Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hollywood Film Movie review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * *
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English Film review
Johnson Thomas
Quick-fire action
Reboot
Film:Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
Cast: Megan
Fox, William Fichtner, Alan Ritchson, Pete
Ploszek,Jeremy Howard, Noel
Fisher, Will
Arnett, Danny Woodburn
Rating: * * *
Running
Time: 101 min.
Synopsis:Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay present this reboot of
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise with Wrath of the Titans'
helmer Jonathan Liebesman directing. Megan Fox stars as ace reporter, April
O'Neil, who encounters heroes in a half shell Raphael, Leonardo , Donatello,
and Michaelangelo as they prepare to do battle with their arch-nemesis Shredder
Review:
This reboot from Paramount after
acquiring the rights, makes a point of going into a full recap of the Ninja
Turtles origin story and their epic conflict with deadly Foot Clan crime
syndicate. The exposition plays on for a long time with Channel Six News anchor
April(Megan Fox) investigating a city-wide crime wave in an attempt to be taken
seriously by her bosses. After witnessing a mysterious vigilante stop a Foot
Clan engineered robbery, she digs deeper and finds herself remembering a
shadowy past involving her father and she, with ties to the shadowy superheroes
Ninja Turtles – Leonardo(Johnny Knoxville) Raphael(Alan Ritchson) ,
Michelangelo(Noel Fisher) and Donatello(Jeremy Howard). And it takes a long
time thereafter for the conflict to begin.
Never mind that though. Screenwriters
Josh Appelbaum, Andre
Nemec and Evan Daugherty devote a
large portion of the plot to April’s investigation and by the time the Turtles
actually appear on screen you are restive. Flashbacks and dialogues reminiscing
about the past make a strong pitch for future sequels but it doesn’t do much to
ratchet up the enjoyment for this one. Once the action gets on board, it’s a
thrill-a-minute slugfest. And it doesn’t take much to empathise with the
warrior turtles. So when they are in trouble you feel for them.
The turtles have mutagens in their
blood and that makes them fodder for Shredder’s
and Eric Sach’s plans to conquer the city/world. That gives enough room
for some all-out shock and awe barrage of action.
The Turtles are bullet-proof, six-foot
tall and equally strong, Foot leader Shredder (Tohoru Masamune) looks like a
metal laden samurai and Turtles leader Splinter (Tony Shalhoub) the mouse
looks a little freakish. The post-converted 3D projection is a bummer because
this film really did not need it. Megan Fox looks great as usual too. The CGI
is solid, the action is replete with instant payoffs. So the real deal here is surely the
pulverizing action that gets underway after the overly long exposition is done.
It’s nostalgia driven no doubt but the thrills are strong enough to keep you
engaged!
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