Genre: Kids & family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Directed by Jeff Rowe
Produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit
Story by Brendan O’Brien, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe
Based on Characters by Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Starring: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Cantu, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Brady Noon, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd & Maya Rudolph.
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Production companies: Nickelodeon Movies, Point Grey Pictures
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
The plot: After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O’Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
This new TMNT movie was great.
Pros: I liked how it focused on the theme of this film of “How to fitting being a mutant”. Most of all the mutants were really well depicted including the turtles themselves being teenagers. The animation does remind me like into the spider-verse. There’s a lot of pop culture references and there was no shredder in this movie.
Cons: I was not a fan of splinter’s new origin. A lot of the side characters didn’t get that much to do and they didn’t use the classic theme song.
The Casts:
- Micah Abbey as Donatello: The wise and resourceful one of the Turtle brothers
- Shamon Brown Jr. as Michelangelo: The charismatic heart of the Turtle brothers
- Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog: A mutant frog who wields a battle axe
- Rose Byrne as Leatherhead: A mutant alligator
- Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo: The leader and the most honorable and responsible of the Turtle brothers
- John Cena as Rocksteady: A mutant rhinoceros and close friend to Bebop
- Jackie Chan as Splinter: A mutant rat who is the overprotective and skilled father of the Turtles
- Ice Cube as Superfly: A mutant fly who seeks for mutants to have dominance over humans
- Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut: A mutant bat and superhero wannabe
- Ayo Edebiri as April O’Neil: The intelligent and determined new human friend of the Turtles
- Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman: A genius scientist
- Post Malone as Ray Fillet: A mutant manta ray
- Brady Noon as Raphael: The bravest, strongest, but most impulsive of the Turtle brothers
- Seth Rogen as Bebop: A mutant warthog and close friend to Rocksteady
- Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko: A mutant gecko and skater
- Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom
The character Scumbug, a mutant insect, appears in the film where he is credited under “himself”.
I highly recommend watching this film.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe