A bullied janitor lands in toxic waste and emerges with a superhero career that no respectable agency would insure. Troma's deliberately grotesque comedy combines rubbery revenge, extreme bad taste and unexpected underdog warmth; sensitivity training is unlikely to help.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
7/10
Plot
8/10
Effects
3/10
Dialogue
7/10
Rewatchability
8/10
“Tromaville's sanitation department has become unusually proactive.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 66
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
