The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
Desperate to raise money for the experimental surgery that could restore his blind fiancee's eyesight, Toxie accepts a lucrative job with the evil multinational conglomerate Apocalypse Inc.
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- Cast:
- Ron Fazio , John Altamura , Rick Collins , Phoebe Legere , Lisa Gaye , Tsutomu Sekine , Jessica Dublin
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I usually judge a movie by how many times I fall asleep watching it but this one is different.This one took me several days to watch, yet it's somehow better than part two.My favorite thing about it is that there isn't a bunch of long drawn-out fight scenes.I'm sure most of Toxie's fans love those but they bore me.Somehow Apocalypse Inc. has returned and they have a new plan to get rid of Toxie.They offer him the money he needs for Claire's eye surgery and he quickly accepts but then turns into a stereotypical 80s douche bag.For the first half of this movie all I could think was how much better part two was but after seeing it all I have changed my mind.The overall story wasn't great but the lack of fights and the extra comedy made this better.Now let's see if I can make it through part four......
After finishing The Toxic Avenger Part II they found out that it was over three hours long so they decide to split the film into two so The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie is the second half of Part II and it does have a few longer segments from Part II like the love making scene. The gore is limited again but the gore scenes that are shown are good like the hand in the VCR. An interesting thing about Part III is that Toxie is now working for the Apocalipse Inc but it's not long before he becomes good again. Part II and III are one film cut in two and I find that to be very cleaver. The Toxic Avenger Part III is worth a watch and you may even enjoy Part II and Part III.
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie begins with the revelation that Tromaville is now an almost perfect place to live & the Toxic Avenger (Ron Fazio & John Altamura splitting shifts in the rubber suit) has effectively become useless & surplus to requirements. The Toxic Avenger suffers from feelings of inadequacy, & rightly so as unemployed hideously deformed superheros don't make much money so when a letter informs his blind girlfriend Claire (Phoebe Legere) that an operation is available to make her see again the Toxic Avenger becomes even more depressed when he discovers the operation will cost $357,000. Determined to earn the money so Phoebe can see again the Toxic Avenger sets out to get a job, it just so happens that the evil chairman (Rick Collins) of Apocalypse Inc. wants to regain control of Tromaville & tricks the Toxic Avenger into working for him. With the Toxic Avenger on the payroll & only interested in Phoebe's operation the good citizens of Tromaville are defenceless against the might of the evil Apocalypse Inc., will the Toxic Avenger see the error of his ways in time...Produced & directed by Troma's head duo Lloyd Kaufman & Michael Herz this film is crap, it's as simple & straight forward as that as far as I'm concerned. I have to say straight away that I actually think the original The Toxic Avenger (1985) is one of Tromas best films & has a good blend of tastelessness, over-the-top gore, exploitation & a pretty fun story. Damn, even the not very good The Toxic Avenger, Part II (1989) is better than this, at least that had some outrageous gore & tried to be funny. The script by Kaufman & Gay Partington Terry is slow, boring, has no significant action or gore & the bad taste gags & exploitation are disappointingly kept to an absolute minimum, not that their funny anyway but it would have been nice if they had tried a little harder. The dialogue is crap, the character's are crap, the stories crap & as a whole The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie is a complete total & utter waste of 100 odd minutes of mine, your & anybody else's life who was stupid enough to watch it. I'm sorry, I just can't say anything positive about the piece of crap apart form a couple of the scenes when the Toxic Avenger becomes a yuppie are mildly amusing. I know Troma films have fans & they like them for what they are & that's absolutely fine with me, if you want to watch something like this & convince yourself that it was good because a certain studio made it then go for it, it's no skin of my nose. For anyone with any cinematic taste or judgement than I ask, no I beg you not to rent, watch or buy The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, what if I say please as well?Directors Herz & Kaufman show their usual incompetence, they don't seem overly bothered by continuity or production values. This is as grotty & cheap as any other Troma film you care to name, in fact according to the 'Trivia' section on the IMDb this film is made up from half the footage shot (outakes maybe?) for The Toxic Avenger, Part II which quite frankly I have no problem in believing whatsoever. Some of the special effects are reasonable, there's a cool scene when the Toxic Avenger melts & one in a video shop when a thug has his hand shoved into a video player & the cogs inside crush & chop it up. There's a bit when someone has a mop handle shoved through their head & then have it twisted off, someone has some of their intestines pulled out & played with but apart from that the trademark Troma amateurish & excessive gore is sadly lacking.The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie is apparently a spoof of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) but the title is as clever & funny as it gets. The film isn't anything to look at with rock bottom production values, a rubbishy looking devil whose 'horns' wobble & atrocious acting from all involved, yep this is definitely a Troma film.The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie is rubbish & I don't quite know how I managed to get through it, the things I put myself through so you don't have too. This is an absolute must for Troma & Toxic Avenger fans, however fans of good cinema should give this one a wide berth.
Despite what people will say this is another great Toxic Avenger movie. Part 2 & 3 were made as one so this movie takes place right after the first. Putting Toxie in a yuppie nightmare was a very smart and funny thing to do. I loved the fact that they turned toxie back into a 90 pound weakling(although i wish they would have used Mark Torgle). The beginning was a really good! If you haven't seen this movie you might be afraid by some of the other comments on this movie but don't be. It's a great movie about the temptations of Toxie. Satan is the main bad guy!! How can you not like this movie? A toxic avenger movie with Satan as the main bad guy, what's not to like? Anyways if you haven't seen this movie please go buy it, not rent it, buy it. GO BUY The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie!