The Toxic Avenger must defend his friends from his own evil alternate universe doppelganger The Noxious Offender.
We’ve now reached the final entry in the franchise.
After “The Toxic Avenger Part III – The Last Temptation Of Toxie” I wasn’t to keen to see this feature as I felt it had run it’s course, how wrong I was. I know, I know, shame on me for losing faith in Troma but I never mind being proven wrong when it means there’s a better film.
It seems that the team have learnt from their mistakes and took on what the fans really want to see, hell they even had the decency to include an apology for Toxic Avenger Parts II & III which even Lloyd Kaufman said he didn’t care for. They more than make up for it here.
Toxie himself seems to have a bit of a makeover looking more menacing than usual but I must admit that the evil Toxie looks brilliant, that little bit of hair he has on top of his head makes me laugh every time I see it. A seriously under-rated bad guy and who better for Toxie to go up against than an evil version of himself.
Yes, over the top gore is back, I’m talking an overload of it. The nudity is back on full force oh and political incorrectness which is always good for a laugh. I really can’t point out how over the top, excessive, extreme and overblown this film is. It’s everything that made us fall in love with Toxic Avenger in the first place and more and more.
“Citizen Toxie – The Toxic Avenger IV” is must see Troma
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
The now classic stock footage of the car-flip stunt from Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) is used once again for this film. This footage has also been used for several other films including Terror Firmer (1999), and Tromeo and Juliet (1996).
After Noxie ties Sarah up, he says “I want to have your abortion.” A small tribute to a line that got cut from Fight Club (1999).
Before the film’s world premiere, a decision was made to leave the World Trade Center in the opening narration despite the 9/11 attacks taking place a month earlier. This decision was applauded by the crowd.
Mitch Cohen, who played Toxie in the original The Toxic Avenger (1984), makes a cameo as a racist who is lynched by the KKK after Toxie gives him a blackface treatment with a car engine.
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.
Tromadu shots were filmed in the Playboy Mansion, and the black and white film clip of ‘Tromadu’ was an homage to the opening scene of Citizen Kane (1941).
Celeste Octavia (Kinky Finkelstein’s assistant) offered to do her role completely nude in exchange for one line in the film, where she asks the doctor if it’s time to remove the thermometer from her butt.
Thirty gallons of blood were used in the hospital scene.
Tex Diaper, the leader of the Diaper Mafia, says in one scene, “Alright you fucking retards, drop your tacos or I’ll blow your brains out!” – a reference to what Leroy said in The Toxic Avenger (1984) movie, which was “Alright everybody, drop your tacos or I’ll blow your brains out!”
David Mattey is 6’10”, making him the tallest actor so far to play Toxie.
In the hospital scene the blood was sprayed on the actors with a garden sprayer.
When David Mattey didn’t show up on the set (due to miscommunication with Lloyd Kaufman revolving around his schedule) for the eventual teleportation from Tromaville to Amortville sequence, Lloyd Kaufman rushed and found a 6-foot tall African-American to play a “stunt Toxie” using the mask from The Toxic Avenger Part II.
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