As such, the iconic Shredder doesn’t have much of a character in this TMNT outing, and instead has to rely on cheesy armor to clumsily come across as threatening. There are some brief cuts of a Japanese-looking actor shrouded in shadows, delivering quick lines before he’s never seen again for the rest of the movie, and the armored Shredder is digitally created in his fights with the turtles. Given the way the theatrical cut is edited, it certainly seems that Fichtner was originally scheduled to play the Shredder. Even worse, Shredder has been rewritten into oblivion after numerous casting changes, character replacements, and some notable fan uproar following rumors that white-American actor William Fichtner was cast to play the big bad. The Foot Clan have been reduced from goofy ninja henchmen to generic, gun-toting terrorists who don’t pose much of a threat to Leo and the gang.
The biggest disappointment of the film is that the antagonists are uninteresting. While Transformers alumna Megan Fox (well, well, well, crawling back are we?) is competent enough as April O’Neill, the first half hour of the film drags without the presence of the charismatic turtles. Alan Ritchsan, Noel Fisher, Johnny Knoxville, and Jeremy Howard all do great jobs as Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello, respectively, and their chemistry makes every scene with them together work. The personalities of the titular heroes are the biggest successes of the film. They look like actual ninjas or, at least semi-believable anthropomorphized turtle-versions of ninjas I thought that was the whole point of the franchise? Why is everyone complaining? The Turtles themselves are roided up and “updated” for the modern comic book-movie craze, but I like the artists’ take on Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, and Leonardo because they look like actual martial arts badasses. The action is coherent and the camera pulls back for much of the on-screen ninja-action, allowing viewers to appreciate the fast-moving fight sequences. Shredder faces Master Splinter midway through the movie.ĭespite the unwarranted fan-backlash, Michael Bay didn’t direct this newest Turtles movie, and you can tell that right away. However, the Turtles brand is a weird one in that most fans nowadays have little to no memory of how it all started, instead referring back to the popular children’s cartoon (1987-1996) that watered down the mature tone of the characters’ original inception. One viewing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) proves that “ the Turtles franchise was ridiculous way before Michael Bay got his hands on it.” The main reason I prefer the 2007 TMNT to any other feature-film rendition of the Turtle characters is that it came by the far the closest to capturing the spirit of the original dark, brooding comic.
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In my opinion, the original trilogy (1990, 1991, 1993) with men in creepy rubber turtle suits were never that special, with the original movie being the only one worth taking somewhat seriously, and the latter two appropriate only for those corny “bad movie-night” get-togethers you have with friends. Let me start this review by admitting that my favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is the 2007 film, simply titled TMNT. Music by: Brian Tyler || Cinematography: Lula Carvalho || Edited by: Joel Negron, Glen Scantlebury || Country: United States || Language: English Screenplay by: Josh Appelbuam, Andre Nemec, Evan Daugherty || Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Danny Woodburn, Abby Elliott, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Whoopi Goldberg, Taran Killiam Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman || Produced by: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, Galen Walker, Scott Mednick, Ian Bryce
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