Chris Pontius Movies

Jackass alumni and former circus clown Stephen Glover continues to redefine gross-out humor with self-injury in the name of comedy for the uncensored torture-fest Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video. Collecting footage deemed too extreme for television, he incorporates the usual brand of disgusting talents for segments like "Windshield Dive," "Human Dartboard," and "Vodka I.V." The frequently nude Steve-O is joined by fellow Jackass boys Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, and Preston Lacy. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

This documentary follows Jackass regular Steve-O and his band of cohorts as they perform a number of stunts and practical jokes while visiting various cities. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

From the creators of Jackass came another gross-out hodgepodge of wild, crazy, and idiotic stunts titled Wildboyz. The hosts of this unreal reality series were former Jackass regulars Chris Pontius and Steve-O (aka Stephen Otis). These two likable jerks traveled all over the world to spread the own dubious brand of "American culture" to other peoples. Yeah, right. Actually they hopped from country to country performing dangerous and dimwitted stunts involving animals -- with the animals getting all the best of it. From swimming with sharks to zapping one another with electric eels to swiping cookies from rattlesnakes, Chris and Steve-O would do anything for a laugh, even if it killed them ("No such luck," one can hear the series' critics muttering under their breath). Occasionally joining the hosts in their puerile perambulations were their Jackass colleagues Johnny Knoxville, Manny Puig, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuna. Wildboyz was first inflicted on the public on November 2, 2003, courtesy of MTV. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hosts Chris Pontius and Steve-O offer their own peculiar slant to the TV travelogue-cum-reality series in the first season of the zany, delightfully disgusting stunt show Wildboyz. The opening episode is a typical blend of the dangerous and doltish, as our two heroes are seen swimming with sharks, streaking with ostriches and playing football with hyenas. Later, it's off to Alaska, where Chris and Steve-O endeavor to feed a bear using only their, er, nether regions. The boys' former Jackass cohort Johnny Knoxville shows up in an episode taped in Florida, where the duo filch cookies from a rattlesnake. And don't miss their journey "down under," when they test the strength of giant clams in Australia and disguise themselves as sheep to flush out predators in New Zealand. Remember, kids: don't try this at home -- or anywhere else! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In his 1961 speech to the National Association of Broadcasters Newton Minnow claimed that television had become a "vast wasteland," and with this comedy the warped folks at National Lampoon prove that Minnow's so-called "vast wasteland" has since been flooded by a festering cesspool of filth and depravity. Absolutely nothing is sacred as Jackass stars Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuna skewer small screen conventions by targeting everything from reality television to talk shows. For viewers looking to find out just how far the bar has been lowered, who better to turn to than the satirical minds at National Lampoon? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

The true-life story of Darby Crash, who became a Los Angeles punk icon before taking his own life in 1980, provides the background for this gritty musical biopic. Not long after getting kicked out of an experimental high school in Los Angeles, charismatic misfit and major David Bowie fan Jan Paul Beahm (Shane West) announces that he wants to form a rock band. With his best friend Georg Ruthenberg (Rick Gonzalez), Beahm creates a group called the Germs, mainly because their first choice, "Sophistif--k and the Revlon Spam Queens" costs too much to put on a T-shirt. Beahm appoints himself lead singer, Ruthenberg becomes guitarist even though he has no command of the instrument, and Beahm creates new stage names for them -- George becomes Pat Smear, and Jan is now Bobby Pyn. After a few less-than-impressive attempts to putting Beahm's "five-year plan" into action, the Germs begin to click with the addition of sweet but musically inexperienced Lorna Doom (Bijou Phillips) on bass and Arizona transplant Don Bolles (Noah Segan) on drums. Bobby Pyn gives himself another new name, Darby Crash, and the Germs become the talk of the Los Angeles punk scene with their reckless but literate songs and Darby's aggressive performance style. The Germs become big fish in the small pond of L.A. punk, but when hard drugs enter into the picture, Darby begins alienating those closest to him, and after the Germs' collapse, he's at a loss for how to bring his grand scheme to the next level. The real Pat Smear served as a music producer for What We Do Is Secret, recreating the sound of the Germs and other seminal L.A. punk groups for the soundtrack, while the surviving members of the Germs played a series of reunion dates following the production of the movie, with Shane West standing in as lead singer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide