When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, heâs transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community.
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A private user reviewed The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2025)
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
This doesnât start well, indeed after about ten minutes I thought it was just going to be âTyrion Lannisterâ does âBruce Bannerâ. Well I was quite pleasantly surprised as it takes those foundations and, with itâs tongue firmly implanted in itâs cheek, and with him suitably armed with his newly radioactive mop, we set off on a crime caper with a difference. Kevin Baconâs âBob Garbingerâ runs a big chemical company that routinely churns out enough gunge into the rivers and streams of the city to give Julia Roberts and Albert Finney enough work for a lifetime. âWinstonâ (Peter Dinklage) is trying to rear teenage stepson âWadeâ (Jacob Tremblay) whilst holding down a menial job in one of those plants. When he gets a terrible diagnosis from his doctor, he thinks he has company health insurance - but when platinum turns out not to be all itâs cracked up to be, he decides to ask his boss to intercede. That just sees him rather savagely treated and dumped into a drain where, well letâs just say it isnât envy that has turned him green. Meantime, we learn that all in his garden isnât exactly rosy for âGarbingerâ either, so with hoodlums chasing him and his wacky brother âFritzâ (Elijah Wood doing his best impersonation of âGruâ) organising a kid-napping it falls to the irritated âToxieâ to save the city, nobble the baddies, rescue âWadeâ and maybe even stop his eye from constantly popping out of itâs socket on a great big stalk! This is quite an entertaining parody of many things super-hero with shades of Hammer and John Carpenter thrown into a mix that is held together amiably by a Dinklage who looks like he is enjoying himself. He even manages to rescue a cat! The scenario serves to remind us of just how cavalier we have been and still are with our environment in the name of convenience and though Bacon isnât really at his best, he and his band of âNutsâ provide plenty to swing a pretty lethal sponge-on-stick at! High brow it isnât, but when âWinstonâ discovers the astonishingly corrosive powers of his own weeâŚ! Mindless and enjoyable, and I liked it in the end. Wouldnât bet against a sequel.
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