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Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Raymond Serra, Sam Rockwell, Robbie Rist, Joe D'Onofrio, Kenn Scott, Brian Tochi, Corey Feldman, Kevin Eastman (more)VOD (5)
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the live-action, feature film adaptation of the cult comic book and the popular animated television show. After prolonged exposure to radiation, four teenage turtles--Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello--have mutated into ninjas and have begun living in the sewers of a large city. Under the guidance of a ninja master Splinter the Rat and television reporter April, the Turtles embark on a mission to run crime out of the city and battle the warlord Shredder. (official distributor synopsis)
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A guilty pleasure of one generation; this time in animated form, but it is incredible to remember today what a huge event the movie version was at the time. Today it remains just a decidedly “wtf" picture with cult, unintentionally ridiculous choreography of the action scenes where the actors couldn’t move much inside their costumes and so just wave their arms and legs about and their opponents try to collide with their kicks and punches. And not always successfully, because in their costumes they couldn’t see a thing either. This is still entertaining almost a quarter of a century after it was filmed.
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An adaptation that could not have turned out well, ended up turning out really badly. I give it a second star for the fact that when I was ten years old, I watched the screen eagerly and was grateful that someone had brought my childhood darlings to the big screen. But even back then, something was gnawing at me that it just wasn't right, the turtles were too artificial, and Shredder just made tough looks. Once acceptable, now embarrassing.
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