Macon Blair's remake of the 1984 cult classic splatter film The Toxic Avenger brings the monstrous superhero Toxie into the modern age, but there are still plenty of echoes of the original movie. Starring Peter Dinklage, Taylour Paige, Jacob Tremblay, Kevin Bacon, and Elijah Wood, the outrageous and unrated black comedy trades some of the original's sleaze and silliness for a more pointed, yet still relentlessly gruesome narrative.

The Toxic Avenger reportedly caused audience walkouts , as some have been unprepared for the various ways the movie earns its unrated designation. The movie is loaded with brutal and bloody violence, as Toxie dispenses his own personal brand of justice with his ever-burning mop and freakish strength.

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