| The Toxic Avenger Part II | |
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| Directed by | Lloyd Kaufman Michael Herz |
| Produced by | Michael Herz Lloyd Kaufman Jeffrey W. Sass |
| Written by | Gay Partington Terry |
| Screenplay by | Lloyd Kaufman |
| Story by | Lloyd Kaufman |
| Based on | Characters by Joe Ritter |
| Starring | Ron Fazio John Altamura Phoebe Legere |
| Music by | Barrie Guard |
| Cinematography | James London |
| Editing by | Michael Schweitzer |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | February 24, 1989 |
| Running time | 96 minutes 103 minutes (Director's cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Japanese |
| Budget | $2.3 million |
| Box office | $792,966 |
The Toxic Avenger Part II is a 1989 comedy horror film released by Troma Entertainment. It was directed by Lloyd Kaufman and features The Toxic Avenger in an adventure to Japan to meet his father. The film has received cult status among a new audience almost a generation after it was first released. Go Nagai makes a cameo appearance and the film is also the debut of actor/martial artist Michael Jai White and musician/composer/performance artist Phoebe Legere.
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Five years after the events of the original film, The Toxic Avenger (Ron Fazio) is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo, Apocalypse Inc. spread evil in Tromaville and it is up to the famous hideously deformed superhero of superhuman size and strength to stop the abominable Apocalypse Inc. from attacking both Tokyo and Tromaville.
The 'Unrated Director's cut' version released on DVD by Troma Entertainment is actually missing almost all scenes of gore. The full version with an extra 10 minutes of gore is currently only available in the 'Tox Box' DVD set which is now out of print.
The Japanese and German releases are the full uncut version.
The 2008 'Complete Toxic Avenger' 7-disc DVD set includes the uncut version and is the same disc found in the 'Tox Box'. However, there are reports of the heavily cut version occasionally being included in the 'Complete Toxic Avenger'. This may be because nowhere on the disc art or DVD do the words 'Director's Cut' appear. The unedited "Director's Cut" can be told apart from the edited version by checking the feature running time, or by listening to the audio commentary by director Lloyd Kaufman. The commentary track is different for both versions, and the director mentions which cut is shown.
The Toxic Avenger Part II currently holds a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
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