Movie Inspired By NJ's Action Park Coming Out This June

VERNON, NJ — Remember Action Park, the legendary amusement park known as much for its injuries as it was for its rides? You can relive the fun (but not the cuts and broken bones) this summer when a movie based on the famed New Jersey amusement park opens in theaters on June 1.

"Action Point" stars Johnny Knoxville, best known for his stunts on the show "Jackass" as the owner of an amusement park that becomes increasingly dangerous as it ramps up the intensity of its rides.

"No rules. No speed limits. Just pure fun," Knoxville's character describes the goal of the park. Sound familiar? Based on the trailer, the movie features plenty of the "oh, that's gotta hurt" humor the "Jackass" series was known for. For the non-squeamish, you can watch the full trailer above.

Action Park, located in Vernon, was open from 1978 to 1996. During that time, six people died and countless others suffered fractures, cuts, and other injuries. One ride, the Cannonball Loop, was so unsafe the Advisory Board on Carnival Amusement Ride Safety stepped in and shut it down.

Why did people love the park so much if it was so dangerous? Here's what the History Channel has to say about it:

It wasn’t just the thrill of the dangerous rides that kept kids coming back, summer after summer. It was also the park’s “anything goes,” choose-your-own-adventure mentality. Then-underage visitors remember being able to drink beer freely and run through the park without a care—or much in the way of adult supervision. In fact, doctors who treated the many injuries incurred at the park noted most people were intoxicated, regardless of their age. The employees (including Mulvihill’s own five children) were often teenagers themselves, having as good of a time as the patrons.

It re-opened in 2014 under the Mountain Creek Waterpark moniker, and uses its safety measures as a selling point.

The film is rated R; it opens in theaters on June 1.

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