The Toxic Avenger Part II
Movie, 1989, Troma, Set in Tromaville and Tokyo
The Toxic Avenger Part II is #2 of 6 in release order and #2 of 6 in chronological order in the The Toxic Avenger.
The story
Melvin Junko was a nerdy weakling until he fell into a vat of toxic waste, turning him into the first ever superhuman creature from New Jersey. This time, he takes on Tokyo.
The Toxic Avenger Part II recap
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) sends Toxie to Tokyo to find his father while a chemical giant takes over his hometown. Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz directed it for Troma. Melvin, now with the surname Junko and played by John Altamura with Ron Fazio's voice, works at the Tromaville Center for the Blind, which Apocalypse Inc. blows up to clear the way for its plant. His blind girlfriend, renamed Claire and now played by Phoebe Legere, survives. The company's chairman (Rick Collins) and his deputy Mona Malfaire (Lisa Gaye) trick Toxie into crossing the Pacific to meet the father who left him. In Japan he befriends Masami, finds a yakuza drug boss called Big Mac Bunko, and fights his way through gangsters and kabuki warriors. A bottle of anti-Tromatons nearly kills him until a sumo gym nurses him back. Follows the 1984 film and leads straight into Part III.
The Toxic Avenger Part II ending explained
The Toxic Avenger Part II ends with Toxie back in Tromaville, where Claire has already beaten Mona Malfaire. He chases down the Dark Rider, a biker carrying nitroglycerin toward City Hall, using a stolen taxi and then a hovercraft, and the rider blows himself up in a house. Melvin's real father then arrives in town: Bunko had stolen his identity. The chairman and Malfaire are left trying to hitch a ride home. The Toxic Avenger Part III followed the same year.
Where to watch The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger Part II is streaming on Prime Video, Philo, AMC+, Kanopy, Fandango at Home Free, and Shudder in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 5.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 0%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Toxic Avenger, before The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie.
- Chronological order: after The Toxic Avenger, before The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie.
What to watch before The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger (1984), which The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) continues.
Cast
- Ron Fazio as The Toxic Avenger (voice) / Apocalypse Inc. Executive
- John Altamura as The Toxic Avenger
- Phoebe Legere as Claire
- Rick Collins as Apocalypse Inc. Chairman
- Rikiya Yasuoka as Big Mac
- Tsutomu Sekine as Announcer
- Mayako Katsuragi as Masami
- Shinoburyû as Shockikuyama
- Lisa Gaye as Malfaire
- Jessica Dublin as Mrs. Junko
- Jack Cooper as Mr. Junko
- Erika Schickel as Psychiatrist
Directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman.