TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2

US, 1991, 88 minutes, Colour.
Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Kenn Scott, Mark Caso, Kevin Clash, Ernie Reyes Jr, François Chau.
Directed by Michael Pressman.


Fairly easy to review: much the same as last time.

The plot has environmental overtones, cover-ups in New York about the disposal of nuclear waste (which, of course, made the turtles who they are). Shredder and his gang are back as are the helpless police. but so is wise old Splinter and David Warner as a scientist. It’s all Saturday matinee action which no one should take too seriously and so an enjoyable sequel.

1. The popularity of the Turtles? The initial film? Television programs?

2. New York City, the world of the Turtles, nuclear waste and disposal, the hostile gangs, Shredder and his associates, newspapers, reports, martial arts battles? Musical score?

3. The Turtles, the four, their appearance, their personalities, the voices? The interactions? On the side of good? The relationship with April, her work as a journalist, making reports, investigations?

4. Shredder, thought to be dead, rising to new life, bigger, his associates, his plan defying the ooze, to use it to create his own gang? His manipulations, creations, taking the Professor, getting his help? The confrontation with the Turtles, the battles, defeat?

5. Splinter, his character, old, wise, giving advice?

6. The nature of the ooze, the Turtles’ attitudes, the dangers?

7. The pizza boy, the importance of pizza, his being bullied, his martial arts, working with the Turtles, the fights?

8. Saturday matinee ingredients, characters, situations, the imagination, dangers, fights?