The Toxic Avenger, Part II (1989)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Directors:

Michael Herz
Lloyd Kaufman

Writers:

Fumio Furuya (additional material)
Lloyd Kaufman (screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

24 February 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

The first superhero from New Jersey is back!

Plot:

The Toxic Avenger is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo...

Plot Keywords:

Toxic Avenger | Tokyo | Japan | Splatter | Second Part

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ron Fazio	...	The Toxic Avenger / Apocalypse Inc. Executive
John Altamura	...	The Toxic Avenger
Phoebe Legere	...	Claire
Rick Collins	...	Apocalypse Inc. Chairman
Rikiya Yasuoka	...	Big Mac Bunko
Tsutomu Sekine	...	Announcer
Mayako Katsuragi	...	Masami
Shinoburyo	...	Shôchikuyama (as Shinoburyu)
Lisa Gaye	...	Malfaire
Jessica Dublin	...	Mrs. Junko
Jack Cooper	...	Big Mac Junko
Erika Schickel	...	Psychiatrist
Bonnie Garvin	...	Bad Girl
Karen King	...	Bad Girl
Didi Mancuso	...	Bad Girl
Melissa Osborne	...	Bad Girl
Marc Allan Ginsberg	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Helen Wheels	...	Bad Girl
Raven Skye	...	Apprentice Bad Girl
Traci Mann	...	Apprentice Bad Girl
Fernando Antonio	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Paul Borghese	...	Lou Sipher - Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Sylvester Covin	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
William Decker	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Joe Fleishaker	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Mark Fucile	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Sal Lioni	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Doug McDonald	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Benny Nieves	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Kariim Ratcliff	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Michael Jai White	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive (as Michael White)
Susan Whitty	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Jeremiah Yates	...	Apocalypse Inc. Executive
Dan Snow	...	Cigar Face
Andrew Wolk	...	Pus Man
Florence Gummersbach	...	Homeless Couple
Eric Alan	...	Homeless Couple
Félix Cortés	...	Taxi Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Cserhart	...	Environmentalist
Masaharu Fujiyoshi	...	Black Dressed Actor
Masaaki Fukawa	...	Bathing Man
Wataru Fukuda	...	Villain
Yoshikazu Fukunaga	...	Villain
Makoto Fukutomi	...	Bathing Man
Isamu Gosha	...	Man at Asakusa Temple
Michael Herz	...	Big Mac Bunko (voice)
Masayoshi Hosokawa	...	Bathing Man
Masahiro Ishii	...	Sumo Wrestler
Saburô Isobe	...	Businessman
Masamori Kanbe	...	Taiyaki Baker
Morikazu Kanbe	...	Taiyaki Baker
Kazumi Kanebako	...	Yakuza at Pachinko
Keiko Kano	...	Bathing Woman
Daisuke Katô	...	Person at Odaiba Beach
Charlotte Kaufman	...	Blind Baby
Lloyd Kaufman	...	Sumo Wrestler / Fish Salesman (voice)
Patricia Kaufman	...	Masami (voice)
Kayko Kawamoto	...	Apocalypse Inc. Employee
Eiji Kobayashi	...	Twin Oni Demon
Yûji Kobayashi	...	Twin Oni Demon
Yutaka Kondo	...	Sumo Wrestler
Nao Kotetsu	...	Master of Fish Store
Toyoko Kunisawa	...	Bathing Woman
Yôko Kuriki	...	Person at Odaiba Beach
Masao Machitani	...	Fish Cutter
Hiroyuki Matsuya	...	Sumo Wrestler
Hiroshi Mitsui	...	Person at Odaiba Beach
Satoshi Morioka	...	Villain
Shizuka Mukai	...	Bathing Woman
Gô Nagai	...	Tsukudani Expert
Yoshiko Nagashima	...	Villain
Kei Nakada	...	Sumo Wrestler
Kenji Nakajima	...	Cow Boy
Wasaburô Nakamura	...	Bathing Man
Shunsaku Nakayama	...	Shark Skin Man
Satoe Nanaki	...	DJ Girl
Kenji Nara	...	Taiyaki Nose Man
Sayuri Niida	...	Sweeping Woman
Ôfuji	...	Sumo Wrestler
Wataru Ohashi	...	Person at Odaiba Beach
Yoshiaki Okuten	...	Kabuki Actor
Akiyo Ôshima	...	Sweeping Woman
Yôko Ôshima	...	Bad Girl
Katsuyuki Sato	...	Authority at Temple
Masanori Sato	...	Businessman
Maya Shiraki	...	Chain-Sickle Girl
Hideki Sonoda	...	Bathing Man
Tadayuki Sugiyama	...	Sumo Wrestler
Kazumasa Suzuki	...	Bathing Man
Hidenori Takahashi	...	Sumo Wrestler
Takeshi Takimoto	...	Bathing Man
Yasuhiro Tanogashira	...	Villain
Hitomi Tawara	...	Bathing Woman
Yasutaka Tezuka	...	Villain
Wataru Tsukada	...	Villain
Ziko Uchiyama	...	Person at Odaiba Beach
Sora Yamada	...	Bathing Man
Toshimi Yamaguchi	...	Villain
Ichirô Yamanaka	...	Bald Man
Michael Gingold	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Herz
Lloyd Kaufman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fumio Furuya		additional material
Lloyd Kaufman		screenplay
Lloyd Kaufman		story
Pericles Lewnes		additional material
Yoshiko Miyamoto		additional material
Joe Ritter		characters (uncredited)
Phil Rivo		additional material
Gay Partington Terry		writer
Andrew Wolk		additional material

Produced by
Michael Herz	....	producer
Lloyd Kaufman	....	producer
Jeffrey W. Sass	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Barrie Guard

Cinematography by
James A. Lebovitz		(as James London)

Film Editing by
Michael Schweitzer

Production Design by
Alexis Grey

Makeup Department
Joel Harlow	....	special makeup effects
Roy Knyrim	....	special makeup effects
Jerry Macaluso	....	special makeup effects
Mayumi Shoji	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Tetsu Fujimura	....	executive in charge of production: Japan
Michael Leoce	....	assistant production manager
Jeffrey W. Sass	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Jennings	....	first assistant director
Pericles Lewnes	....	second unit director
Phil Rivo	....	third unit director
Vidette Schine	....	fourth unit director
Andrew Wolk	....	second assistant director
Andrew Wolk	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Jonathan Berman	....	assistant sound editor
Deane Johnson	....	assistant sound editor
Joseph McGirr	....	supervising sound editor
Dave Ouimet	....	sound effects: digital growl effects
Nicole Ruffine	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Wilfred Caban	....	pyrotechnician
Bill Decker	....	special effects
George Giordano	....	special atmospheric effects
Kelly Gleason	....	special effects
Pericles Lewnes	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Robert Amico	....	stunts
Cleo Ferris	....	stunts
Regina Franchi	....	stunts
Scott Leva	....	stunt coordinator
William J. McVey III	....	stunts (as Bill McVey)
Scott Rhodes	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Scott Rhodes	....	stunts
Peter Rocca	....	stunts
David Tatosian	....	stunts
Geoffrey Scott Wilde	....	stunts
Steve Wolf	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Timothy Healy	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Andrew Hafitz	....	assistant editor
Bob Lemchen	....	assistant editor (as Robert Lemchen)
Sue Malfitano	....	assistant editor (as Susan Malfitano)
Joseph McGirr	....	assistant editor
Dave Ouimet	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Hitoshi Genma	....	action coordinator: technical crew in Japan
Carl Morano	....	production executive
Kathy Mulshine	....	production assistant
Kariim Ratcliff	....	wrestling coordinator (as Karim Ratcliff)
Sylvia B. Ross	....	equine services
Scott Walter	....	toxic avenger windsurfer
Rick Washburn	....	weapons coordinator
Michael Jai White	....	assistant wrestling coordinator (as Michael White)
Michael White	....	assistant wrestling coordinator

Production Companies

• Troma Entertainment

Distributors

• Beam Entertainment (Japan) (DVD producer)
• Creative Axa Co. Ltd. (Japan) (DVD)
• Stomp Visual (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Troma Entertainment
• Warner Home Video (1989) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• GAGA Communications  production supervision in japan

Also Known As:

Akuma no dokudoku monster: Tôkyô e yuku (Japan) [ja]
Atomic Hero 2 (West Germany) [de]
Il vendicatore tossico 2 (Italy) [it]
The Toxic Avenger II (Norway) (short title) [no]
Toxic Avenger II (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

96 min | Norway:102 min (Unrated Director's Cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Spain:13 | Norway:15 (director's cut) | Australia:R (director's cut) | Finland:K-18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | UK:18 | Australia:MA (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Company:

Troma Entertainment

Trivia:

Michael Jai White's acting debut.

Quotes:

Big Mac: Smellvin!
Toxic Avenger: "Smellvin"? Don't call me Smellvin, my name is Melvin!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Gorgon Video Magazine (1989) (V)

Disappointing sequel...

After I saw the Toxic Avenger I rushed to the video store to rent this. I could not wait to see Toxie bash more bad guys in another fun, gory, nude filled film from Troma. However, I it was quite a letdown. Well, I rented the R version, in which the gore is absent. Unrated is a lot better, some awesome gore in the opening scene. "wheelchair" kill is awesome. SO there is some good gore, some good action. What's wrong with this film you ask? No original actors. TOxie obviously changed actors. Toxie gets a new, uglier, more annoying girlfriend, Claire. She is nothing compared to Sara. Claire is just...annoying. But thank God she is not in it too much, since he is in Tokyo most of the film. The girl he meets in Tokyo however, is not bad looking and is not annoying. YAY! Also, his mother looks younger than she did in the first film. If it had the same actors it would be better, yet this does not live up to the original. Still funny, and entertaining of course. See this UNRATED.