Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman direct Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, and Jennifer Babtist in this cheapo superhero spoof where the mop boy at a gym is bullied into falling into toxic waste and becomes a mutant vigilante.

Absolute OTT trash. Yet it knows it is trash so leans into the bad acting and schlubby gore with admirable gusto. So it pans out charming. Bad taste but charming. The romance subplot between Toxie and the blind girl is cute and sex positive. Everything else is snark. Even the average kung-fu sequences where no kill is unacceptable. Hard not to like and it doesn’t outstay it’s welcome.

6

Perfect Double Bill: Street Trash (1987)

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