Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Lloyd Kaufman

Writers:

Patrick Cassidy (writer)
Gabriel Friedman (writer)

Release Date:

26 August 2008 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror

Plot:

When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic...

Plot Keywords:

Toxic Avenger | Diaper | Doppelganger | Parallel Universe | Racial Slur

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Mattey	...	Toxic Avenger / Noxious Offender / Man getting a B.J. from Chester
Clyde Lewis	...	Toxie (voice)
Heidi Sjursen	...	Sarah / Claire
Paul Kyrmse	...	Sgt. Kabukiman / Evil Kabukiman
Joe Fleishaker	...	Chester / Lardass
Michael Budinger	...	Tito
Lisa Terezakis	...	Sweetie Honey
Dan Snow	...	Sgt. Kazinski
Debbie Rochon	...	Ms. Weiner
Barry Brisco	...	Pompey
Ron Jeremy	...	Mayor Goldberg (death by crucifix through mouth)
Corey Feldman	...	Sarah's Gynecologist (as Kinky Finkelstein)
Rick Collins	...	Amortville Police Chief
Mark Torgl	...	Evil Melvin
Trent Haaga	...	Tex Diaper (Disembowelment Death)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, crude humor, language, violence and drug content.

Runtime:

France:108 min (Cannes Film Festival) | USA:99 min (unrated director's cut) | Australia:108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R | UK:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Iceland:14 (Original rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Italy:VM18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Company:

Troma Entertainment

Trivia:

Hugh M. Hefner was originally going to be in the Tromadu segment. There was even a shot of him saying, "Only the Toxic Avenger knows for sure!" in the original teaser trailer. Unfortunately, a cease-and-desist order from Hefner's lawyers forced Troma to remove any and all visual depictions of him from both their advertising and the final film. By all accounts, Hefner himself was initially fine with being in the film, but his lawyers convinced him he was unfairly coerced into being in the movie. Because of this, during the "Special Thanks To" sequence of the final credits, there's a special "No thanks to Hugh Hefner's lawyers" credit.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Toxie finds out that Sarah is pregnant, he's got his mop in his left hand, but in the next shot he has a paper bag in his left hand. In the next shot, the mop is in his left hand.

Quotes:

[after Noxie rips off both his arms]
Tromaville Chief Newman: Stay back everybody! He's armed!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Watching the Detectives (2007)

Soundtrack:

Down the Middle

So Bad It's Good

Its always a problem to review a Troma movie. Troma is a genre unto itself, and you can't compare their movies to what everyone else is doing. They have their own rules and esthetics... and going by those, this is the best film to come out of Troma in years!

Without doubt, this is the most over-the-top, all-out assault on good taste Troma's put out. They even had the good idea to include an apology for Toxic Avenger Parts II & III. The movie is overloaded with gore, sex, breasts, political incorrectness, breasts, sex, lesbians, transsexuals, mutant superheroes... and did I mention sex, breasts and gore?

Yes, it has no socially redeeming value whatsoever. Its Troma. It's not supposed to. If you're a Troma fan, see it. If you're not, you probably won't like it. Unless you do.

The screening I saw was just this past weekend at the Renegade Film Festival in St. Petersburg, FL. The copy was an advanced screening, and according to the festival promoters the editing on the film was completed just in time for the festival, so I don't know how people were seeing this months ago or why the date listed is 1999 on here...