Elijah Wood talks about his 'over-the-top' and 'absurd' new film, 'The Toxic Avenger'

Troma has remade a cult classic and it is just as outrageous as you'd expect!

"The Toxic Avenger" stars Peter Dinklage as Winston, a down-on-his-luck guy who, after falling into toxic waste, transforms into a mutant vigilante. Jacob Tremblay plays Winston's stepson Wade. Kevin Bacon plays Bob Garbinger, the evil boss at the crooked corporation where Dinklage works. Elijah Wood plays Fritz Garbinger, Bob's brother and sort-of henchman.

"The movie is about this guy who's an unlikely hero who becomes one and fights against the evil forces in this town that are conspiring to sort of take over and harm people," Wood told On The Red Carpet. "The movie takes place in a slightly heightened reality with over-the-top violence and kind of absurd wild characters, very much paying homage to the Troma