THE latest installment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) colourfully busts out of the darkened sewers as the ninja’s are drawn out into the big wide world with a racy action packed flow that will hold the attention of diehard fans of this franchise for an unoriginal battle with their arch nemesis Shredder and his minions (phewww… that was exhausting). Thanks to CGI tech when the present pumped up martial art weapon wielding versions of the favorite reptiles and humans interact on screen there is a little difference that gives away that you are actually not watching real turtles.  And that’s the cool part of this flick¶

Gawking down this flick our minds could not help it but sway towards Ang Lee’s Hulk as far as the visual details of the Turtles and the plot is concerned. ALthough the latter was liek a gentle tuck. In another respects we could not help it but also see, peering right back at us in the horizon of super hero universes, Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man. Surely plot wise the film could have done better. It seems, these days, to explain away the origins of superhero superpowers there is a fallacy to link that phenomenon to the hero’s genes, manipulated or susceptible (is there any other way especially where mutation is involved?). In any case as far as action and visual effects spectacles goes the film is watchable, however, nestled franchise fan loyalty seems to be the only draw card here. Perhaps the 2016 outing will introduce a new nemesis and a new storyline if we were to wish away the floppy plot on the grounds of this feature being a reboot.

Cowa Bunga …DUDE!¶

TMNT scores a 2 dEF’Point out of 5 {**\\\}.

Autumn

4 March
© Mmutle Arthur Kgokong 2015

[revised 05/10/2023]