Toxic Avenger, The (2025)

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Synopsis

Dir: Macon Blair. Horror/Fantasy. Based on the film "The Toxic Avenger" by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. After an accident transforms him into a mutant, a janitor (Peter Dinklage) discovers that his boss (Kevin Bacon) is poisoning the environment with toxic chemicals.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - much blood and gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of transformations and nightmarish imagery - some detail
• infrequent breast, buttock, and male genital nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context
• Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions

Thematic elements

• Revenge
• Family bonds
• Power and corruption

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for gory violence, coarse language, and nudity

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