Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (English)
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Megan Fox, Whoopi Goldberg, William Fichtner
The Nineties were all about Cowabunga and talking turtles doing super stunts, defeating the baddies and saving the city.
Starting off as a comic book spoof of superheroes in 1984, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has spawned films, TV series, games, toys, theme parks, and a concert tour.
The turtles then went into their shell for a bit and are now back in this reboot. While those not steeped in the lore of Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello might take some time to wrap their heads around the anthropomorphic turtles, there is enough in the movie to keep you engrossed. You might giggle a bit at the turtles riffing off each other, and be gobsmacked at the advances in movie magic and you might get annoyed at Megan Fox’s pout, but in the final count, TMNT is good time pass.
So April O’Neil is an idealistic reporter (snigger) who wants to break this story of turtle vigilantes — cannot blame her editor for firing her. But April sticks with her story and uncovers a plot involving a virus and an antidote. After many chases, ninja action, jokes and pizza, it all comes right in the end. I find Megan Fox annoying but it must be just me. She plays April with a pout throughout. Whoopi Goldberg is the disbelieving editor, Bernadette Thompson, and William Fichtner plays the evil Eric Sacks—both can do the roles in their sleep and they do.
For a movie produced by Michael Bay, TMNT is surprisingly short of explosions. And for a movie directed by Jonathan Liebesman, who directed some truly terrible films, including Battle: Los Angeles and Wrath of the Titans , TMNT is harmless fun. Cowabunga!
