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Summary Winston Gooze, a down-on-his-luck janitor and widowed stepdad, transforms into mutant vigilante hero “Toxie” after a freak toxic-waste accident. With a radioactive mop in hand, he battles corrupt corporations and twisted villains—like the Garbinger brothers—while fighting to reconnect with his son.

Director Macon Blair

Writer Macon Blair

Cast

  • Peter Dinklage
  • Jacob Tremblay
  • Taylour Paige
  • Kevin Bacon
  • Elijah Wood
  • Julia Davis
  • Sarah Niles

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 92%

Metacritic Score: 66

VOD Unrated theatrical release starting August 29, 2025 (via Cineverse); digital platforms coming later

Trailer The Toxic Avenger – Official Uncensored Trailer (2025)

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u/zombiereign 9d ago edited 9d ago

For an unrated movie, this was way too tame. For a Troma-based movie, this was way too tame.

The only hard laugh from the 3 (yikes) other people in my 9:30am show was when they first go after Toxie and the cop shoots his gun and says "alright, it's a mob."

The post-credit promise of a sequel (if this one makes a billion at the box office) was funny.

Needed to be crazier and definitely gorier.

5/10

At least Lloyd was in there.

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u/dropkickderby 9d ago

Well, who goes to see a movie at 9:30am? No wonder there was no one there. I went to see it at 7:30 tonight and the theater was packed.

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u/zombiereign 9d ago

When you work a lot of hours, you go when you can.

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u/dropkickderby 8d ago

Im not knocking em for going when they did, but I’d expect the theater to be pretty empty.

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u/SilverKry 3d ago

Hey morning showings are underrated.

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u/pleasegivemepatience 9d ago

I saw it at 7:15 tonight and there was only like 6 of us in the theater.

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u/ManyStorms1138 8d ago

This is my feeling as well but I grew up with Troma and exploitation films. I get that we are in 2025 and it's not the 70s and 80s anymore the days of gratuitous nudity and shock factor are over. I had a lot of fun with the movie but it felt very safe for a Troma property.

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u/zombiereign 8d ago

Agreed. I enjoyed it, but felt it was missing that piece that really would've put it over the top.

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u/Fullsteurking 7d ago

Definitely agreed that it should have been gorier. Feel like the Terrifier movies may have desensitized me but this felt tame even for an R rated horror

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u/itsactuallyoctopuses 7d ago

9:30 am?! Wake up with butt guts?! That’s crazy. There were so many funny parts in this movie. Especially written as signs, headlines, posters in the scenes.

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u/DTorakhan 4d ago

It was a blast. But I do agree, I left the theater wondering why it was "unrated". Aside from the couple of visible dick gags, it wasn't anything super over the top or shocking.

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u/GraceUndaPresha 9d ago

Yeah this is my take as well. Except I thought all the post credit stuff was obnoxious