The Toxic Avenger
Cineverse | Release Date: August 29, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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60
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyAug 30, 2025
The Toxic Avenger is funny and charming, with a joke rate as consistent as this year’s The Naked Gun, and snappy editing that mimics the Edgar Wright brand of genre parody. Read full review
60
EmpireSophie ButcherAug 28, 2025
An entertaining, frivolous ride through a wacky, well-realised world, The Toxic Avenger is a charming underdog story offering plenty of laughs. The very opposite of toxic. Read full review
60
IGNAmelia EmberwingSep 22, 2023
What it lacks in so-bad-it’s-good silliness it makes up for with its heart and mostly practical slaughterfests. Kevin Bacon and Peter Dinklage having an absolute blast in their roles doesn’t hurt, either. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeAug 24, 2025
Pulled awkwardly in so many directions, this Toxic Avenger all but comes apart at the seams. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 20, 2025
This solid roster of acting talent can’t do much about how frankly uninteresting and unfunny The Toxic Avenger is most of the time. As satire or spoof of both superhero movies and scary movies it is abysmally obsolete, and on its own terms as horror-comedy it achieves neither scares nor laughs. Read full review
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