Shakyl Lambert

In 1998, a young Johnny Knoxville–then going by his real name P.J. Clapp–made a wildly dangerous pitch to skating magazine Big Brother, testing self-defence tools on himself, most notably shooting himself with a .38 calibre pistol while wearing a bulletproof vest stuffed with porno magazines. Then-editor Jeff Tremaine would suggest he film it. It’s fitting that nearly 30 years later, the final Jackass movie, dubbed Jackass: Best and Last, would begin with that infamous filmed test.

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While action fans are blessed to get good-to-great offerings on an annual basis, every so often, a movie will come around that rewrites the rules and sets a new standard for the genre. The Furious is one of those game-changers. It’s not just the best action movie of the year; it’s one of the best of the past several decades. The premise is simple.