10 Films That Don’t Deserve Their 0% Rotten Tomatoes Rating
10. The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
The original Toxic Avenger follows Melvin, a 98 pound weakling janitor who works at a health spa. After a prank gone wrong, Melvin falls out of a window and into a vat of noxious chemicals. He is transformed into the hideously disfigured superhero The Toxic Avenger. The film that basically created Troma Entertainment is often hailed as a certified cult classic. Remembered fondly for its laughably over-the-top violence and comedy. Its sequel that was released a few years later doesn't seem to be remembered as fondly. Toxic Avenger 2 opens with Toxie working at a Treatment Center for the Blind. And things get just as ridiculously over-the-top as the previous film. This includes one of the villains donning a KKK uniform (for absolutely no reason) and shooting a helpless old blind lady in the face for comedic effect. Toxie even takes one of the villains (who happens to be a midget), squashes him into the size of a basketball and slam dunks him though a net. The film is also notable for being the debut of actor/martial artist Michael Jai White (for whatever thats worth). This film is so deliberate with its awfulness that it's almost impossible not to enjoy it. You either love it, or you're indifferent to it. It's cheap, stupid, immature... it's a Troma classic.
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