He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...the Toxic Avenger!
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
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Standard length · 1h 50m
At 1h 50m it sits between 90 minutes and two hours.
Action · Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction
TMDB files it under action, comedy, horror, and science fiction.
15 subscriptions · 10 free · 2 to rent · 2 to buy
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6.2 / 10 on TMDB
TMDB users rate it 6.2 out of 10 across 699 votes, a positive audience score. That is a moderate sample of voters.
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