Product Details

• Actors: Phoebe Legere
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
• DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002
• Run Time: 297 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006G8IS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,326 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Tox Box (The Toxic Avenger - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part II - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part III - Unrated Director's Cut / Toxic Crusaders: The Movie)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Despite a roster of disreputable films that includes everything from Bloodsucking Freaks to Terror Firmer, Troma Films' crowning achievement remains its comic book tribute/parody The Toxic Avenger (1985) and its pair of 1989 sequels. The comedy/action/sci-fi effort, about a crime-fighting monster spawned from chemical sludge, is as proudly crude as Troma's other films, but also genuinely funny and competently directed by company chiefs Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. The combination of slapstick and splatter helped earn the film the broadest audience recognition of any Troma film prior to Tromeo and Juliet––so much so, in fact, that several years later, the Toxic Avenger would be given his own Saturday morning cartoon.

Troma's affection for Toxie is made abundantly clear with The Tox Box, a lavish (by the company's standards) four-disc package that contains the three features as well as four episodes of Toxic Crusaders, Toxie's animated adventures. Troma fanatics should note that that the discs for Toxic Avenger I and III are largely identical to versions that were released independently within the last few years, but the disc for Toxic Avenger II is a true "uncut" version (with more violence) that differs markedly from the previously released R-rated DVD. As with all Troma DVDs, each disc is packed with supplemental material, from Lloyd Kaufman's hilarious (and often unhinged) commentary to a wealth of excised scenes, trailers, and production stills. Toxic Crusaders even includes a pair of '40s-era serials in their entirety to fill out its scant running time. Cineastes may decry that lowbrow material such as this has been given the deluxe treatment, and even Toxie fans may wonder if this much Troma is good for their mental health, but DVD buyers must admit that The Tox Box is an embarrassment of riches. --Paul Gaita

Product Description

Since premiering in 1983, The Toxic Avenger has become a world famous icon, influencing independent filmmakers, environmentalists, and even Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign! Legions of fans around the world have followed the adventures of Tromaville's hideously-deformed hero of superhuman size and strength through four films, an animated feature and syndicated television series, comic books, action figures, and more! Now, Troma has packaged Toxie's first two decades of cinematic work together into the ultimate collectors' item: THE TOX BOX! The Tox Box contains fully loaded, totally uncut, digitally mastered DVD editions of The Toxic Avenger, The Toxic Avenger Part II, The Toxic Avenger III: The Last Temptation of Toxie and, available only as part of this exclusive boxed set, the Toxic Crusaders animated feature! From Tromaville to Japan to Hell itself and from live action to cartoon to international superstar, The Toxic Avenger and his fans will rejoice at the overwhelmingly entertaining delights contained in the Tox Box! A must for any collector of all things Toxie, The Tox Box offers endless hours of troma-riffic entertainment at its finest!

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ULTIMATE BOX SET, September 5, 2002

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Ton (the Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tox Box (The Toxic Avenger - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part II - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part III - Unrated Director's Cut / Toxic Crusaders: The Movie) (DVD)

Someone under this has given this set ONE star for reasons of not having seen it!! I hope Amazon will delete this nonsense, because this gives people the wrong idea. This set is ESSENTIAL for every serious movie collector, everyone who likes to look a bit further than there noses are, everyone enjoying a good film, everyone with a sense of humor and everyone with something even remotely resembling some good taste. THE TOXIC AVENGER is one of the greatest creations in film history, his adventures in Lloyd Kaufman's films some of the most unique ever committed to cellulloid. This set contains the first three of Toxie's films PLUS a disc full of otherwise unavailable adventures of the animated spin-off THE TOXIC CRUSADERS, probably Troma's most successfull franchise to date. This fourth disc is worth the price of the set alone, add the other THREE films (and all of this loaded with extra's, as is Troma's custom) and this is the best buy on DVD of the millennium.
To get ready for the soon-to-be dvd-release of Lloyd Kaufman's ultimate masterpiece (and he has made quite a few) THE TOXIC AVENGER PART IV: CITIZEN TOXIE, the Tox Box is an essential MUST-buy. Forget all the prejudiced criticisms about Troma: it is one of the most innovative and original filmcompanies, and the longest in business of all independants. And still creating unique works of art.
Get this box - you won't regret it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Movie, September 23, 2002

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Vincent Yoshida (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tox Box (The Toxic Avenger - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part II - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part III - Unrated Director's Cut / Toxic Crusaders: The Movie) (DVD)

I agree with most of what Ton says about Toxic Avenger and the sequels.Is it a masterpiece? Yes! Is it a classic? Yeah! Is it a fun movie? Definately!! It's a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants movie that has cute chicks and off the wall violence. What more do you want in a popcorn movie? The sequels are just as fun to watch. Here's a synopsis I found on The Toxic Avenger Website:

The Toxic Avenger is a thrilling, one-of-a-kind, action-packed film loaded with adventure, horror, science-fiction and unforgettable big-budget special effects. Welcome to Tromaville, New Jersey-a small American town, which is being terrorized by criminals while the town's corrupt mayor sits idly by. Muggers, robbers and teenage punks run rampant as the citizens are helplessly victimized.

Among the residents of Tromaville is Melvin, a skinny, weak, wimp of a young man. Melvin is the janitor at the local health club, and as he goes about his daily menial tasks, he is forever teased, taunted and tormented by the strong, "beautiful" men and women of the club. That is, until Melvin becomes THE TOXIC AVENGER!!!!!

A particularly nasty group of Melvin's tormentors devise a plot to embarrass and ridicule him in front of the whole town. As fate would have it, the "harmless" prank turns into a horrible accident as Melvin crashes through a third story window and lands in a vat of hazardous toxic chemicals. The rest, as they say, is history! As the toxic chemicals take hold of Melvin's body, a strange and wonderful transformation begins to take place. Through the magic of spectacular state-of-the-art special effects, Melvin the weakling turns into the huge, hulking "TOXIC AVENGER"-the first super-hero from New Jersey! The excitement is non-stop as this monstrous mess of mutated man sets out to single-handedly wipe out the forces of evil, which taint the town of Tromaville.

THE TOXIC AVENGER is non-stop entertainment that will leave viewers glowing from the fun!
Copyright Troma, Inc. 2000

Thanks Troma and keep making those movies!!

The Dude from Barbados has no right to write a review and rate the movie...he hasn't even seen the movie! How could you rate a movie one star? You haven't seen the bloody movie!! I find that somewhat disrespectful to the shoppers who haven't seen the movie and it's very disrespectful to those who have and love The Toxic Avenger. So next time, please do not rate and review a movie you have not seen. I do however sugest .. to get rid of his review and his stinking one star!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't own this, why are you even alive?, March 4, 2004

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Johny Bottom "Insane and lonely guitarist" (Jacksonville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tox Box (The Toxic Avenger - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part II - Unrated Director's Cut / The Toxic Avenger Part III - Unrated Director's Cut / Toxic Crusaders: The Movie) (DVD)

The Toxic Avenger, the crown jewel of Tromaville Productions. Melvin certainly has come a long way. From a hot blind girlfriend at the dump (Who does her makeup anyway?), to Japan and cooking villians in the bathhouse. The Toxic Avenger is a dynamite, soul brother, action adventure for the whole family. Seriously, what other movie has a leotard wearing freak pointing a double barreled shotgun at a baby? Or a chick masturbating to pictues of bodies her boyfriend ran over? How do you fight with fish? Can you windsail from New Jersey to Japan? How many people can Toxie fight at once? All these and many more questions are answered. Buy this now or live a miserable and empty life.