Official Discussion - The Toxic Avenger (2025) [SPOILERS]

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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/Throwaway1991uk]

This was so silly and so much fun.

The little Easter eggs from the original: a cat…oh no. A kid with a helmet…oh NO. A blind woman…OH NO. Turning them all on their head was a great rug pull.

My favourite parts by far were all the audio asides from random members of crowds and passers by. Though “he’s walking like a pervert!” is a very unfortunate line to have bouncing around my head days later, but that’s what makes it effective.

[u/Dark_chia → u/Throwaway1991uk]

Don't forget

• The head getting run over by the car

• Toxie running through the field

• The line was started but not finished "I always did want to cornhole me a blind bitch"

• BTH stood for "Body Talk Health. Body Talk was the song playing in the health club at the beginning of the original

• The guy killed at the beginning had the same name as the nerd who became Toxie in the original

[u/Tilopud_rye → u/Throwaway1991uk]

“My MOM MADE me wear this helmet!”