1991
1.5/4 Stars
The sequel to the original Ninja Turtles is a dumbed down, more child friendly version of the first. There is no more swearing ("damn!") and the violence has been toned down so that rather than fighting with their weapons, the turtles tend to fight with props- like sausages or yo-yos. The "turtle humor" from the first film is back and with a vengeance. This humor remains cheesey and ridiculous making for a very long 88 minute movie.
The villains of the film include Shredder (somehow alive after being crushed by a garbage truck), Tat-Su (crowd pleasing Toshihiro Obata returns), and of course, the mutant babies Toka and Razar. Toka and Razar are impressive puppets, but not scary in the least. Any hint of a gritty edge from the first film has been entirely stripped away for this second effort. Casey Jones is missing (and never even mentioned) and the actress playing April O'Neil has been replaced by unknown Paige Turco.
To sum up, this is a children's film that does little to appeal to adults. The highlight of the movie comes at the very end when the turtles bust into a warehouse and find themselves in the middle of a Vanilla Ice concert. This long sequence involves a ninja rap and a keytar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytar). Pretty bad stuff, but almost passable for kids.
1) I definitely do not remember April being played by a different actress in the second movie.
ReplyDelete2) I definitely do remember the Vanilla Ice concert. So much awesomeness.
3) This makes me think of Pathmark.
-LT