When the evil
Shredder develops his own mutants, Bebop and Rocksteady, the Turtles must team
up with April (Megan Fox), news reporter Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett), and their
new vigilante friend Casey Jones (Stephen Amell) to defend New York City from
destruction. Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello also face an
impending invasion from the deranged extraterrestrial Krang in this sequel to
2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Dave Green directed this action comedy,
with Michael Bay serving as a
producer. ~ Daniel Gelb, Rovi
Release Date: Jun
03, 2016
Rated: PG-13 for Sci-fi action violence.
Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.
Genres: Action/Adventure
Director: Dave Green
Cast: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Stephen Amell
Review:
The first film in the rebooted Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles series wasn’t a perfect film but it did get primary characters down
which has always been sorely missing from the Transformers franchise. The sequel opens up the world bringing in a
handful of classic characters. The
action sequences are bigger, well staged and pretty fun for the most part. The voice talents for all the animated
characters are all spot on with Noah Fisher getting all the best lines throughout. Stephen Amell and Tyler Perry join the
franchise with both proving a mixed bag.
Amell lacks any charisma and chemistry with Megan Fox so he’s just bland
throughout. On the other end of the
spectrum is Tyler Perry who’s hamming it up every chance he gets. The film’s plot is decidedly wacky but it
kind of embraces its zaniness, even some of the laughs are decidedly broad.
Still, it’s hard for children of the 90’s not to get nostalgic watching some of
these characters pop up on screen.
C+
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