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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
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William Fichtner, Will Arnett, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, and Pete Ploszek in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
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 Vernon Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.
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When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.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
    • Evan Daugherty
  • Stars
    • Megan Fox
    • Will Arnett
    • William Fichtner
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    226K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,762
    250
    • Director
      • Jonathan Liebesman
    • Writers
      • Josh Appelbaum
      • André Nemec
      • Evan Daugherty
    • Stars
      • Megan Fox
      • Will Arnett
      • William Fichtner
    • 613User reviews
    • 313Critic reviews
    • 31Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 11 nominations total

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    Megan Fox
    Megan Fox
    • April O'Neil
    Will Arnett
    Will Arnett
    • Vern Fenwick
    William Fichtner
    William Fichtner
    • Eric Sacks
    Noel Fisher
    Noel Fisher
    • Michelangelo
    Alan Ritchson
    Alan Ritchson
    • Raphael
    Pete Ploszek
    Pete Ploszek
    • Leonardo
    Johnny Knoxville
    Johnny Knoxville
    • Leonardo
    • (voice)
    Jeremy Howard
    Jeremy Howard
    • Donatello
    Danny Woodburn
    Danny Woodburn
    • Splinter
    Tony Shalhoub
    Tony Shalhoub
    • Splinter
    • (voice)
    Tohoru Masamune
    Tohoru Masamune
    • Shredder
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Whoopi Goldberg
    • Bernadette Thompson
    Minae Noji
    Minae Noji
    • Karai
    Abby Elliott
    Abby Elliott
    • Taylor
    Madison Mason
    Madison Mason
    • Councilman
    Taran Killam
    Taran Killam
    • McNaughton
    K. Todd Freeman
    K. Todd Freeman
    • Dr. Baxter Stockman
    Paul Fitzgerald
    Paul Fitzgerald
    • Dr. O'Neil
    • Director
      • Jonathan Liebesman
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      • Josh Appelbaum
      • André Nemec
      • Evan Daugherty
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    5Prismark10

    Hero Turtles

    Micheal Bay produced the TMNT franchise with updated CGI and a more Transformers like action sequences with a heavy dose of cheesiness.

    Reporter April O'Neil (Megan Fox) discovers the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were her childhood pets that had been injected with a mutagent by a corporation run by her late father and his partner Eric Sacks (William Fichtner.) Her cameraman Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) tries to help her out while everyone thinks she is crazy about her rantings of vigilante turtles. Meanwhile a criminal gang led by Shredder plan to unleash a virus throughout the city.

    The film is entertaining for kids and is undemanding fun. There are explosions, dramatic and over the top action sequences, plenty of quips, a comedy sidekick in Will Arnett. The film avoids the flabbiness that marred the Transformer sequels and like a McDonalds cheeseburger, it fills you up in the short term and would soon be quickly forgotten. Still nothing wrong with a bit of mindless diet of junk every now and then.
    6johnnymacbest

    Entertaining on it's own merits, but underwelming.

    When the first Ninja Turtles movie came out in 1990, it was an ABSOLUTE BLAST to watch, simply because it was a faithful adaptation of the comic books with character development and stunning visuals to boot; no thanks in part to Jim Henson's workshop of wonders.

    I've skipped out on this movie when it was first released, but having just watched it now, I could say with all honesty that I was entertained for the most part, but said enjoyment was marred by the underdeveloped characters; just like it was in the first Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay and even though he only produced this film, his influence clearly is felt throughout this film; especially in the script, which is filled with tired, cliched dialogue and plot twists you can see coming a mile away. The end result is a widely derivative and phoned in experience.

    Aside from that, I enjoyed the fight scenes, which are a plenty, though strangely and surprisingly enough, aren't as numerous and overblown like the Transformers films, but they do their job admirably.

    But the biggest problem with the film is lack of character development. It's a shame that Megan Fox gets more screentime than the turtles; barely does Kirai and Shredder get any development and as a whole, the film feels disjointed and unbalanced. The original film had a nice balance between character development and action, something this film sorely lacks. Nobody expects Oscar-winning material in a Ninja Turtles movie, but at the very least, flesh out the characters more other than let one of them hog the spotlight for a significant amount of time.

    So in conclusion, I suppose the film was entertaining on it's own merits, but ultimately, it was underwhelming.

    Sad really, because I was really looking forward to a return to form from the titular reptilian heroes.
    6Al_The_Strange

    TMNT 2014 Review

    There's hardly a kid born from the 80s who has never heard of this totally bodacious group of walking, talking, pizza-eating, street-fighting reptiles. It has always been a goofy saga, but it was also hip, action-packed, and colorful. Can the same be said about the latest adaptation?

    On the surface level, 2014's TMNT at least looks the part. It's a fairly breezy film that never takes itself seriously, packing on generous heapings of goofy comedy, stylish action scenes, and loads of special effects. The first half of the film takes its time to follow April O'Neil around, who inevitably uncovers the secret of the turtles' existence, and the outlandish Foot Clan plot to take over New York City. The last half of the film is pretty much all-out fighting and action, which includes a fight in the sewers, a lengthy chase scene down the slopes of a mountain, and a final showdown on top of a skyscraper. Thus, I found the last half of the film the most engaging.

    It's still not without its problems though. Despite the light-hearted tone and all the jokes, very little of it made me laugh outright. The humor is quite low-brow and doofy. Action scenes will be a hit and a miss; fight scenes in the film's first half are horribly shot and edited (on purpose nonetheless). Later scenes are still hectic, but are at least watchable and fairly fun. Scenes in between try their best to keep things rolling fast and without becoming droll, but without any major emotional investment, these scenes tend to drag a bit.

    Beyond the surface-level comedy and action, there's not much else to this film. The plot is pretty much a mash-up of typical TMNT fare and 2007's Transformers (also an adaptation of an 80s cartoon where human characters discover some weird life form and gets caught in the middle of a war nobody knew existed; both starring Megan Fox nonetheless). What plot the movie has is riddled with plot holes, and scenes that are simply way too unbelievable (maybe not a valid complaint for TMNT, but with the way the film tries to look believable, the film shoots its own creditability in the foot). The turtle characters are fun to watch, usually, and Splinter is one cool rat. They aren't terribly deep characters, but they are colorful, and there is just enough background to them to keep them from being total caricatures. Other characters aren't as good: April O'Neil is almost annoying as she obsesses over the turtles and shouts her findings at everybody she runs across. Her sidekick is a dork. Shredder is extremely flat, lifeless, and lacking in presence, serving little more than an excuse to have a boss fight at the end of the movie. The film draws some connections between all the characters to give their interactions more backing, but it only strains the creditability of the plot even further.

    The film's photography looks good sometimes and terrible at other times. Editing is choppy. Acting is pretty lackluster from the whole crowd; Megan Fox is far from endearing despite her looks, the voice acting can be a hit or a miss, and other actors don't really take their roles seriously, for better or for worse. Writing is pretty daft. This production uses okay-looking sets, props, and costumes. Locales are pretty small-scale most of the time. Special effects vary from good to bad. Music is okay (I got to admit that I found the end credits song catchy).

    This incarnation of the Turtles definitely has its flaws, but it tries to be a fun picture, and it is at least partway successful. Not everybody will be quite as easily charmed as I am, so I'm compelled to recommend approaching this movie with caution.

    3/5 (Entertainment: Pretty Good | Story: Marginal | Film: Marginal)
    6SpoodermanDerp

    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
    6JMT-Studios

    You really should know what to expect by now

    Here we go…

    So Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the reboot to the ever so popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman for some reason and produced by Michael Bay, also for some reason.. You all know the story by now. 4 mutated turtles grow up in the sewer raised by a giant rat who knows martial arts and trains them so they can protect the city from Shredder. No difference in this movie.

    So the movie opens up in sort of a graphic novel type animation telling the story of the turtles which I'll admit was a nice nod to the original source material from which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came from. From there we meet April (Megan Fox) who's trying to get a story about the evil foot clan that have been terrorizing the city. She then witnesses the turtles stop them and follows them to get evidence of their existence. The turtles stop her and return to their master who says they need April's help. I won't spoil why. From there they must work together and stop Shredder from releasing a toxin on the city.

    I wanted simply one thing from this movie after all the crap I've seen from it over the last few years. I want the turtles to be the turtles. I want them to reflect how they were in the 2003 cartoon preferably. A darker take but still humorous and likable. I grew up on that and the 80's cartoon and 1990's movies. Thank the lord I got that. The turtles are the best part of this movie. They deliver some funny lines although not everyone of them hit. Like you can feel that the jokes were modeled for kids which the whole movie is basically. It's like a big toy commercial. Or a Crush soda commercial. Or a Samsung phone and tablet commercial. Yeeeeah lot of product placement in this movie. Very obvious at that. Anyways as for the other characters we have April O'Neil played by Megan Fox who was alright. I really wish they worked on her dramatic screams though because those were just awful. We also have Will Arnett as her camera man who I guess is supposed to be the comic relief in this movie but literally does not have one funny joke in the whole thing even though you can feel you're supposed to be laughing but I didn't even smirk. It was like watching a stand up comic bomb his performance. Splinter was an enjoyable character. You could really see how he tied this family together.

    Now if there's one thing I like in a movie it's a good villain. Did I get this? No. No I did not. Shredder has no character to him at all. In the 2003 version of him he got all this character development and I learned the motivation behind why he did what he did. In this he's literally just a guy who wants to make money. Or at least help Eric Sacks (William Fichtner) make money which is a very stupid motivation in my book. Usually villains steal money for the purpose of something bigger but in this.. they just want money. Which Eric already has because he lives in a freakin castle on top of a mountain! How much more money does he need?! Sigh.. Shredder was just so one dimensional and uninteresting. I was so let down by this.

    Well what about the effects? They're actually pretty good. They did make the turtles sweat a lot though. Like A LOT. But it looked nice so I was happy about that. One downside is the CGI went down a little when interacting with humans. Like in Transformers 4. Not much to say other than those two things because I didn't focus on it much.

    One last thing and I know every reviewer is saying this but it can't be said enough. The climax of this movie literally is the end of The Amazing Spider-Man only in the day time. Seriously watch The Amazing Spider-Man before you see this and see how similar it is. It's crazy.

    Going in if you know this director and producer you're not expecting anything amazing. I went in with extremely low expectations and they surpassed them but only very very slightly.

    I give it a 5.5/10.

    The theater had a bunch of 10 year olds who thought the movie was amazing so at least they hit their target audience. But as a long time Ninja Turtles fan I left disappointed and wanting a little more. If it earns back the money maybe a sequel will be better. It won't but a guy can dream.

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    • Trivia
      Originally, the mutant thugs Bebop and Rocksteady were to appear in the film to fight the Turtles; they were to be martial arts soldiers that were given mutagen and turned into monstrous super-soldier mutants for the Turtles to fight. They were written out with the intent of appearing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).
    • Goofs
      When April is calling Vern to ask for a ride to Sach's mansion, Vern sees April's phone number show on the caller ID before answering. But April is calling from a payphone.
    • Quotes

      [April meets the Turtles for the first time]

      April O'Neil: What are you?

      Leonardo: Well, miss, we're ninjas.

      Raphael: We're mutants!

      Donatello: Technically, we're turtles.

      Michelangelo: And we're teenagers. But we can have adult conversations.

      April O'Neil: So, you're... Ninja Mutant Turtle Teenagers?

      Donatello: When you put it like that, it sounds ridiculous!

    • Crazy credits
      There is a scene in the closing credits: Michelangelo and Raphael hide from people by blending into a Victoria's Secret billboard.
    • Connections
      Featured in Death Battle: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Royale (2011)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Brian Tyler

      Performed by Brian Tyler (as Madsonik)

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    • Release date
      • August 8, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Tortugas Ninja
    • Filming locations
      • Playa Vista, California, USA(reshoot)
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Nickelodeon Movies
      • Platinum Dunes
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    • Budget
      • $125,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $191,204,754
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $65,575,105
      • Aug 10, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $485,004,754
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
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      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Auro 11.1
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      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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