However, the people of Tromaville step in, and Melvin's mother identifies the mutant as her son. Melvin and Sara are eventually discovered, and the Mayor and the National Guard come to kill him. He and Sara decide to move away from the city and into the nearby woods. Back in his junkyard home, Melvin is horrified at what he has become. When Melvin kills a seemingly innocent old woman in a dry cleaning store (who was, in fact, a leader of an underground human trafficking ring), Belgoody calls in the United States National Guard. Melvin climbs out uninjured and walks away. Melvin then gets in and pulls off the steering wheel, causing Bozo to drive off the side of a cliff. They attempt to run Melvin down, but he leaps onto the roof and throws Slug out of the moving car. He finally confronts Bozo and Slug after they beat a woman and steal her car. He then returns to the club later, pursues Julie into the basement, and cuts off her hair. He first attacks Wanda in the health club's sauna and burns her backside on the heater. Melvin takes revenge on the four health club bullies who caused his transformation. Just before they fire on him, he leaps up to a fire escape so they shoot each other instead. He wants Melvin gone.Ī group of men, led by Cigar Face, eventually surround Melvin with guns. It turns out the Mayor is the leader of Tromaville's extensive crime ring and fears having the truth exposed. As Melvin gives aid to the people in the city and is celebrated as a hero, Mayor Belgoody grows worried. Melvin continues to fight crime, including drug dealers and pimps for underage prostitutes. Melvin then takes Sara back to her home, where they get to know one another and become romantically involved. They kill her guide dog and attempt to rape her, but are stopped by Melvin when he attacks them.
He subsequently builds a makeshift home in the local junkyard.Ī gang of three men hold up a Mexican restaurant and attack a blind woman, named Sara. When Melvin returns home, his mother is terrified of him and will not let him in the house. Cigar Face escapes, promising to take revenge.
Melvin suddenly appears and kills the criminals, and then leaves a mop on their faces as a calling card. When he refuses to accept the money, Cigar Face and his gang prepare to castrate him. Meanwhile, a group of drug dealers, led by Cigar Face, are trying to bribe a police officer. However, the chemicals transform him into a hideously deformed mutant with superhuman size and strength. After running away down the street, Melvin returns home to get relief in his bathtub. The toxic waste burns his skin and sets him on fire.
He ultimately jumps out of a second-story window and falls into a drum of toxic waste, which was on a flatbed truck parked outside. He is ridiculed and chased around the health club. One day, the group tricks Melvin into wearing a pink tutu and unknowingly hugging a real sheep who he thought was Julie. Melvin Ferd Junko III is a 98-pound janitor at a health club in the fictional town of Tromaville, New Jersey, where a group of customers (Bozo, Slug, Wanda and Julie) regularly harass and bully him. It was written and directed by Macon Blair and stars Peter Dinklage in the title role, along with Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Elijah Wood and Kevin Bacon. Also titled The Toxic Avenger (2023), it represents the fifth installment in the film series. Ī remake based on the film premiered in 2023 at Fantastic Fest. It is the first installment in The Toxic Avenger film series and generated a media franchise.
The film was produced and released by Troma Entertainment. The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 American superhero black comedy splatter film directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman (credited as Samuel Weil) from a screenplay by Joe Ritter, based on a story by Kaufman.