Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

The Turtles get into another battle with their enemy the Shredder, who has acquired new allies: the mutant thugs Bebop and Rocksteady and the alien being Krang.

Director:

Dave Green

Writers:

Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec

Stars:

Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry

10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Megan Fox	...	April O'Neil
Will Arnett	...	Vernon Fenwick
Laura Linney	...	Chief Vincent
Stephen Amell	...	Casey Jones
Noel Fisher	...	Michelangelo
Jeremy Howard	...	Donatello
Pete Ploszek	...	Leonardo
Alan Ritchson	...	Raphael
Tyler Perry	...	Baxter Stockman
Brian Tee	...	Shredder
Stephen Farrelly	...	Rocksteady (as Sheamus)
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Bebop
Peter Donald Badalamenti II	...	Splinter (as Peter D. Badalementi)
Tony Shalhoub	...	Splinter (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	Krang (voice)

Storyline

The Turtles continue to live in the shadows and no one knows they were the ones who took down Shredder. Vernon is the one everyone thinks is the one who took Shredder down. April O'Neill does some snooping and learns a scientist named Baxter Stockman is working for Shredder. He plans to break him out while he's bringing transported. April tells the turtles, who try to stop it but can't. Stockman tries to teleport Shredder but he some how ends up in another dimension and meets a warlord named Krang who instructs Shredder to assemble a teleportation device he sent to Earth a long time ago. He gives Shredder some mutagen which he uses to transform two criminals who were also in the transport with him, Rock Steady and Bebop, into mutants. They then set out to find the device. April saw the transformation while investigating Stockman. She takes the mutagen and is chased by Shredder's minions, the Foot Clan. She is saved by a man named Casey Jones who was the one transporting Shredder. The ...

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | based on comic book | turtle | based on cartoon | rat | 

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Taglines:

Brawl with Bebop. Run with Rocksteady.

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bebop and Rocksteady are visually based on their appearance in the TMNT IDW comics: both are big and burly and bear tattoos, and Bebop has a pink mohawk and sideburns.

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Goofs

Casey is not believed when he recounts the events from Shredder's escape. Surely there are numerous cameras overlooking the roads.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Donatello: Fellas, it's go time.
Leonardo: Turtle Formation in three, two, one!
[the Turtles attempt a Turtle Formation on the Chrysler building, but dogpile]
Leonardo: What happened to Turtle Formation?
Michelangelo: Turtle Formation? I thought you said "Squirrel Formation."
Raphael: Why would he say "Squirrel Forma..."
[hits Michelangelo on the head]
Raphael: What's "Squirrel Formation?"

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Crazy Credits

The Paramount Pictures logo is tinted green, the Turtles' traditional color. The stars in the logo are made out of ninja shuriken (throwing stars).

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Connections

References The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

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Soundtracks

Not Food
Written & performed by John Debney

User Reviews

fair

Okay…. So we broke down and watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), we didn't have high hopes in the beginning as the trailer and of course the previous film; but we did give it a shot.

Now before I begin this, I want to point out that I know it takes a ton of work and a lot of people working to manage this type of films; especially all of the cgi involved as most of this film is in green screen with a ton of outsourcing to do all of the art to save funds; and it shows in the film. Let's begin…

We didn't go to the theaters to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), for two reasons the first being we were way too busy, and the second it wouldn't have held our attention as upon watching it that was proved true. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) is not a bad film, it's fair; they just got completely sidetracked trying to piece the real actor scenes in with the created animated work that the glitches show so much it is hard to watch. If I were around the age of 10, this film may have been more enjoyable as it did have that cartoon vibe to it, and of course the Turtle scenes was more like watching the intro videos and cinematic within a video game.

As for the acting, well Megan Fox was put in the Jennifer's Body look again to help keep the eyes on the screen as they spent a lot of time putting her in outfits to keep that going on. Her acting was the same as in every film; so much that you could tell if it were transformers, Jennifer's Body, etc; but she did do well with what was going on. As for the rest of the acting, it was so-so; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) looks as if all the money went into the art department, Megan Fox; and what was left went into putting the pieces together to make a film.

The story itself, well.. Truthfully they did follow the basic Ninja stories and there isn't quite much that could be done so of course it was up to part; other than the many spots that the story just skips a beat throwing in stuff that didn't belong or well… you'll see if you watch it.

For the hard work that went into the art department we give this film 3 stars

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [United States] Official site

Country:

USA Hong Kong China Canada Denmark Germany UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$135,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$35,316,382, 5 June 2016

Gross USA:

$82,051,601

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$245,623,848

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Platinum Dunes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1