

Shredder is nothing more than the final boss the turtles must face, and William Fichtner as Eric Sacks is average. There’s maybe one or two funny lines, but otherwise every joke falls flat. The movie also has a terrible sense of humor. The CGI is very weak, and I found myself constantly aware that I was looking at computer-generated puppets. The design of the turtles is creepy, at best, and Megan Fox-who looks in constant need of a shower-has little to no personality. The only good aspect about this movie is the voice cast for the turtles. Those who enjoy Bay’s “Transformers” franchise might enjoy “Turtles,” but everyone else may want to avoid it. It’s loud, overbearing and has producer Michael Bay’s fingerprints all over it.

It’s now up to the turtles and O’Neil to stop the Shredder and Sacks and save New York and Splinter from destruction.Įven if you are a Turtles fan, the movie isn’t likely to win you over. When Raphael and O’Neil go to rescue the other turtles, they unravel the Shredder’s plan to take over New York with evil scientist Eric Sacks, who unknowingly created the mutated turtles with O’Neil’s father. When her safety is in question, the turtles kidnap her, delivering her to their sensei, Splinter.Ī big problem arises when Shredder invades the sewers, attacks and nearly kills Splinter and kidnaps three of the turtles, save for Raphael. Of course, no one-especially her editor, Whoopi Goldberg-believes her, and she ends up on the street without a job. Her chance comes when she witnesses the vigilante turtles taking down the Foot Clan. The film follows April O’Neil ( Megan Fox), a reporter desperately seeking a big story. The aptly named “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” resurrects the iconic characters from the beloved 1980s cartoon and sets them on their journey to vigilantism. That almost makes a movie about good giant, transforming, sentient robots that fight evil giant, transforming, sentient robots sound credible. So-four six-foot, pizza-loving, smart-aleck mutated teenage ninja turtles, who were trained in the sewers of New York by their mutated rat sensei-who, in turn, learned ninjutsu by reading a book-go out fighting the evil Foot Clan and a metalized, knife-wielding super samurai named Shredder with the assistance of young and yellow-clad reporter April O’Neil. Sequel: “ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” (2016) Jonathan Liebesman-“Wrath of the Titans,” “Battle Los Angeles,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning”

Kyra Lynn Haughney … Times Square Pedestrian Richard Foley … Foot Soldier / Police Officer Stephon Fuller … Skinny African American Man JoAnna Pallante … Reporter at City Hall (as Joanna Pallante)Īlexander Jameson … Child in Times Square
