Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV


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 is trapped in Amortville, Tromaville comes under the control of the superhuman powered hero's evil doppelgänger the Noxious Offender. 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

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

Home media

The film was released on DVD on March 18, 2003. 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.

Reception

Unlike The Toxic Avengers first two sequels, The Toxic Avenger Part II and ', which both received negative reviews, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV received positive reviews and currently has a 70% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 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."

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. Kaufman shot promo footage for the film in 2013 and 2016, but currently Troma has not begun official production on the sequel.