Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

Director:

Jonathan Liebesman

Writers:

Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec

Stars:

Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner

1 win & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Megan Fox	...	April O'Neil
Will Arnett	...	Vern Fenwick
William Fichtner	...	Eric Sacks
Alan Ritchson	...	Raphael
Noel Fisher	...	Michelangelo
Pete Ploszek	...	Leonardo
Johnny Knoxville	...	Leonardo (voice)
Jeremy Howard	...	Donatello
Danny Woodburn	...	Splinter
Tony Shalhoub	...	Splinter (voice)
Tohoru Masamune	...	Shredder
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Bernadette Thompson
Minae Noji	...	Karai
Abby Elliott	...	Taylor
Madison Mason	...	Councilman

Storyline

Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O'Neil and her cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.

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Plot Keywords:

turtle | ninja | sewer | mutant | 18 wheeler | 

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Taglines:

Meet the new face of justice.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

8 August 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ninja Turtles

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$125,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$65,575,105, 8 August 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$191,204,754

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$493,333,584

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Platinum Dunes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1 SDDS Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tony Shalhoub, Jeremy Howard, Will Arnett were all in the Men in Black films; Shalhoub was in the first two films, Howard was in the second film and Arnett was in the third film.

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Goofs

In one of the scenes with the turtles in the stasis tanks Leonardo is shown in a reverse shot where his shoulder strap is over his left shoulder instead of his right shoulder. Interestingly, though, the animators did digitally reverse the NYC button on the strap so that it was not reversed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Splinter: You are extraordinary, my sons. Unlike anything the world has ever seen. Bowed in greatness, destined to protect the people of New York! A dark force is growing: a criminal organization known as the Foot Clan, so named because they step over the good people of this city with no regard. Their leader, Shredder, will come at you with ferocity. His Foot Clan will outnumber you! The people of New York will look upon you as their only hope. Eyes focused! Elbows locked! Stance lowered! Be...

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Crazy Credits

The film opens with an animated montage, reminiscent of the original TMNT comics. The film title appears at the end, with Leo's katana slicing through that.

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Connections

Version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989)

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Soundtracks

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme (Original Animated Series)
Written by Chuck Lorre & Dennis C. Brown

User Reviews

A Movie Aimed for the New Generation

Now before I begin this review let me clear the fact that this MOVIE is aiming for the new younger audience. This movie is not focusing on aiming for the fans of the past generation. So lets look at it this way.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is directed by Jonathan Liebsman and Produced by Michael Bay. It stars Megan Fox as April O'Neil, and 4 turtles who don't look that good with the CGI. With this kind of set up, its already predictable that this would be a disaster.

As I watched this movie in a theater packed with a tremendous amount of children. I guess I could say, this movie was entertaining for me. The stars of the movie are, hands down the Turtles especially Mikey. They stole the movie in every scene they were in, and I would watch a 1 hour movie with just all of them goofing around and making jokes. However, in fact the movie often negates the fact that the turtles are the main subject in this movie, it circles it's story mostly around April O'Neil. As for her character, I found her annoying at many times. And because Michael Bay has something to do with this movie, Megan Fox had to do scenes for the "benefit' of Bay as usual. Going back to the turtles, I think that they had nailed them and captured everything that we loved about them, the movie is worth watching because of them. The Villains are one of the weak points of this film. Shredder is a very dull, boring and predictable villain. He is only there for what I believe is fan service. Other than that, his motives are unclear and the reason he is in this movie is for the battle scenes.

As for the story, it is filled with unbelievable amounts of cliché. Because of this, I had no choice but to be irritated at times or sometimes these scenes gave no effect to me whatsoever even if the main intention of the scene was entirely different. The evil plot of the villain, was downright cringe worthy, plot holes were circling from there and there. . Clichés and plot holes aside, the story is what I would imagine for children and all of us were to look it that way, then I guess I could say the plot was alright I guess. The action sequences were just OK, there were some that were interesting and some that was incredibly DIFFICULT to watch. I know Michael Bay didn't direct this, but My God. Every Michael Bay action-cliché is in this movie. The Slow Motion, Explosions, Attractive Women and the incredibly shaky camera. I almost felt dizzy watching some of the action sequences.

At the end of the day, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a great movie to watch if you want bonding times with your kids or if you're totally high or craving for some pizza. In my opinion, it won't ruin your childhood, in fact it might even remind and bring back old memories of your childhood, with the many references being made in this movie. The kids will love this movie and I recommend everyone to bring pizza while watching it.

A dull and boring villain, a mediocre plot filled with a massive amount of clichés and Michael Bay style action sequences. without the Turtles, this movie would be pure trash.

Verdict: 6.5/10