Rare And Buried: The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger

This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hedonistic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly and comical results. The local mop boy is now the local Superhero, the saviour of corruption, thuggish bullies and indifference.

The legendary flagship series of the Troma Films and it took me a long time before I actually sat down and watch this. I'll say this... I could have really love it. The first half of this film was awesome at its best with its great kills, ridiculous characters and a simple superhero mythology. However by the last act, the craziness and violence kind of died down and becomes less of what the film establish itself to be. I still like it and two of the kills were some of the best I have seen, especially the use of its effects. If you're not familiar this series and you want gory fun goodness, go find this!

3 out of 5 stars