Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Basically like part one + the annoying Tyler Perry. Infantile humor works. Rocky and Bob are good and demented and Krang and Technodrom have undergone a likeable modern update. Fox is still the artificial ham she always was. Jones pissed me off - a casting fail. But the action in Brazil is a childhood dream come true. (2016-12-18)

Even more retro than we hoped. Krang is overflowing with slime, The Shredder returns, assisted by Doctor Stockman, and Casey Jones also gets a few hits in. Summer 2016 has favored my childhood loves, and after Tarzan, the Turtles also get another chance, returning in an even better form, despite the convoluted plot. They have a car, they have enthusiasm, they have April, and they are still a great source of fun. I'm no longer six, so I have to reluctantly restrain my excitement, but when a new (yet perfectly respectful) version of the most legendary theme song ever started playing during the closing credits, I was on the verge of genuine emotion. If you loved the turtles and wanted to experience that feeling again, you're in the right place with this movie. (2016-07-09)

The turtles are just a passable one-off for me. It bothers me that it's too infantile, I would have appreciated a harder R-rating and a darker atmosphere. Megan Fox is still a top-shelf babe, the action is rather mediocre, but at least it's clearly and entertainingly filmed. The film goes by quickly, but the age range is unfortunately around 13-17. Rocksteady and Bepob were properly wacky, which is the film's biggest plus. 65% (2016-09-01)

It's quite overstuffed, and there are incredibly great moments that you'll remember for a long time, but there's also a somewhat underwhelming ending, and the character of Krang remains essentially underutilized. Overall, I found the film rather entertaining, but it's a shame that the creators focused more on jokes than on a better story with a solid finale that is not only visually interesting. (2016-06-05)

Actually, I don’t know what else I was expecting. It was late at night, the twenty-first of May, and I didn’t want to go to sleep, and this was the only alternative which could possibly keep me awake. Well… For today’s kids, it will probably be an action ride, but I was done with that endless digital. They could have made the film like a cartoon and it would not harm it at all. An exemplary case of how I liked the old cartoon Ninja Turtles but can’t stand the today’s versions. The older I get, the more I feel that new remakes of old fairy tales are getting on my nerves more and more. And I have to add that Megan Fox didn’t save this film at all! (2017-03-25)