Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadow

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows is the sequel to the  2014 version of the film. In this film we have the Shredder teaming up with the evil villain Krang. All actors return for the human performances. So you have Megan Fox as April O'Neil and Will Arnett as Vern. It does add characters as Casey Jones played by Stephen Amell and Brain Tee to replace the CGI monster Shredder.

Thing that needs to be good in this film is the Turtles. All of them are pretty good in the film. They flesh them out even more in this film. Really putting the spot on them this time around. With less focus on the April and the side characters. Which is what the film should have done. There is also one other actor that I was surprised about with this film and that was Tyler Perry as Baxter Stockman. I thought he was pretty good. He was wonderfully over the top, but I could tell was having a lot of fun in the role. Something that I think the film really needed to have. I as a fan well say that they do have some pretty great fan service moments as well.

Even thought they get the central thing right the rest of the film fails at all basic storytelling and character motivation. The attempt do the arc with the Turtles trying to figure out if they want to be human, but they never really explore or explain why they choose what they choose. Krang is so shot gunned into the film that really comes from no where. All the other actor don't really do anything or just aren't good. Jones character goes all over the place in the film. Then to top it off the action of the film is pretty dull and boring. Overall, this film is great for understanding what the fans want but has no idea of how to tell a good story around it.

RATING
1 out 4 Ticket Stubs.