Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 03/25/1998
Dubbed: English
Run Time: 82 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children, Adult Language, Gore
Distributor/Studio: Troma
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 pollution he is transformed into a pumped-up monster, heretofore known as the Toxic Avenger (
Mitchell Cohen). From that moment on, TA saves damsels and others in distress by some pretty gory mauling and maiming but finds his moment of fulfillment too.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
