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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

PG  |   |  Action, Adventure, Comedy  |  22 March 1991 (USA)
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The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.

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Donatello / Foot #3
Kenn Scott ...
Raphael (as Kenn Troum)
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Leonardo / News Room Staff
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Shredder (as Francois Chau)
Toshishiro Obata ...
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Joseph Amodei ...
Parlor Owner
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The turtles find out where the Ooze, the substance which made them mutate, came from. Unfortunately Shredder learns about it too, and uses it to enhance himself. So the turtles have to prove again who's the better ninja fighter. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

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$25,000,000 (estimated)

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$78,656,813 (USA)
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The fight double for Donatello, Steven Ho, kept the Donatello head, became a stand-up comedian and uses it in his act. See more »

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Tutso asks Shredder, "We rebuild the foot?" Shredder specifically says, "No." (because the only one thing that is next is revenge.) Later, Keno tells the Turtles that he's heard of the foot, because the word is out on the street that they are looking for anybody with martial arts talent, especially teenagers. That means they are recruiting people to join the foot, thus meaning that they are rebuilding the foot clan, even after the shredder said that there was no need to do so. See more »

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Leonardo: We'll give you the tour later. Right now, we got a few questions.
Donatello: Yeah, a few inquiries.
Michaelangelo: Yeah, a few... Uh, we'll give you the tour later.
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Written by John Du Prez, Dan Hartman, and Charlie Midnight
©1991 EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Zellcom Industries B.V./EMI April Music Inc./Constant Evolution Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Janiceps Music
Performed by Dan Hartman
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Pretty good sequel
20 May 2004 | by (The Penumbra) – See all my reviews

This film opens with tremendous confidence and energy. The humor of the Turtles may be so 1990 but I still dig it. The opening scene in the shopping mall is way funny and a great way to introduce is to the sequel. At the time the style of the Turtles wasn't so stale, so the plot may seem a bit childish or dumb now.

I have no doubts that if this movie were made today it would not be subtitled 'The Secret of the Ooze'. One can hardly expect high art from a movie called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II but they could have subtitled it something a little less crass. Apparently taking place right after the first movie (where's Casey) it wastes no time bringing back the Shredder and the rest of the Foot Clan.

This time Shredder aims to steal the cannister of ooze that mutated our heroes so he can make his own monsters to avenge his defeat. The result is Tokka and Rahzar and it seems like a half-attempt at a live-action version of Rocksteady and Bebop. As you can imagine, this plot isn't very clever. But the movie never really lulls so long as our heroes are on screen.

Look out for a cameo by Vanilla Ice (looking alarmingly like Dolph Lundgren) at the end. It's so dated it may be difficult to watch but as long as your alone you won't have to cringe.

The DVD has wonderful motion menus as well as a great 1.85:1 anamorphic picture with Dolby 5.1 sound. Extras are thin but still it's a great buy.


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