capone666 Action PointSurprisingly, the most dangerous thing at an amusement park is not the rides but the concession stand food.However, this imbalance doesn't sit right with the hare-brained proprietor in this comedy.Facing steep competition from the new mega theme park down the street, the owner and operator (Johnny Knoxville) of the dilapidated Action Point decides to remove all of the safety precautions and restraints from his already shoddy rides in order to attract crowds of reckless teens, daredevils and thrill-seekers. Along for the ride are his neglected daughter (Eleanor Worthington Cox) and his motley crew of carneys. Inspired by a real New Jersey amusement park, amateur stuntman Knoxville apes his way through Jackass style stunts that fail to garner laughs or winces. Meanwhile, the paper thin plot isn't sturdy enough to support the worn-out pranks.Incidentally, the only park employee who supports decreased regulations is the haunted house groper. Red Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

judemom So i was praying to god this would be good but it was of the worst of this year it is just people getting hurt and gross humor that's it but it seemed like johnny knoxville likes the material because this was a real place and it was dangerous and johnny knoxville loves to throw himself around but he failed and i hoped he tried but most likely he just failed the humor is really awful and unfunny and gross i laughed about two times i was bored almost the whole time i was terribly disappointed also this movie made no money good that should tell paramount to make better comedies i really wished they got better writers.

jefgg When I saw that there was a movie called "Action Point" that was loosely based on Action Park I felt obligated to see it. For those not from New Jersey, Action Park was a Vernon, NJ theme park notorious for unsafe rides and intoxicated customers and staff. "Action Point" was mediocre and predictable. But some movies are about the journey, not the destination. If you want to see it go to the theater ASAP because it is not doing well at the box office. It will probably be available on DVD by the end of next week.They drank a lot of Schlitz beer in the movie. It was obviously a product placement. I don't recall Schlitz being that popular in New Jersey in the '80s. But that was before I drank ... legally. I can't remember the last time I saw Schlitz in a liquor store, but have not purchased beer in a long time. I do remember the Schlitz Rocks America advertising campaign. They sponsored The Who's first farewell tour.I went to Action Park at least a few times as a child. I wish I would have gone as an adult. I did not realize how historically significant it was. I think I felt fortunate to escape unscathed and didn't want to push my luck. The first time I rode the Alpine Slide I saw a guy who flew off the slide and was lying face down on the grass. The sufficiently scared me to be very careful. There really were many casualties at Action Park. I think most of the fatalities occurred on the water based attractions.There are some great Action Park stories. And many of them are true. I heard they purchased new ambulances for the town of Vernon. A lot of people blamed the rowdiness of patrons on the fact that many were New Yorkers. One of my favorite stories was when "MTV's Headbanger's Ball" taped an episode there featuring the band Alice In Chains. The band members did not have to wait to go on the rides. And somebody screamed at guitar player Jerry Cantrell, "Hey burnout! Get back in line!"Maybe I should go into more detail about the movie. It is an R rated comedy. Maybe that is why it struggled at the box office. A lot of the jokes were people falling and/or getting hurt. That isn't very funny ... well ... sometimes it's funny. I like the tee shirts that say "it's funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious". There should have been a disclaimer at the end of the movie that said "no humans were harmed in the making of this film". Does anyone care about humans getting hurt? Most of the movie was Johnny Knoxville's character, D.C., telling stories about his crazy theme park to his young granddaughter. He referred to his motley crew of employees as "shitbirds". Maybe those characters could have been more developed. Maybe the movie could have been based more closely on the real Action Park. The movie took place in California and was filmed in South Africa. I have no idea why. Vernon, NJ was rural. Some people do not even know that there are rural parts of New Jersey. I am from the Exit 153 area so that makes me a city boy. When I was a little kid my mother's best friend and her family moved up to Sussex County. We went up to visit many times. I had so much fun up there I can barely remember most of it. They moved to the country to get away from it all. And their kids found it all. Action Park was 50 miles west of Manhattan and considered the New York area. They showed commercials on New York TV stations and attracted many patrons from there. A lot of people blamed many of the problems on the New Yorkers. Many of the drowning casualties were New Yorkers who couldn't swim and/or drank too much. Some of the New Yorkers did not speak English and few if any employees were bilingual. New York is definitely part of the Action Park story. The corporate rival theme park was 7 Parks. I assume that was supposed to be like Six Flags. The nearest Six Flags to Action Park was 90 miles away in Jackson, NJ. There were definitely competition, but not that close. Action Park did provide entertainment and it heard it was usually piss poor. That could have been a very funny part of the movie. The movie reminded me of some of the comedies I watched growing up that pitted slobs versus snobs like "Animal House", "Caddyshack", etc.. I am trying to remember what beers were popular in New Jersey back in the '80s. I didn't drink. ;) I think my friends liked Old Milwaukee and Busch. Michelob was considered the good stuff.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . out onto the Oscars stage a few months ago to yell "I am Spartacus!" but he forgot his line, you'll have a pretty good picture of what's in store for you at ACTION POINT. Zombie movies feature characters who look like Death warmed over (and then nuked again for good measure) because that's the whole point of that genre. However, just as it was extremely depressing to see what an "action hero" would look like at age 101 in Real Life, it's even more of a downer to see what a Jackass who's (hopefully) pushing 70 is reduced to doing as he tries to keep bread on his table at no-ACTION POINT. Other than a boozing bear and a couple of mating dogs featured in this flick (which deftly straddles the line between horror and horrible), no one seems to be having any fun at ACTION POINT. This would-be tale of Geezers Gone Wild reminds me mostly of GREY MANSIONS.