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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe agreeable looseness edges into a less agreeable limpness.
- 58The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAlthough its resolution is admirably non-fantastical, Action Point is ultimately more interested in telling a story about a pretty nice dad who becomes a somewhat nicer dad.
- 52IGNWitney SeiboldIGNWitney SeiboldAction Point contains some crazy stunts and some funny-ish gross-out humor, but is ultimately a pale echo of the dark destruction Johnny Knoxville became famous for.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe trouble is, presenting all of this mayhem within the framework of a by-the-numbers father-daughter bonding story saps the stunts of their usual appeal.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoBelieve it or not, Action Point in 2018 feels too safe. There’s way too much plot and even the stunts that gave Knoxville concussions feel routine. It’s not unlike seeing a once-great athlete attempt a comeback. There are flashes of what once worked, but it’s also a little sad.
- 30The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergTrue, Johnny Knoxville gets power-hosed down a slide and catapulted into a barn for our amusement, but the inventive, stake-raising, borderline surrealist gags of the old “Jackass” are gone.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckPresumably intended for Jackass fans desperately in search of a plot, Action Park makes a typical episode of America's Funniest Home Videos look sophisticated by comparison.
- 25Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThere are so few laughs in this thing that it’d have been a shame had somebody gotten hurt making us laugh at their pain.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversA few primo bits sneak through.... But mostly we’re watching the bawdy life being drained out of a once subversive franchise. Action Point is the first Jackass-related movie to play it safe. Now that is truly painful.
- 16IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichFor most of its interminable runtime, Action Point feels like a porno that deliberately ruins the sex scenes in order to stop you from fast-forwarding through the plot.