The Toxic Avenger-Unrated Directors Cut DVD
What an obscure movie to review Gavin.......

Obscure indeed. Anyway I picked this up off eBay a few weeks ago because of what I had heard about it. Needless to say I was not disappointed. The plot is really dumb but hey, it's Troma, what did you expect? The story starts off with a mop boy named Melvin just mopping away at the local Tromaville Health Club. He is by far one of the most annoying characters in movie history. Anyway he makes some of the locals mad by his screw ups and they decide to get him back. This is the same group of people that go on hit and runs for points and enjoy running people over. Ahh, running people over, is their no finer pass time?
*Note: I do not condone running people over. Don't do it, it's not nice.*
Anyway they make poor Melvin get in a tutu and mock him for wearing one and then he gets so embarrassed he decides to jump out a window. Why he decides the best plan of action is to jump out a window is beyond me. Luckily for Melvin he dives head first into a barrel of good ol' fashion toxic waste. This turns him into, DUN DUN DU, THE TOXIC AVENGER! Anyway he starts to take on the bad guys and he gives them what they deserve. Apparently they deserve to have limbs ripped off of them and their heads crushed. Go figure. That just about sums up the movie.

Now this was the Toxie DVD that was released way back in the stone age in a year called "1997" and some of the features are outdated but still good nonetheless. I enjoyed some of the special features but most of them were pointless. I did listen to the commentary by Troma President Lloyd Kaufman and I found it most informative. I was also prompted to read his book "Everything I Learned about Filmmaking I learned from the Toxic Avenger!" and it was a good read to say the least. You won't find the book on any recommended reading lists but it is a good read.

In conclusion I would like to say that Troma Studios has put out some really crappy movies out over their 25 years of being a independent movie studio but The Toxic Avenger is not one of those pieces of crap. I really enjoyed my experience with Toxie and I am looking forward to the sequels. These movies are not for kids though. I had to put that line in somewhere as it has basically become a unwritten law to inform parents that a movie containing a hideously deformed monster is "not for kids."

Final Score
4/5