The movie was
cool, but the problem is, it took a sci-fi kind of approach, which isn’t new,
but it felt a little too shabby. As you start viewing the intro scene of the
new enemy—said to have originated 3,000 years ago—your hopes that you’re about
to see an awesome turtle movie start to drop… well, mine did.
Actually, the
Turtles have a sci-fi side with the introduction of Krang in the TV animation
series and comics.
What am I
saying? The name of the movie is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—mutant
turtles are already a sci-fi genre. But I was so looking forward to seeing the
introduction of Krang, as, to me, it’s about time they got introduced into the
series. Instead, we have to face another sci-fi story arc. This new story made
the movie feel a bit low from my viewpoint in terms of the plot, as it felt a
little too weak to be box office hit material.
In the
chronology, this movie is the third installment. It starts when the Turtles
have already taken out Shredder, which occurred after the events of Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze (1991). The movie also
features Casey Jones and April as a couple.
The movie plot
revolves around a 3,000-year-old warrior king, Yaotl, who became immortal when
he sought ultimate power. He achieved this by discovering a portal to a
parallel universe, which made him powerful and immortal but turned his generals
into stone and released 13 monsters on Earth.
Now, in the
present day (2007), Yaotl has collected all the statues of his generals and
found a way to bring them back to life, making them stone statues that can move
and talk.
Things in the
sewers weren’t so rosy either. Leonardo was sent by Splinter for leadership
training in South America—a training Leonardo didn’t quite understand. But he
returned home, and now he and his turtle brothers face a new challenge. The
Foot Clan seems to have been rebuilt, and monsters are on the loose in New
York. A man named Max Winters, who is actually Yaotl, is behind it all. But the
turtle group has been out of sync for a long time and is finding it hard to
work together as a team.
So, they must
begin to function as a group again to defeat their new enemy.
After seeing
this, I still stand by my belief that Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles I (1990) is the best adaptation of these
comic heroes, as this movie failed in the eyes of critics and commercially.
Now, don’t get
me wrong—as I said at the beginning, this movie is cool and fun to watch, so
don’t hesitate to see it.
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