The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)

The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.

Directors:

Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman

Writers:

Lloyd Kaufman (story), Gay Partington Terry (screenplay)

Stars:

Ron Fazio, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ron Fazio	...	The Toxic Avenger / Apocalypse Inc. Executive
John Altamura	...	The Toxic Avenger
Phoebe Legere	...	Claire
Rick Collins	...	Apocalypse Inc. Chairman
Rikiya Yasuoka	...	Big Mac Bunko
Tsutomu Sekine	...	Announcer
Mayako Katsuragi	...	Masami
Shinoburyû	...	Shôchikuyama (as Shinoburyu)
Lisa Gaye	...	Malfaire
Jessica Dublin	...	Mrs. Junko
Jack Cooper	...	Big Mac Junko
Erika Schickel	...	Psychiatrist
Bonnie Garvin	...	Bad Girl
Karen King	...	Bad Girl
Didi Mancuso	...	Bad Girl

Storyline

The Toxic Avenger is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo, Apocalypse Inc. spread evil in Tromaville.

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Plot Keywords:

toxic avenger | tokyo japan | japan | bare breasts | troma | 

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Taglines:

The first superhero from New Jersey is back!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Troma

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese Russian

Release Date:

24 February 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Toxic Avenger II

Filming Locations:

Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,300,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$792,966 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Troma Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min 96 min (edited director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Altamura was fired during production according to Llyod Kaufman and Ron Fazio for "abusing his authority". Ron Fazio, who plays an executive of Apokalypse Inc., was originally asked to only to be the Toxic Avenger's distant shot double . However, after Altamura's dismissal, Fazio was asked to play the part and provide the character's voice. Producers kept the scenes with John Altamura, hence both men are credited with the title role.

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Goofs

In the first Toxic Avenger movie, Melvin's blind girlfriend's name is Sarah. Her name is changed to Claire in Part II.

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Quotes

The Chairman: You know what I want. He... must... be... de... stroyed!

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Crazy Credits

[...] Any unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition of this photoplay is a very naughty thing to do.

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Connections

Spoofs Jaws (1975)

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Soundtracks

It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing
Composed by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Published by Filmtrax PLC / Belwin Mills Music Publishing Corp.

User Reviews

Pretty Horrible Sequel

The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Incredibly disappointing sequel finds Tromaville at peace with crime now gone but this doesn't last long when a group of thugs blow up a house full of blind people. The Toxic Avenger takes care of these guys but he also must go to Japan to try and locate his long-lost father. THE TOXIC AVENGER PART II is an incredibly bad movie from start to finish but if you do decide to sit through it then it's best you view the uncut version, which will at least give you all sorts of gore. If you go with the "cut" version of this then you might as well take a complete star away from my rating. In its uncut form we're treated to some pretty wild gore scenes that manage to be just as disgusting as the ones in the first flick. Most of the action takes place after the home for the blind has been blown up and various thugs take their shots at the Toxic Avenger. He rips them apart in countless ways, turns a midget into a basketball and one poor guy gets smashed to where his guts are falling out all over the place. All that gore is good but sadly there's a lot of bad here. For starters, this thing clocks in at 103-minutes which is at least twenty-minutes too long and in all honesty I'd argue it's about forty-minutes too long. THe film's story is a pretty weak one even by Troma standards and they simply don't do anything with it. The stuff at Tromaville is just boring and the stuff in Japan dealing with the father simply goes no where. There's also a real lack of any comedy, which is something that made the original film work so well. Performances are pretty much what you'd expect from a movie like this. Sadly, everything that made the original so good is missing here so if you must you can fast forward to all the gore scenes and just leave everything else alone.