Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

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Citizen Toxie:
The Toxic Avenger IV
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Theatrical release poster by Joe Paradise
Directed byLloyd Kaufman
Written byLloyd Kaufman
Michael Herz
Patrick Cassidy
Trent Haaga
Gabriel Friedman
Produced byLloyd Kaufman
Michael Herz
StarringDavid Mattey
Clyde Lewis
Heidi Sjursen
Paul Kyrmse
Joe Fleishaker
Debbie Rochon
Ron Jeremy
Narrated byStan Lee
CinematographyBrendan Flynt
Edited byGabriel Friedman
Music byWes Nagy
Production
company
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • October 8, 2000 (2000-10-08) (Sitges)
  • May 15, 2001 (2001-05-15) (Cannes)
  • November 2, 2001 (2001-11-02) (New York)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV is a 2000 American superhero splatter comedy film directed by Lloyd Kaufman and written by Trent Haaga. It is the fourth installment of The Toxic Avenger franchise. Despite being the third sequel to The Toxic Avenger, Stan Lee's opening narration claims that Citizen Toxie is, in fact, the official sequel to the first film, disacknowledging the events of the first two sequels.

Plot[]

When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save Tromaville. However, an explosion results in some unforeseeable consequences where it creates a dimensional tear between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image Amortville. While the Toxic Avenger (Toxie) is trapped in Amortville, Tromaville comes under the control of the superhuman powered hero's evil doppelgänger the Noxious Offender (Noxie). With the citizens of Tromaville unaware of the switch, Mayor Goldberg decides to combat "Toxie" by calling in every superhero he can afford. Meanwhile, Toxie's wife, Sarah becomes pregnant with two babies from two different fathers. It is up to Toxie to return to Tromaville to stop Noxie's rampage and come to his wife's aid.

Cast[]

  • David Mattey as The Toxic Avenger / The Noxious Offender
  • Clyde Lewis as the Voice of The Toxic Avenger
  • Heidi Sjursen as Sarah / Claire
  • Joe Fleishaker as Chester / Lardass
  • Paul Kyrmse as Sgt. Kabukiman / Evil Kabukiman
  • Ron Jeremy as Mayor Goldberg
  • Dan Snow as Sgt. Kazinski
  • Michael Budinger as Tito
  • Lisa Terezakis as Sweetie Honey
  • Barry Brisco as Pompey
  • Trent Haaga as Tex Diaper
  • Caleb Emerson as Rex Diaper
  • Yaniv Sharon as Lex Diaper
Cameos
  • Stan Lee as the Narrator
  • James Gunn as Dr. Flem Hocking
  • Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf as God
  • Corey Feldman as Kinky Finkelstein, Sarah's gynecologist
  • Debbie Rochon as Ms. Weiner
  • Jason Sklar as Jason Diaz
  • Randy Sklar as Jason Gonzales
  • Al Goldstein as Mayor Goldberg's press secretary
  • Tom Fulp, the creator of Newgrounds as a New Wave Painter
  • Kevin Eastman as a Biker, who gets killed by Noxie
  • Julie Strain as a Tromadu Model killed by Noxie
  • Lemmy as Lemmy and Lemmy in an Alternative Reality
  • Eli Roth as a frightened Tromaville citizen
  • Will Keenan as a Man getting hit by a car on the News
  • David Mattey (Toxic Avenger unmasked) as a customer of Chester's.
  • Mitch Collins, the original Toxic Avenger, appears as a racist truck driver
  • Rick Collins as the Amortville Police Chief. Collins is the only actor except for Dan Snow that has appeared in all 4 Toxic Avenger movies.
  • Gil Brenton reprises his role as Warren from Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
  • Mark Torgl (Melvin Ferd III from the first film) appears as Evil Melvin

Director Lloyd Kaufman also shows up in the end of the film during a PSA about traveling accidentally to other dimensions.

Release[]

Home media[]

The film was released on DVD on March 18, 2003.[1] The DVD includes deleted scenes; three commentary tracks from the director, actors and crew; “around the world” footage; and a more than two-hour documentary dubbed as a real look at filmmaking.[1]

Reception[]

Critical response[]

Unlike The Toxic Avenger's first two sequels, The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, which both received negative reviews, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV received positive reviews and currently has a 70% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] Stephen Holden of The New York Times opined, "If the take-no-prisoners humor of Citizen Toxie is very funny, the movie's relentless comic excess is ultimately a little exhausting."[3]

Sequel[]

Shortly after the release of the fourth entry, director Lloyd Kaufman announced a fifth entry titled Toxic Twins: The Toxic Avenger V. As showcased in Citizen Toxie's ending, Toxie's wife Sarah was pregnant with twins and the film will revolve around them. In 2010 a press release announced that Collyn McCoy would serve as the screenwriter.[4] Kaufman shot promo footage for the film in 2013 and 2016, but currently Troma has not begun official production on the sequel.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Topel, Fred (March 1, 2003). "Toxic DVD Shows Ups, Downs of Indie Films". hive4media.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (November 2, 2001). "Citizen Toxie The Toxic Avenger Part IV (2000)". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  4. ^ "Writer Named for The Toxic Avenger 5: The Toxic Twins". Dread Central. July 30, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2016.

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