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Clyde Lewis, David Mattey, Debbie Rochon

After 10 years of peace in Tromaville, terror rears it's head again as The Toxic Avenger's evil double, Noxie, kills innocent citizens. It's up to Toxie, Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD, Master Bator, and Dolphi...( read more  read more... )n Man to save the day.

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Unrated, 99 min.

Directed by: Lloyd Kaufman

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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  • stopitgoaway
    August 28, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV returns to the basics and gore that made the first a classic even though The Toxic Avenger Part II and Part III was pretty good. Toxie's heroic voice returns and they're seems to be more gore in this one than the first film, it was great t...( read more)o see Troma's other hero Sgt Kabukiman N.Y.P.D in this film. The other superhero's was a laugh like the Masterbater and Dolphin Man.

    The alternate universe for Tromaville and the alternate characters was something interesting such as we see the Evil Kabukiman and Noxie, even Sarah and Lard Ass's alternate characters. Watch out for Marvel Superhero creator Stan Lee has the narrator. The Toxic Avenger Part IV is worth a watch.
  • FangsFirst
    March 16, 2009
    FangsFirst
    I used my review of Terror Firmer to describe the difference between early, middle and late period Troma films, with that one representing the last group. It predates this particular film, to date the last Toxic Avenger movie, and so this is yet another of that particular ...( read more)group. All had Lloyd Kaufman in the director's chair in some respect, though by this time Michael Herz had resigned to a production-only role, where previously he had co-directed. Writers and crews changed, though Kaufman was always involved in writing in some respect, and maintains a decent level of control as director. Despite most of them gaining their greatest level of familiarity and appreciation on home video, Kaufman continued to film all four films in 35mm.

    A hostage situation at the Tromaville School for the Very Special leads the Toxic Avenger (David Mattey) to appear and thwart the plans of the Diaper Mafia, led by Tex Diaper (Trent Haaga, who had a hand in writing, as he did with most Troma films of this age). The explosion that results from the bomb that even Toxie's sidekick Lardass (Joe Fleishaker in one of his biggest, oh dear, pun not intended, roles) cannot stop causes a dimensional switch that leaves Toxie in the alternate world of Amortville and his doppelgänger the Noxious Offender (also Mattey) in Tromaville. Noxie is far from Toxie's sweet but violent good guy and proceeds to take over Tromaville with the help of officer Theodore--yes, really--Kazinsky (Dan Snow, for the first time NOT playing Cigarface). Meanwhile, Toxie bumbles through Amortville, faced with mirror images of friends, family, acquaintances and activities (where there are nuns in Tromaville, there are prostitutes in Amortville, and so on). The pregnancy of Toxie's wife Sarah (Heidi Sjursen) adds to the clock in the need to return Toxie and his companions from the School for the Very Special, Tito (Michael Budinger) and Sweetie Honey (Lisa Terizakis), to Tromaville and stop Noxie.

    On the surface, we once again have an off-kilter comic book story, with our hero fighting an evil form of himself, but with typical Troma twists, including the intent to offend anyone and anything--or really, to show a lack of reverence for anyone and anything. Little bias is shown as both anti-abortion activists and abortionists are mocked within minutes of each other, and Tito is occasionally smarter than Toxie. Toxie gains a new sidekick (of sorts) in Pompey (Barry Brisco), a black man being dragged behind a truck driven by rednecks (one of whom is original Toxie Mitch Cohen) until there's nothing left but a (still-talking and living) head. Of course, Toxie proceeds to blackface the redneck with the truck's engine and have him strung up by his fellow Klanmembers, so there's little doubt about how Troma feels about the issue, even if they're willing to mock school shootings, abortion and horrific racial crimes. Taste is in even shorter supply than usual, as is standard for the new school of Troma, with a strong stream of feces-related humour and death mixed in with the standard blood and guts and t and a. Anyone female who can be topless is, or even fully naked. Males are not spared the same, but are generally treated more as sources of mocking humour in this.

    I'm not a big fan of Troma's wanderings into the waste realms of humour, but it's done with that enthusiastic excess that at least sends it beyond gross or immature and into the realms of self-conscious stupidity that belies a twisted intelligence perverted to shrugging indifference to intellectual matters. Effects are also in the realms of Terror Firmer and Tromeo and Juliet in terms of quality and spirit: thick and "realistic" blood, but floppy, rubbery body parts that have no chance of being mistaken for real. It's a mix of "satisfying" gore and ridiculously goofy gore, but with a heavy introduction of fecal matter. Obviously this really isn't my favourite part and I would have preferred its absence. Anyway, it's not the only source of humour, with both absurdity (such as the finale of the Mayor's speech to the citizens after unveiling their plan to deal with Noxie) and referential humour (Tromadu, the Mayor's estate, which is displayed in flickering newsreel style, calling to mind...oh, it's some other movie, one that also starts with Citizen, I think?) still making strong showings.

    A lot of the appreciable humour for longtime Troma fans comes from the relentless stream of rather naturally inserted cameos by actors, characters and behind-the-scenes folks. Lemmy Kilmeister of Motörhead makes numerous appearances as a deadpanning commentator, Trent Haaga (who stars in Terror Firmer) has a rather large role as both Tex Diaper and a back alley drug dealer, Fleishaker and Snow have rather large roles, porn star Ron Jeremy plays the heavily religious Mayor Goldberg, former Toxie villain Rick Collins plays an Amortville police officer who attempts to stop Noxie, Corey Feldman (who hides himself behind fake name Kinky Finkelstein and a fake moustache and glasses) plays Sarah's gynecologist, Mark Torgl returns, thankfully, to play an evil version of Melvin, Toxie sequel villain Malfaire's actress Lisa Gaye has a brief role as an abortion counselor, Yaniv Sharon, famed for his full frontal nudity in Terror Firmer is Rex Diaper, Tromeo and Juliet scripter (who also wrote the shitty Dawn of the Dead remake) James Gunn appears as "Flem Hocking," a disabled brilliant scientist in a wheelchair (take a wild guess who that refers to), Henry "Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf" Nasiff plays God, Julie Strain (who inspired the panned Heavy Metal 2000's main character) and husband Kevin Eastman (who co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Peter Laird, but now edits, publishes and owns the American Heavy Metal based on the French Métal Hurlant) appear just for a death gag, Eli Roth (who had just directed Cabin Fever and was later responsible for the Hostel films) appears next to Lemmy in the crowd, Stan "The Man" Lee narrates, Terror Firmer star and Tromeo Will Keenan is hit by a car, Lloyd's daughter appears in crowds in both __Villes. There are probably others I don't even recognize.

    It's interesting, though, that plotwise, we see the return of many things inexplicably changed for the middle sequels (here referred to as bad and apologized for, via Stan Lee's narration). Melvin is now Melvin Furd again, his girlfriend is Sarah again (instead of Claire, the name given for Noxie's sex slave equivalent to Toxie's wife in Amortville), he's once again far more gory in his takedown of criminals, his voice is again dubbed, this time by Clyde Lewis, whose voice does remind one of the original Kenneth Kessler. Despite this, the new tone of Troma seems out of keeping with the original Toxie spirit in some ways, far more over the top (at first Heidi is reminiscent of the original Sara (yeah, no H, oops!), Andree Maranda, but eventually becomes ridiculous and cringe-inducing in ways that she shouldn't, even in a Troma movie) and gross. There's an element of "normal movie" in the 1980s Troma films that has been lost in the brief foray into almost completely normal comedic film in the late 80s and early 90s, as they've gone completely into exploitation, offense and peverted, giggling Grand Guignol. It's kind of sad, and proves they are unlikely to ever really reach the heights those first films did, which were almost like normal movies that had bizarre, funny things inserted, that turned them from bad or mediocre films into memorable ones, instead of this approach that looks like bizarre, funny things with a movie shoehorned in. It works a lot better with the films that didn't have predecessors, and lets this one down a little. This doesn't make it bad (at all!) but it does mean that anyone hoping for more of the original will still be let down.
  • puffchunk
    November 16, 2007
    puffchunk
    Troma movies I have mixed feelings about. In one hand, they have such ridiculous things happening that you have to laugh, but on the other they are so messed up that you have to take a shower afterwards. This film is no exception.
  • Collegekid
    July 8, 2007
    Collegekid
    this has Stan Lee in it playing a character called Peter Parker.
  • kiriyamakazou
    May 28, 2006
    kiriyamakazou
    My favourite of all the Toxie films. SOme purely hilarious moments and other disgusting moments. Starts with the most and probably only funny school shooting ever.
  • lupaup
    December 1, 2009
    lupaup
    Melvin Is My favorite heroe
  • TioBradski
    September 25, 2009
    TioBradski
    As a general rule, I find the Troma catalog to be more miss than hit, but this is a bleedin' masterpiece.
  • PumpkinGetsASnakeBite
    September 4, 2009
    PumpkinGetsASnakeBite
    the true sequel. there's no subject lloyd kaufman won't touch on.
  • holmennnguy
    June 27, 2009
    holmennnguy
    Blah. Why do so many people love this movie? Gosh, I thought it was awful. It was better than the first two sequels though- is that saying much? I would strongly suggest to avoid all Toxic Avenger sequels at any cost. They're not worth it. Some of the worst movies EVER.
  • RCMerchant
    May 18, 2009
    RCMerchant
    Wow. If you've never seen a Toxic Avenger movie...watch this one! Totally insane! Here's what you get-A evil doppleganger Toxie, Sgt Kabukima NYPD vs. his evil double,LOTS of boobies (always a plus!),lotsa cheezy gore,God as a midget,Ron Jeremy as the Mayor of Tromaville,Lemmy of...( read more) Motorhead,and so much insane violence and dialouge than 10 B movies put together. A must see for fans of low budget trash cinema!!!
    Oh...did I mention Lard Boy and the battling fetuses?

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March 21, 2002
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

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