The Ringer (DVD)

No doubt inspired in part by the shock events of the 2000 Paralympic games, where it turned out that the supposedly ‘intellectually’ challenged members of the Spanish basketball team included students, a lawyer and an accountant amongst them and were anything but disabled, the Ringer is Johnny Knoxville’s crude and non PC comedy based around his characters attempts to get into the special olympics by faking a disability. Knoxville, once of the stupid stunt show Jackass, is now trying to become a serious actor, well serious acting wise, he still concentrates on comedy roles (Dukes of Hazzard) where the knockabout style he perfected on Jackass can still be ...

Imagine for a moment that you are an up and coming Hollywood star. You are known for your comedic persona and are finally being offered leading roles rather than the part of the best friend or adversary. Maybe you are Jack Black and decide to star in the excellent ‘School of Rock’, or maybe you are Ben Stiller and you see yourself in the genre defining ‘There’s Something About Mary’, or maybe you are Johnny Knoxville and the idea or pretending to be a special needs athlete to rig the Special Olympics in ‘The Ringer’, appeals to you? If you choose ‘The Ringer’, you lose. Why? That’s what I would say to Knoxville, why? It is not that the film is particular ...

As soon as I saw this DVD advertised on TV I knew I had to watch it so was pleased when my boyfriend bought it for me for my birthday. I don't usually like Johnny Knoxville but the film looked funny so thought I would give it a go and I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the film would be quite 'close to the mark' and a bit politically incorrect from watching the adverts and reading the back of the case but it actually wasn't. The basic plot of the film is that Steve (Knoxville) hires his friend Stavi (Luis Avalos) as his gardener as he feels sorry for him but Stavi unfortunately catches his hand in the Lawnmower and slices off 3 of his fingers. He ...