TIE-IN ME UP, TIE-IN ME DOWN: “THE TOXIC AVENGER: THE NOVEL (2006)” is No 98-Pound Weakling
Joel Harley is road trippin' to Tromaville and gets his hands dirty with the not-novelization of 1984's THE TOXIC AVENGER.
Joel Harley is road trippin' to Tromaville and gets his hands dirty with the not-novelization of 1984's THE TOXIC AVENGER.
[Director Gareth] Edwards approaches the material like a horror film, and taps into the primal terror of something much larger than yourself trying to eat you.
This time out, with more “at stake” amidst yakking exposition, the returns are diminishing.
The filmmakers are out to recapture the bone-deep fear and ferocious intensity of 28 DAYS… while maintaining a deep connection with their imperiled people, and in that they have succeeded splendidly.
This middling, messy, distractingly shaky-cammed, run-of-the-mill possession movie misses the opportunity to explore new facets of the exorcism subgenre.