The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)

Directors:

Michael Herz
Lloyd Kaufman

Writers:

Lloyd Kaufman (story)
Pericles Lewnes (additional material)

Release Date:

24 November 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. So he decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.

Plot Keywords:

Toxic Avenger | Devil | The Devil | Roman Numeral In Title | Satan

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ron Fazio	...	The Toxic Avenger / Apocalypse, Inc. Executive
John Altamura	...	The Toxic Avenger
Phoebe Legere	...	Claire
Rick Collins	...	Apocalypse, Inc. Chairman / The Devil
Lisa Gaye	...	Malfaire
Jessica Dublin	...	Mrs. Junko
Tsutomu Sekine	...	Announcer
Michael J. Kaplan	...	Little Melvin
Traci Mann	...	Snake Lady / Apprentice Bad Girl
Bonnie Garvin	...	Bad Girl
Karen King	...	Bad Girl
Dee Dee Mancuso	...	Bad Girl
Melissa Osborne	...	Bad Girl
Helen Wheels	...	Bad Girl
Raven Skye	...	Apprentice Bad Girl

Runtime:

102 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:Not Rated (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 (director's cut) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG (cut) | USA:Unrated | Australia:R (director's cut) | USA:R | UK:18 | Australia:MA (2005 re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Company:

Troma Entertainment

Trivia:

This film is made up of half the footage shot for Toxic Avenger Part II.

Quotes:

Apocalypse Inc. Chairman: Melvin Junko, COME ON UP!

Movie Connections:

References The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Soundtrack:

Made For You

Weakest of the three that I've seen

The third TOXIC AVENGER film (aka LAST TEMPTATION OF TOXIE, 1989) by Herz/Kaufman pair is not too interesting anymore because it seems to rely more and more on the inept "humor" that would be found in the many other Troma films, too, but which was much more intelligent and critical in the frist TOXIC. Still the third part includes even Satan and an internal moral fight of the protagonist mutant which are welcome additions to the dramatic structure of the monster story! There are some nice and even clever camera tricks and angles (like the school bus terror) and naturally lots of ridiculous sexual situations and (some) ultra gore, but when compared to the originality and great dialogue of the first movie and the ultra wild and still pretty fresh feel of the second part, this third movie seems more and more just a money taker and not so great a (trash) movie anymore. Usually if a sequel has many segments or scenes from a previous film (usually from part one), that tells something about the obvious lack of new ideas and in addition to this sequel in question, that can also be found among others in an awful Sonny Chiba sequel to his Japanese karate flick THE STREET FIGHTER (1974), THE RETURN OF THE STREET FIGHTER (1975). These films don't have anything else in common for sure but both sequels tell the same thing.