Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the live-action, feature film adaptation of the cult comic book and the popular animated television show. After prolonged exposure to radiation, four teenage turtles--Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello--have mutated into ninjas and have begun living in the sewers of a large city. Under the guidance of a ninja master Splinter the Rat and television reporter April, the Turtles embark on a mission to run crime out of the city and battle the warlord Shredder. The Turtles have been designed by Jim Henson Productions and effortlessly fit into the live-action surroundings. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
The crime-fighting Turtles -- Michaelangelo (Michelan Sisti), Donatello (Leif Tilden), Raphael (Kenn Troum), and Leonardo (Mark Caso) -- return in this quickly made sequel to the popular superheroes' first film. The story concerns arch-enemy Shredder, who kidnaps nutty professor Jordan Perry David Warner, the man who invented the infamous ooze, in order to use the ooze to destroy the Turtles. Shredder enlists his hapless German shepherd puppy named Rahzar and a baby snapping turtle named Toko and dips them in the ooze to turn them into horrible and imposing ninja warriors. But on the Turtles' side is proficient kick-boxing pizza boy Keno (Ernie Reyes Jr.), who uses his moves to help the Turtles stop Shredder and his monster warriors. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
The stars have aligned in an ominous sign, and as a legion of malevolent monsters descends upon New York City to wage war against humanity, the only thing that stands between humankind and certain destruction are four wisecracking turtles with a flair for martial arts and a hearty appetite for pizza. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's "heroes in a half-shell" return to defend the world against an interstellar threat that comes just once every 3,000 years in a computer-animated action comedy that marked the final film role of Japanese screen legend Mako -- here providing the voice of the eternally wise Master Splinter. Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar lends her voice to the role of the turtles' technical-services worker, April; Fantastic Four's Chris Evans assumes the role of hockey-loving crimefighter Casey Jones; Memoirs of a Geisha star Zhang Ziyi steps in as villainous Foot Ninjas leader Karai; and Star Trek: The Next Generation captain Patrick Stewart voices malevolent tech industrialist Max Winters -- a mortal man whose hunger for profit and power may spell doom for all humanity. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
This third film in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series finds the half-shelled ninjas traveling back in time to 17th-century Japan in order to save April O'Neil (Paige Turco). Once there, they also use their skills to help a rebel army battle an evil leader. Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Genre: Kids and Family
- Category Sci-Fi Adventure, Action Comedy, Martial Arts, Superhero Show [TV], Adventure Comedy, Superhero Film
- Theme: Time Travel, Righting the Wronged, Ninjas, Mutants, Kidnapping, Heroic Mission
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 06 hr 05 min
- Edition: Special Edition
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: French, Spanish, English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Release Date: September 7, 2010
- Lead Actor: Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Chris Evans, David Warner, Judith Hoag
- Supporting Actor: Mark Caso, David Forman, Jay Patterson, Henry Hayshi, James Arnold Taylor, Leif Tilden, Mitchell Whitfield, Sab Shimono, Kenn Troum, James Saito, François Chau, Vivian Wu, Patrick Stewart, Michael Turney, Michelan Sisti, Mako, Stuart Wilson, Ernie Reyes Jr., Paige Turco, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Dewey Weber, Keith Coulouris, Ken Kensei, Mak Takano, Mak Wilson, Tae Pak, Winston Hemingway, James Murray, Brian Tochi, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Corey Feldman, Elias Koteas, John Rogers, Josh Pais, Kevin Nash, Kitty Fitzgibbon, Louis Cantarini, Phil Chong, Sam Rockwell, Tim Parati, John Brady, Joshua Bo Lozoff, Jon Thompson, David Pressman, Tim Kelleher, Cassandra Ward-Freeman, Bill Luhrs, John D. Ward, Steven Getson Akahoshi, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Robert Haskell, Robbie Rist, Joe Inscoe, Joseph D'Onofrio, Ju Yu, Gregory Salata, Frank Welker, Adam Carl, Fred Tatasciore, Michael McConnohie, Glen Chin, Vanilla Ice, Kevin Michael Richardson, David McCharen, Michael Pressman, Paula Mattioli, Tad Horino, Kevin Clash, John DiMaggio, John Aylward, Kevin Smith, Zhang Ziyi, Ray Serra, Toshishiro Obata, Laurence Fishburne, Nolan North, David Fraser, Jim Raposa, Mikey Kelley, Matt Hill
- Director: Stuart Gillard, Michael Pressman, Steven Barron, Kevin Munroe
