 USA 1989 102m      Directed by: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman. Starring: Ron Fazio, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Jessica Dublin, Tsutomu Sekine, Michael J. Kaplan, Traci Mann, Bonnie Garvin, Karen King, Dee Dee Mancuso, Melissa Osborne. Music by: Christopher De Marco.
Upon temptation from Satan himself, Melvin Junko (aka the Toxic Avenger) has visions of yuppiedom dancing in his head when he begins working for an evil Japanese conglomerate which plans to destroy the world (including Melvin's hometown) with toxic waste. When he realizes what he is doing, he becomes the mutant superhero and begins, again, his heroic crime fighting.
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30th Anniversary: 1989 - the Best Year in Cinema Marathon Film #85100: "The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie" (1st Viewing.) Funny about these movies - oh, they're bad and the humor mostly is flat and obvious...but every once in awhile, a joke will land and I WILL find myself laughing out loud. Probably not for an overall recommendation, but maybe for those who love extreme b-movie, exploitation, goofy parodies. I can't say for sure, but because of those rare LOL moments and an actual coherent plot, this might be the best Toxie movie to date.
Couple of funny mentions: I'm doing this 1989 "Best Year in Cinema" marathon, as mentioned above, and I'm watching a dead-even 50 new to me films and 50 seen by me at least once and all in chronological order. This one was hilariously and truthfully sandwiched in-between My Left Foot and The Little Mermaid of all movie. Talk about a dip in quality in the middle!
Also, this was probably the one time I didn't mind seeing Trump's ugly mug show upcameo. In a quick, blink and you'll miss it scene, "his" Art of the Deal book is shown as Toxie was rising in power as a Big City Businessman. Hell, Toxie even acts as an evil landlord at one point, the evil organization has a "Agent Orange" scheme and Toxie marries what appears to be the mockery of Ivana Trump. So, they're really saying - so far ahead of its time - that Trump is a monster, disgusting on the inside and out. That alone should grant this movie an extra star.
Review by thesar-2 from the Internet Movie Database.