Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Reviews

I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but I thought I might as well check it out anyway. First of all, I have to admit that it had been a while since I saw the first instalment with my step-son and, to be honest, I didn’t remember much about it but it didn’t really matter though. Basically, the CGI was once again rather impressive, I have to admit that the action scenes were not bad but the plot was still generic and tedious, I’m afraid. What mostly surprised me was the number of characters that they added to this sequel: Rocksteady, Bebop, Casey Jones, Krang, Baxter Stockman, Alessandra Ambrosio, Laura Linney obviously showing up for a (hopefully) juicy paycheck,… They were even not 1 but 2 nameless Asian chicks with only a few lines of dialogues playing some useless sidekicks to 2 different main characters. I have to admit that, for some reason, it was actually neat to see Casey Jones, even if the character really doesn’t work in a live-action version like this one. Indeed, my little brother was the one obsessing with the Ninja Turtles back then we were kids but I do remember actually having a really cool Casey Jones toy figure (see underneath). I actually looked it up on the internet and this freaking toy now costs more than 150 dollars so I wish I kept the damned thing! Concerning the movie itself, I think it might be actually fairly entertaining for kids around 12 years old but, as far as I was concerned, I didn’t care much for it and I will probably forget about the whole thing within a few days, exactly like its predecessor. Concerning Megan Fox, it is rather sad, even pathetic, that she got fired from the ‘Transformers’ franchise after comparing Michael Bay with Hitler to then work again with the same guy 5 years later for a very similar franchise, albeit much less successful commercially speaking. Anyway, to conclude, even if I have seen worse, I don’t think it is really worth a look, expect maybe if you are a 9-12 year old boy.

05/10