The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie did not get good reviews. Featuring over-designed turtles, a lack of respect for the TMNT history, and contrived villains and plots, the question becomes should it have gotten a sequel. The answer is no, but the sequeld manages to squeeze over the lowest of bars that was its predecessor.
In this movie, Shredder escapes prison and meets an alien entity Krang. Stockman, Karai, Beebop and Rocksteady are also present in the film. All of this is just window dressing as none of the characters seem to be their for more than fan-service, outside of Krang (as the main protagonist this time). They never get too much development and if left out, wouldn't affect too much.
The over-designed turtles are back and so is April. She is joined by Casey, a cop with an anger-management issues who likes Hockey. He sees the turtles and Shredder escaping, but no-one believes him (for some reason) and he has to become a lone wolf. The turtles also have a hang-up about not being accepted on the surface suddenly, for some reason. But hey, at least there are more fun moments throughout the film. More moments like the elevator rap from the first.
The film has an idenity problem. It can't decide whether the Foot are elite ninja's, cutting through a police station with ease, or simply cannon fodder. Similarly, Michelangelo has a leadership problem but it seems that he never actually leads anyone. Is Shredder a master fighter and big threat, or is he simply a mook now for Krang. The movie seems to switch in scenes between slapstick and serious.
This isn't to mention that the plot is silly, the only likeable character is April (Megan Fox), and the conflicts are contrived. However, it manages to jump over the bar set by the first movie and the special effects and action scenes are better. And it doesn't insult the source material again and seems to sweep the starting movies lore under the rug as much as possible, which is also a plus.
1.5 out of 5 mutated turtle waffles
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