'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Sequel Fails to Provide a Reason to Care
http://www.ocolly.com/entertainment_desk/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-sequel-fails-to-provide-a- reason/article_0f44a8c2-2d8b-11e6-8e10-8b4d338b3468.html 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' sequel fails to provide a reason to care Brandon Schmitz, Entertainment Reporter, SchmitzReviews Jun 8, 2016 Paramount Pictures Since their big-screen debut in 1990, the Ninja Turtles have gone through a handful of interpretations. None of them have taken themselves too seriously, but some capture the camaraderie among the four brothers -- the core of the series -- better than others. Although the first film in the latest incarnation was met with a lukewarm reception, "Out of the Shadows" looks to invigorate the series with an emphasis on the source material's deeper mythology. Following his defeat at the hands of the turtles, Shredder (Brian Tee) teams up with mad scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) in an effort to escape imprisonment. However, Stockman's teleportation device doesn't exactly work as planned. Instead, the Foot Clan leader ends up in another dimension and meets the vicious warlord, Krang. From there, Shredder sets out to assemble a device that will bring the talking brain to earth. If anyone's going to stop them, it's the turtles, right? Through dialogue exchanges, as well as in the title, the movie tries to sell the idea that Leonardo and company are masters of stealth that work in the shadows. Setting aside the fact that they're four hulking turtle-men, the crew drives a garbage truck armed with turrets and weaponized manhole covers. Subtlety kind of goes out the window at that point, you know? I've never been a fan of this incarnation's design for the turtles.
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