The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been a part of Pop culture for over three decades now. Originating as a Comic Book back in 1984, by 1987 it exploded into one of the decades biggest cartoon series that carried over into mega success through the ’90s in the form of merchandise, video games, and yes, live-action films. Debuting with 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it followed with 1991’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and 1993’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows from Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies and Platinum Dunes Productions
Still showing relevance in the new millennium, the 2014 reboot from Producer Michael Bay (Armageddon 1998, Transformers 2007) gave new hope to the live-action series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and now, in 2016, fans have the second installment, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Directed by Dave Green (Zombie Roadkill 2010, Earth to Echo 2014), and written by Josh Appelbaum (Alias series, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 2011), along with André Nemec (Life on Mars series, Zoo series), the new film hit theaters on June 3, 2016, coming with an amount of buzz. This would be the first live-action film to introduce Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams: The Boondocks 2005, The Internship 2013), Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly: WWE Raw series, WWE Main Event series), and Krang (Brad Garrett: Everybody Loves Raymond series, Finding Nemo 2003). With that, expectations were high among new and older generation TMNT fans.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows from Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies and Platinum Dunes Productions
This time around, Shredder (Brian Tee: The Wolverine 2013, Jurassic World 2015) is back and stronger than ever. Shredder’s followers, The Foot Clan, break him out of police custody and he is teleported by Doctor Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry: House of Payne series If Loving You Is Wrong series), but something goes terribly wrong. Shredder is sent to the lair of an evil mastermind of Krang. Faced with the situation, they make a deal that Shredder will find all of the pieces of a device that will destroy the world. In exchange, Krang gives Shredder a purple ooze that will turn humans into super animals who will destroy the four brothers Ninja Turtles known as Leonardo (Peter Ploszek: Teen Wolf series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014), Donatello ( Jeremy Howard: Galaxy Quest 1999, How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000), , Michelangelo (Noel Fisher: Battle Los Angeles 2011, The Booth at the End series) , and Raphael (Alan Ritchson: Smallville series, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013) .
As long as the team stays as one, they can defeat Shredder and his evil partners, the aforementioned Bebop and Rocksteady. They have to work hard and fast to stop the destruction of Earth, but Donatello discovers that if the purple ooze can turn humans into animals then maybe it could turn animals into humans. Having this information causes a split between the turtles as Michelangelo and Raphael want to turn human so they can fit in with the rest of the world, but Donatello and Leonardo do not think that it would be a good idea because they were born turtles and they should stay turtles. This tears apart the strong family bond that has held them together through tough times, and with this struggle between them, it makes it hard for the turtles to fight off Shredder. They fight inwardly and lose focus of the evil without, thus giving Shredder a chance to collect all three of the pieces that he needs to complete his diabolical device. Will the Ninja Turtles be able to stop Shredder? Or, is this the end of the Ninja Turtles and potentially the world.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows from Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies and Platinum Dunes Productions
Through the film, Green keeps true to the spirit of the Ninja Turtles as he maintained the light-hearted fun, while attacking the subject of embracing our differences and not ostracizing peculiarities. With that said, The Turtles’ strength was in their differences and when they forgot that, they were weak. Additionally, the film shows great intensity and action throughout. The introduction to Bebop and Rocksteady to the live-action format was well overdue and helps make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows an upgrade from the previous film in 2014. Furthermore, Megan Fox (Transformers 2007, Jonah Hex 2010) returning as April O’Neil adds depth to the character while the live-action re-introduction of Casey Jones played by Stephen Amell (Arrow series, Hung series), adds some excitement as well. Overall, those who love the series will thoroughly enjoy this latest installment. CrypticRock gives this movie 4 out of 5 stars.
- Paramount Pictures
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