Now I've seen everything. Stan Lee, in his usual inimitable style, tells us the story of the Toxic Avenger, and how it was followed by "two rotten sequels." A quick apology, and thus, we begin the TRUE sequel to the Toxic Avenger. I find this act to be commendable on the part of Troma. Whereas major movie studios push out crap, and even crappier sequels to the original crap, without batting an eye, Troma steps up to bat with an apology for movies made YEARS ago that weren't even BAD. True, those sequels lacked the "vavoom" of the original, they are still entertaining movies nonetheless. So how does this "true sequel" stand up?

The movie opens with The Tromaville School For The Very Special celebrating "Take A Mexican To Lunch Day." One class in particular is our focus, taught by the quite pregnant Ms. Weiner (a barely recognizable Debbie Rochon...sorry Lawrence) when their lesson is interrupted by the ruthless Diaper Mafia. Thankfully, Toxie comes in to save the day, but not without casualties. A bomb goes off, killing his sidekick Lardass (Joe Fleishaker) and tearing a hole to a parallel universe. The Toxic Avenger trades places with his diametric opposite The Noxious Offender, and all hell breaks loose. Toxie is trapped in Amortville, which has suffered under the reign of the evil Noxie and his right-hand man Kabukiman. Noxie is hell bent on corrupting Tromaville and ruling its people with his SS-style police squad, led by Sgt. Theodore Kazinski (Played by a Hitler mustached Dan Snow, a.k.a. Cigarface from the first movie) To further complicate matters, Toxie's girlfriend Sarah is pregnant with children fathered by the BOTH of them! Whew!

Far-fetched? Yes. Convoluted? Yes. Fun? Hell yes! This movie marks what could be the first movie to find the true perfection of the Troma formula. Sophomoric humor mixes with gallons of gore and great sight gags to make a lovely stew as only Troma can make it! This movie pushes all of the boundaries of "good taste," with jokes about rape, lynching, homosexuality, the mentally handicapped, the physically handicapped, abortion, religion, the school system...nothing is sacred in this movie. It never becomes truly offensive, due to the cartoony feel of the film. It's hard to get upset at the sight of Tito the Retarded Rebel masturbating to a copy of Over 50 magazine when there are squishy sounds dubbed over the action. Film is played at double speed to imply a car chase is much faster than it truly is. It's so completely absurd, it's impossible not to love it.

To make the movie even MORE fun, the cast list is full of Troma veterans and B-Movie royalty. Besides the aforementioned Stan Lee voiceover, we're treated to cameo appearances by Corey Feldman, Lemmy, the late Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf, Ron Jeremy, and Julie Strain. Finding all the little cameo appearances could very well become one hell of a drinking game!

Citizen Toxie is presented in full frame, which is no surprise. Picture quality is decent, with some speckles, dirt, and a smattering of grain. Colors look a bit washed out, but not too bad. Audio is a standard stereo mix, nice and clean, with virtually no static or flaws. Sound effects, as usual, are a bit louder than the rest of the soundtrack to give that added "cartoon" appeal.

Oh, the EXTRAS! These are a Troma trademark, in which they take full advantage of the DVD capacity by stuffing it to the gills with more extras than you could ever want! Citizen Toxie ships on two big discs, the first containing the unrated director's cut of the film, along with THREE separate audio commentary tracks, a bounty of trailers, deleted scenes, additional behind-the-scenes footage, and a blooper reel. The second disc ups the ante with over even MORE extras! We're treated to a feature-length documentary "Apocalypse Soon," as well as even MORE behind-the-scenes footage! All of this goodness is wrapped up in a fun little comic book style interface with swooping camera angles and very attractive graphics. Troma DVD's rarely disappoint, and this is no exception. The commentary is informative, the documentaries are raw, and everything has some interest to the viewer. Even if you don't like this type of film, the look behind the scenes is very worth it.

I simply cannot recommend this DVD enough to you. It offers hours and hours of entertainment, both immature and informative. For the mere 19.99 SRP, I think it would be foolish not to pick this up, be you a gorehound, an indie film dork, or anybody that likes their humor raunchy.