Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Toxic Avenger’ on VOD, a Silly, Overambitious Reboot of Cult Schlock

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Toxic Avenger’ on VOD, a Silly, Overambitious Reboot of Cult Schlock


Living in the Outskirts is Winston Gooze (Dinklage, Pixels), a sad-sack BTH janitor who’s single-dadding things for his troubled doofling of a stepson Wade (Tremblay, The Book of Henry), who’s stunted and depressed in the wake of his mother’s death by cancer, presumably from the BTH runoff. Right: Winston is miserable, and only gets more miserabler when he’s diagnosed with fatal brain problems, which is where the health insurance “comedy” comes in, resulting in Winston’s attempt to beg Bob Garbinger for help, which goes nowhere, so he decides to steal from BTH, which finds the Killer Nutz on his ass, and the end up killing him and dumping his corpse into a vat of toxic waste, which turns him into a green-skinned, Popeye-armed mutant (physically played by Luisa Guerreiro, with Dinklage’s voice dubbed in) who can rip your colon out with his damn bare hands, and who has a detachable eyeball that’s mitten-clipped to his skull by his optic nerve. Pep-talked by a local hobo-guru played by The Jesus Lizard singer/real-life crazyman/hero and role model to children everywhere David Yow, Winston soon becomes the savior of St. Roma, wielding a toxic-sludge-soaked mop that can melt a mofo’s face off, and a large schlong that blasts purple acid whizz, sure to come in handy in a tight spot.

Author: mliss1578


Published at: 2025-10-04 23:00:00

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