Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.

Director:

Michael Pressman

Writers:

Kevin Eastman (based on characters created by), Peter Laird (based on characters created by),

Stars:

Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paige Turco	...	April O'Neil
David Warner	...	Professor Jordon Perry
Michelan Sisti	...	Michaelangelo / Soho Man
Leif Tilden	...	Donatello / Foot #3
Kenn Scott	...	Raphael (as Kenn Troum)
Mark Caso	...	Leonardo / News Room Staff
Kevin Clash	...	Splinter
Ernie Reyes Jr.	...	Keno
François Chau	...	Shredder (as Francois Chau)
Toshishiro Obata	...	Tatsu
Raymond Serra	...	Chief Sterns
Mark Ginther	...	Rahzar
Kurt Bryant	...	Tokka
Kevin Nash	...	Super Shredder
Joseph Amodei	...	Parlor Owner

Storyline

The turtles find out where the Ooze, the substance which made them mutate, came from. Unfortunately Shredder learns about it too, and uses it to enhance himself. So the turtles have to prove again who's the better ninja fighter.

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Plot Keywords:

turtle | shredder | mutant | ninja | reference to macbeth | 

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Taglines:

Cowabunga, it's the new turtle movie.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official TMNT site

Country:

USA Hong Kong

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

As Tartarugas Ninja II - O Segredo do Ooze

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$78,656,813 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, New Line Cinema, Northshore Investments Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The building used for the entrance to April's apartment is the office to the New York location of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

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Goofs

In the first fight scene, when the turtles come down the stairs behind Keno, they come to a stop. Before they jump into the air for the title screen, you can see them jump onto what is assumed to be a trampoline.

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Quotes

April O'Neil: [after the investigation of the street Tokka and Rahzar rampaged the night before] Were there any large tooth or claw marks found?
Chief Sterns: How did you know that... I have no idea what you're talking about?

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Connections

References The Court Jester (1955)

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Soundtracks

"(That's Your) Consciousness"
Written by John Du Prez, Dan Hartman, and Charlie Midnight
©1991 EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Zellcom Industries B.V./EMI April Music Inc./Constant Evolution Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Janiceps Music
Performed by Dan Hartman

User Reviews

The turtles return to shell out more damage.

There really is no point in going over everything once again for newcomers who should really watch the harmless and entertaining first movie anyway.

This time around we get a new April O'Neil (Paige Turco, a vast improvement over her predecessor), no Casey Jones, a little bit of mad science, a returning Shredder, some little athletic kid who kicks people to the ground in between delivering pizza and some great enemies for the turtles to try and destroy. Oh, and as the title would suggest, there's a more prominent role for the ooze that helped make the turtles what they would become and that's the main thrust of the plot: that ooze and how it is to be used/abused by those who get their hand on it. Simplicity itself.

This is, let's be frank now, not a great movie. And yet, somehow, it kept me entertained throughout and actually left me with a big grin on my face in places. Perhaps it was the familiarity of the characters, perhaps it was some of the genuinely half-decent action sequences, perhaps it was even just the excuse all these years later of STILL being able to laugh at Vanilla Ice (oh, do watch for that scene as it is priceless).

Nostalgia is all well and good in small doses but, thankfully, this movie was amusing, light and entertaining enough in a standard family movie way to pass the time without too much pain.

See this if you like: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Double Dragon, Tank Girl.