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In a crazy spoof of heroic monster movies that spawned two sequels, The Toxic Avenger is about the transformation of a mild-mannered, scrawny janitor into a thundering, muscular hero out for justice, morality, and in one case, a bit of sex. Melvin (Mark Torgl) has a job as a custodian at a work-out club where his humiliating treatment by the musclebound reaches an ugly climax in which Melvin is forced to jump out of a window. He lands in a toxic waste truck, and by some miracle of modern
R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Apr 11, 1984 Wide
Nov 10, 1997
Troma
All Critics (16) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (6) | DVD (6)
Cruddy, primal, extremely violent, and fairly entertaining, it captures some of the snot-flicking spirit of the old EC comics.
An outlandish mix of gory violence and realistic special effects.
Top Critic[It] may be trash, but it has a maniacally farcical sense of humor, and Tromaville's evildoers are dispatched in ingenious ways.
Though it is silly, sleazy, and graphically violent, The Toxic Avenger does hold a bit of warped charm for fans of this sort of thing.
It all falls apart after an hour, chunks of the preceding entertainment reappearing as random montages.
It's your basic nerd revenge fantasy, only decked out in gore and over-the-top, bad-taste gags.
The Toxic Avenger tells the humorous story of a geeky weakling who is turned into a superhero when he is slimed by some toxic waste.
The Toxic Avenger is an incredibly bizarre flick, combining silly jokes with outrageous gore, but it works.
It's passable entertainment for a while, but even with the short 87 minute running time it starts to feel a bit long in the tooth
Simply one of the most embarassingly entertaining movies I've ever seen!
It has crude production values, weak humor, and an inexplicable following.
The cult classic of a disgusting mutant superhero, is itself a disgusting movie. If you like absurdity and gore you'll love it.
September 6, 2010Super Reviewer
Wow, I don't even know where to start with this thing. It's so bad, it's good. 80's to the max. It's really cheesy, there's a lot of gore and who could forget all the boobs with tanlines?! It's weird.
November 9, 2010Super Reviewer
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