Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Review

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Release Date: 9th June 2016 - Australia


Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies

Platinum Dunes
Gama Entertainment Partners
Mednick Productions
Smithrowe Entertainment

Distribution

Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: PG

Runtime: 112 minutes


Budget: $135,000,000

Box Office Gross: $245,623,848
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
After supervillain Shredder
escapes custody, he joins
forces with mad scientist
Baxter Stockman and two
dimwitted henchmen,
Bebop and Rocksteady, to
unleash a diabolical plan
to take over the world. As
the turtles prepare to take
on Shredder and his new
crew, they find themselves
facing an even greater evil
with similar intentions:
the notorious Krang. (Source - Metro Cinemas)

Cast

Megan Fox - April O'Neil

Will Arnett - Vern Fenwick
Laura Linney - Chief Vincent

Stephen Amell - Casey Jones
Alan Ritchson - Raphael
Noel Fisher - Michelangelo
Pete Ploszek - Leonardo
Jeremy Howard - Donatello
Peter Donald Baldamenti II - Splinter
Tony Shalhoub - Splinter (Voice)
Brian Tee - Shredder
Stephen Farrelly - Rocksteady
Gary Anthony Williams - Bebop
Brittany Ishibashi - Karai
Tyler Perry - Baxter
Stockman
Brad Garrett - Krang (Voice)
Connor Fox - Trevor
Alessandra Ambrosio - Herself (Cameo)
Jane Wu - Jade
Robert Clohessy - Deputy Warden Hamlett
Carmelo Anthony - Himself (Cameo)
DeAndre Jordan - Himself (Cameo)
Jonathan Redick - Himself (Cameo)
Matt Barnes - Himself (Cameo)
Austin Rivers - Himself (Cameo)
Langston Arnold Galloway - Himself (Cameo)
Shane Larkin - Himself (Cameo)
Lou Amundson - Himself (Cameo)
Andrea Bargnani - Himself (Cameo)
Quincy Acy - Himself (Cameo)
Kevin Eastman - Pizza
Delivery Guy (Cameo)

Crew

Director - Dave Green

Based on Characters  - Kevin

Eastman and Peter Laird
Writer/Executive Producers - Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec
Associate Producer/

Production Manager - Basil Grillo
Executive Producers - Eric J. Crown, Grant Curtis and Denis L. Stewart

Producers - Michael Bay,
Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller,
Scott Mendick and Galen Walker
Production Designer - Martin Laing
Costume Designer - Sarah Edwards
Director of Photography - Lula Carvalho
Second Unit Director - Mike Gunther
Second Unit Director/Visual Effects Supervisor -
Pablo Helman
Stunt Coordinators - Jonathan Eusebio
and Spiro Razatos
Fight Coordinator - Jon Valera
Special Effects Supervisor - J.D. Schwalm
Co-Visual Effects Supervisor - Robert Weaver
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM London - Julian Foddy
Animation Supervisor - Kevin Martel
Associate Animation Supervisor - Shawn Kelly
CG Supervisor - Brian Cantwell
CG Supervisor: ILM - Laurent Hugueniot
Film Editors - Jim May and
Bob Ducsay
Supervising Sound Designers - Erik Aadahl
and Ethan Van der Ryn
Music - Steve Jablonsky

Review

Two years after the success and mixed response of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', a reboot that arguably tries to be like 'Transformers'. It unfortunately wasn't and Michael Bay strikes again as the producer of this latest sequel. He hires a different director who was known for the lacklustre film of 'Earth to Echo' with the vision in mind to have him improve the setbacks. But needless to say, it only worked in a few elements. My impression is drawn back to its classic 80s cartoon roots and incorporated its several elements to the plot adding such characters as Bebop and Rocksteady as well as Krang. This is a good thing and a bad thing, starting with the good it has some sentimental value which will resonate with fans who grow up with the 80s classic. Now moving onto the bad, many considered the film as a slight modification over the original, but some unrealism and poor acting choices dishonored this sequel. 

It is without surprise that Stephen Amell from the hit TV show 'Arrow' phoned it in as Casey Jones. This character has got spunk, but Amell didn't get enough direction and the way the character is written wasn't as charismatic I hoped. I even thought Tyler Perry and Brad Garrett are miscast in their roles and so is Megan Fox who is still dull and frankly this is the result of poor direction and script.

Turtle power, not really and it's good for a one-time watch at best. 'OUT OF THE SHADOWS' is an another mediocre effort from Michael Bay's producing credit. I think this movie will be more appealing to a younger grouping of people or less experienced movie goers who do not pay as much attention to detail, casting and plotting.

Star rating: (5/10) Average

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