Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D (2012)

6% of critics liked it
(18 reviews)
63% of users liked it
(8,505 ratings)

The show follows Travis and the Nitro Circus Crew as they travel around the world setting up outrageous stunts and pushing the human body to the limit, constantlylooking to innovate the world of action sports. Travis' compound in Annapolis houses a full motocross course, foampits and a homemade… More The show follows Travis and the Nitro Circus Crew as they travel around the world setting up outrageous stunts and pushing the human body to the limit, constantlylooking to innovate the world of action sports. Travis' compound in Annapolis houses a full motocross course, foampits and a homemade waterslide carved into a hill creating a self contained extreme sports circus. -- (C) Official Site

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Directed By: Gregg Godfrey, Jeremy Rawle
Written By: Travis Pastrana, Jeremy Rawle
Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy

In Theaters: Aug 8, 2012 Limited
Studio: Arc Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Those whose instant mental riposte is "not to mention our relationship with common sense" are definitely not the target audience.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
If you're going to keep throwing your life on the line, you've got to give us a reason to care.
John Anderson, Variety
Watching people take their lives into their hands shouldn't be as tedious as Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
The personalities on screen have such limited shticks, such one-dimensional ideas, that they're no fun to hang out with.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Remains firmly planted in the realm of the inarticulate dude-bro, where shirtless men gleefully engage in physical acts of self-inflicted pain without a trace of real self-awareness or understanding.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
When something that was originally slapdash and spontaneous becomes big business, part of the fun always seems to go out of it, a phenomenon that you can feel throughout "Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D."
David Guzman, Film Journal International
The 3D action-sports documentary Nitro Circus: The Movie has a few bonus dimensions, but that doesn't make it deep.
Brent Simon, Shockya.com
Various bike-, auto- and skate-inspired shenanigans do not a movie make.
Jackie K. Cooper, jackiekcooper.com
A movie full of stupid human tricks. Makes you wonder why anyone would make a movie about these guys (and one gal).
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Common Sense Media
The Jackass stunts are at least outrageous and disgusting, eliciting much stronger reactions. Nitro Cirtus is equally dumb, and much duller to boot.
Nick Johnston, Boston Phoenix
Yes, this is the same [stuff] you've seen from this crew on their 2009 MTV show, but this time, it's in 3D and costs $15.
Todd Jorgenson, Cinemalogue.com
The banter between the group lacks much wit or humor. Then again, that's hardly the point.
Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate
Exhausting and repetitively reckless - better to watch it - free - on MTV or elsewhere.
Jim Judy, Screen It!
The fun and charm, if you will, of Knoxville and company is sorely lacking here. (Full Content Review for Parents also available)
Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com
Nitro Circus is an overcooked sham, too broad to take seriously, while treating genuine injury as an opportunity to point and laugh.
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
While the Nitro Circus's many achievements are impressive, they pale in comparison to those of Knoxville and company's.
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
[VIDEO ESSAY]...an eye-popping celebration of a talented and fearless stunt crew unafraid to put their lives on the line. Taste the adrenaline babyface.

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Jeff "

Nitro Circus delivers some cool stunts, but in terms of substance, there's nothing else to offer. The attempts at comedy, doesn't have anything that stands out, and after watching members of the team whip out constantly, this movie becomes tiresome and stupid. This film… More
Nitro Circus delivers some cool stunts, but in terms of substance, there's nothing else to offer. The attempts at comedy, doesn't have anything that stands out, and after watching members of the team whip out constantly, this movie becomes tiresome and stupid. This film could have been something great, I mean some of the stunts were fun to watch, and I enjoy Travis Pastrana, but this one failed to deliver something truly memorable and fun. I've had more fun watching Jeb Corliss videos on YouTube than watching this painful attempt at delivers a stunt movie. After a while, I found myself not caring what was happening on-screen. This is a tiresome film that despite the fact relies on cool stunts, is not a film worth seeing again. Beware about this one, you've seen it all before and though some things that Nitro Circus do are cool, it lacks depth and a reason to exist. For example, they could have gone into the history of Nitro Circus a bit more and introduced each member and give them a reason why they have that rush of adrenaline. No reason is ever given, and it's just stunt after stunt, along with a few fails, and bad attempts at humor. I'll give these guys credit, what they do is cool; however it did not necessitate a film. This was poorly done and it would have been better as shorts instead of a full on feature length movie. Fans may enjoy it, but I didn't enjoy the way I thought I would. In fact, I thought it was awful as a feature.
Joshua W

Hey, lets make a Jackass movie but take away everything that made Jackass interesting and throw in Channing Tatum for no reason AT ALL!
Jason C

Yawn. That's about all I could do during this movie. I don't know where they were trying to go with Nitro Circus, but it was a very, very watered down version of Jackass filmed with a number of guys who just weren't interesting. Even the 3D was lame. They didn't do… More
Yawn. That's about all I could do during this movie. I don't know where they were trying to go with Nitro Circus, but it was a very, very watered down version of Jackass filmed with a number of guys who just weren't interesting. Even the 3D was lame. They didn't do anything with it. They didn't seem to know how to make this work in a way that would lead to the finale they wanted. It was just one lame stunt after another with one or two interesting ones added for good measure. Top it off with a couple of interesting stunts and there you have it. Nitro Circus in 3D. Nitro Circus just isn't worth seeing. One TV episode of Jackass is more fun, entertaining and charismatic than the entire Nitro Circus movie.
Jason R

NITRO CIRCUS doesn't bring anything new to the table. However, this group of daredevils are really fun to watch.

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Travis Pastrana
as Travis Pastrana
Jolene Van Vugt
as Jolene Van Vugt
Gregg Godfrey
as Gregg Godfrey
Tommy Passemante
as Tommy Passemante
Jeremy Rawle
as Jeremy Rawle
Aaron Fotheringham
as Aaron Fotheringham
Greg Powell
as Greg Powell

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