I grew up with Troma, I shouldn't have but I did. Toxic Avenger was a staple as was the Toxic Crusader. I had the figures and as a teen I dove into Troma more, reading Lloyd Kaufman's books highly inspired me. I worked with him a bit in 2010 and knowing his views on hollywod, and seeing his stamp of approval on a Toxie remake had me sold. The film is not high art, nor should it be. It's crass humor, over the top gore and feels down and dirty. Where as Hobo With a Shotgun feels inspired by Toxie, this feels inspired by that. Macon Blair is already an impressive filmmaker and with this it could be his ticket to doing DC if he wanted to, cause of James Gunn. I don't want it per se, I want directors to have their own voices, but I feel he is going places after this. Peter Dinklage almost acts too well here, but everyone is having a good time, my only complaint really is the CG blood, but I let it slide. I am all for more trips to Troma, I mean St. Roma!
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