Plot
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.

Release Year: 1991

Rating: 5.5/10 (19,363 voted)

Director: Michael Pressman

Stars: Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti

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.

Writers: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird

Cast:
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)
Toshirô Obata - Tatsu (as Toshishiro Obata)
Raymond Serra - Chief Sterns
Mark Ginther - Rahzar
Kurt Bryant - Tokka
Kevin Nash - Super Shredder
Joseph Amodei - Parlor Owner

Taglines: Cowabunga, it's the new turtle movie.

Official Website: Official TMNT site |

Release Date: 22 March 1991

Filming Locations: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $20,030,473 (USA) (24 March 1991) (2868 Screens)

Gross: $78,656,813 (USA)

Runtime: 88 min

Trivia:
The abandoned subway station, which serves as the Turtles' new lair, is based on the real life "City Hall" Station of the former Interborough Rapid Transit company in New York City. Although the station itself is decommissioned, the track on which it is located is still active.

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the junkyard scene, part of Marc Caso's arm can be seen when Leonardo reaches for his katana blades and his costume opens up at the elbow.

Quotes:
Leonardo: First, we must observe the ancient ritual of the, uh, uh... traditional pre-fight donut.

Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!

Rating: 7/10

Good times once again as we return with our turtles in a half shell, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is the popular sequel to the very popular and successful movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We had some minor changes to this film, while the first movie was a success, parents complained of it's dark nature and mild cursing. So this film was a little brighter and family friendly, while it drug the film down a little for some odd reason I still loved this movie. Not only me but some of my other friends loved it as well, I don't know if it's because we grew up with this film or whatever, but we still have so much fun watching it despite it's cheesy themes and the fact that Vanilla Ice makes a cameo with the ever infamous Ninja Rap that he knew the lyrics and dance too before he even knew the song existed.

The Turtles have been forced to live with their friend the news reporter April O'Neil because the Foot Clan know the whereabouts of their lair in the sewers. While the Turtles are looking for a new home, they encounter a pizza delivery boy named Keno, who is trying to fight off a band of robbers by means of his skill as a martial artist, where the Turtles intervene on his behalf. The Foot Clan, no longer as large as it was in the first film, have retreated to a large junkyard, where Master Tatsu, Shredder's second in command, attempts to take control of the gang, but is challenged by Shredder himself. Shredder was thought to be dead. He now appears physically deformed and obsessed with obtaining revenge, to achieve which he sends a Foot member to pose as an intern at the news network and trail April. April is shown making a report on the efforts of an industrial organization known as TGRI to neutralize pollutants that have resulted from their experiments. Splinter, seeing the report on television, shows the Turtles and April the canister of "ooze" that had caused himself and the Turtles to mutate into their present forms, revealing that it was made by the TGRI. The Turtles infiltrate the TGRI offices to seize a sample of the ooze, only to encounter Tatsu and the Foot. Despite the Turtles' efforts to stop them, Tatsu and the Foot escape, taking the last canister of ooze and Professor Jordan Perry with them. Shredder later instructs Perry to use the ooze to transform a snapping turtle and a wolf into monsters, creating the characters Tokka and Rahzar.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is silly and over the top, but it's still a really fun movie and has all the action and good times the first one had. I absolutely loved the scene where the turtles try to trick Tokka and Rahzar with the donuts, inside the donuts are the cure to make them small again, but of course they don't fall for it after a while and the turtles have the butts handed back to them, big time. I also love the little flaw where the last film Shredder is crushed in a garbage truck, he comes back to life, but he becomes super Shredder where nothing should kill him at all, except for a bridge that falls on him and the turtles, but the turtles manage to survive, lol. It's all good though, this is just a fun movie and I'll always watch it, besides you have to keep that Ninja Rap alive.

7/10

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