of it over here, so thank you.
When I heard about this movie, I was a little intrigued as I had just learned about the Action Park story. And while I feel like I've kinda outgrown the Jackass humor, I do kinda respect them for taking their licks.
I loved this film so much and it broke my heart that it flopped.
Loved this movie when it came out, rewatched it recently before I saw the new Jackass and still really enjoyed it. Definitely reminded me of my childhood summers to a degree, even if a million times more extreme.
I actually loved that movie tbh. Just gave me like 80s summer vibes
This movie had a great spirit
I’m a Action Point fan! I had a lot of fun with the movie, it’s really a sweet-hearted movie
Have you ever seen Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins? I love that movie. Although one character would be problematic by todays standards, I was always disappointed that it wasn't more popular.
When I watched “Action Point” when it first became available on streaming services, I found it to be not a bad movie, but a half-baked one. What exactly was wrong with it became more evident on the second viewing.
During the pandemic, I started watching the Netflix dramedy “Atypical” because a family member started getting into the series. I didn’t care for the show that much, partially because I found it’s secondary plot arc involving the lead character’s sister (a jock discovering her sexuality while attending an elite prep school on an athletic scholarship) more compelling than the main one. When I looked up the filmography of Brigette Lundy-Paine, the actor who plays the jock sister, I noticed they were credited in “Action Point” as Four-Finger Annie. I could not recall either Lundy-Paine or a character with that name from my previous viewing of the film, so I watched it again.
It turns out that Brigette Lundy-Paine appears in the background of much of this movie as one of Action Point’s teenaged employees, but they have very few lines, and no bearing on the plot. The name “Four-Finger Annie” is mentioned once, then never brought up again. This trait of being ever-present but not doing anything is true for all of the employees, with the minor exception of the nerd who serves as the park’s accountant. “Action Point” desperately needed a story that gave these side characters something to do besides get out of the way as Johnny Knoxville performed his stunts, and it couldn’t deliver one.
Maybe the forced narrative device made it too difficult to incorporate a storyline outside of Knoxville’s perspective. Maybe the producers didn’t want to invite comparisons to “Adventureland,” undoubtedly a superior coming-of-age story about teens working at an amusement park. Considering the paltry running time, though, the film really missed that element.
TLDR
The biggest question I had was how did this cost 45 million? did the insurance cost 40 million?
I went to Action Park as a kid. It was SICK! Nice job on the video.
If it was called Jackass it woulda been a hit no doubt
I actually really like this film, it's not perfect and it has issues but it is fun and does give this old school 80s vibe.
Hey I loved this movie. I love how versatile Johnny Knoxville really can be.
He took some of the craziest hits in this I’ve ever seen him take, super underrated movie.
I've genuinely never heard of Action Point until this video, so that would be part of the reason why it failed: people didn't know about it
never heard of this movie until now, thanks gonna watch it right now.
Man, that 80's inspired poster was so good. The fact that Paramount just kind of got rid of it is mildly upsetting.
I completely forgot about this film until the build up of Jackass 4 gotta say I still really enjoyed it in the theater when it came out.
The stories and inspiration for this movie is much more compelling than doing an 80s film premise of teens against a real estate developer with crass humor.
I personally loved Action Point, but I’ve been a Jackass fan since the beginning and have seen all of Knoxville’s movies.
I’ve watched it last week, it was great.
I survived many trips to Action Park as a child, and I got to bring a friend each time.
Every time I see a doc on RUclips about Action Park my mind immediately goes back to this movie.
The history of Action Park is utterly fascinating.
Keep up the great content
Johnny knoxville should do a full length buster keaton styled stunt film.
This video really made me appreciate the work of Buster Keaton.
I remember this movie
For 2 reasons:
1. Jeremy Jahns Review of it
2. Johnny Knoxville's interview with Vanity Fair where he tells one injury when filming this movie caused left eye pop out his soccet.
Action point was awesome. Seen it when it came out and i loved it
great vid brother