Critic Reviews
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Steven Rea, Entertainment Weekly
Neither as fun nor as faithful to the spirit of the original comics. It's a bigger, slicker movie, but not a better one.
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Variety Staff, Variety
The murky lighting, uninteresting human characters and violence of the original have been modified in the more amiable sequel, mostly to good effect.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
One can have a reasonably amusing time with this predictable sequel, which is a bit longer on action and shorter on wit and character than the original.
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
The bigger budget is a blessing.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
The Turtles, when not battling Shredder or providing Vanilla Ice with the basis for a rap number, kid around in enjoyable ways.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Next time, if the Turtles really want to hurt 'em, they should call on Hammer.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
The Turtles return in this underwhelming sequel that generally fares about as well as its predecessor...
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
This is one of those rare sequels that actually lives up quite nicely to the original.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Clever if rather mechanical.
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Lloyd Bradley, Empire Magazine
This lacks the darkness and subtlty that makes th first film so good, and so adult, but its simplified plot and gags will appeal to the under tens.
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Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
The sequel plays things very safe
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Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
This one should have oozed out of the can before it got into any theaters.
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John Esther, Pasadena Weekly
For losers
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
The muppets look mighty fake, and Vanilla Ice was better in Cool as Ice, but check out wrestler Kevin Nash as Super Shredder.
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Derek Smith, Apollo Guide
Not only insulting to your intelligence, but also harmful for children to watch.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Dear God, why?
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Even more fun than the original!
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James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
if a Vanilla Ice cameo is a highlight, imagine what the rest of the film is like
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Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
If you're a kid, you're going to see it. If you're a parent you may have no choice.
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Featured Audience Ratings
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The sequel to the cult children's film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" definitely loses the flare that made the first film so enjoyable, but the puns and choreography is more clever and dumb than ever, making this still a fun film to watch, even though you know you are… More
The sequel to the cult children's film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" definitely loses the flare that made the first film so enjoyable, but the puns and choreography is more clever and dumb than ever, making this still a fun film to watch, even though you know you are viewing a pretty bad movie. Again, I respect anyone who bashes this trilogy, because I will have nothing to back it up, but the Turtles are just so loveable that you can't deny it's slight charm it has over you. The direction is fine, the acting is still hilarious, and the plot is even more preposterous this time around and the return of the main villain is never explained. I had a lot of fun watching this film, but I have no trouble admitting it is pretty lame. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Secret of the Ooze" is not terrible, but if I return to the series, it will be to the original!
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When the original TMNT movie came out, parents were enraged at the studio for making such a dark and violent kids film. The "snowflake" generation, as my generation is called, had to deal with our parents freaking out about how us children shouldn't be exposed to such… More
When the original TMNT movie came out, parents were enraged at the studio for making such a dark and violent kids film. The "snowflake" generation, as my generation is called, had to deal with our parents freaking out about how us children shouldn't be exposed to such issues as adolescent rebellion, crime, family division, and corrupt authority, real issues affecting the real world. My generation's parents wanted us children bubble wrapped. So what did the studio do for the sequel? They upped the childish banter, and made the film a light, comedic, ridiculous as fuck kids film.
The typical fight scenes have the Foot Soldiers gathered around a Turtle. One fights the Turtle while the other twelve watch and wait their turn. The Turtles now bicker, banter, and joke around like a group of clueless teenagers. These aren't the Turtles from the first film; worried about their survival. Here, they can walk into a grocery store and buy chips.
The film's epic bad climax features the Turtles fighting their foes in a club with Vanilla Ice improvising a "Ninja Rap" that has also been magically pre-taped so all he has to do is lip sync. The film allows kids to cheer the Turtles on, and really that's what it's all about. It's a shame parents would rather have their kids watch a toned down version of the Ninja Turtles, but what can you do. I watched this movie so many times as a kid, I could recite the whole movie word for word, and I turned out okay....I think....
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While it is nowhere near the brilliance of the first film, it is still a very fun movie with a lot to love. It is a lot more light-hearted and campy, but it somehow works. The birth of Super Shedder and Toka and Razar (aka Beebop and Rocksteady) are worth the movie.
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This one would make the turtles curdle, become infertile, and smell like my aunt Mertle
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Secret of the Ooze was a decent sequal. It holds the classic turtles attitude still with a new twist on Shredar becoming "Super", while giving a great background on how the turtles became as well.
Negatives: Casey Jones was no where to be found and they introduced a new… More
Secret of the Ooze was a decent sequal. It holds the classic turtles attitude still with a new twist on Shredar becoming "Super", while giving a great background on how the turtles became as well.
Negatives: Casey Jones was no where to be found and they introduced a new character (the pizza boy) in which virtually dissapeared forever after this one.
Not five star caliber but still Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
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Go Ninja Go Ninja Go. Go Ninja Go Ninja Rap!
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Hey at least Vanilla Ice was in it.
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I loved it as kid, but I don't think i'll be popping in my VHS copy anytime soon. Still, for old times sake i'll give it three stars.
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This is an example of a sequel that I enjoyed over the original. It isn't a whole lot better, but since the first one was awesome, I guess you could say that this one is better than awesome.<p>The story isn't as deep or strong as the first one, but it is definitely… More
This is an example of a sequel that I enjoyed over the original. It isn't a whole lot better, but since the first one was awesome, I guess you could say that this one is better than awesome.<p>The story isn't as deep or strong as the first one, but it is definitely more fun and entertaining. There isn't the need to really build up the turtles since it was done in the first film, so they had the room to play around with the turtles by giving them more comedic dialogue. Way funnier than the first film, although I did miss the funny antics of Casey Jones. You also get Vanilla Ice at the ending of this film. The highlight of his career in my opinion.</p><p>The acting is just as good as the first and the same goes for the animatronics. Once again the turtles did have their own distinct personalities and great voice over work. As I mentioned above, I did miss Casey Jones and I also thought Judith Hoag did a better job as April O'Neil from the first film. Paige Turco did a nice job though.</p><p>There is much more action in this film as well as better choreography. The film does a nice job at distributing the fights throughout the film as well. Not only do the turtles fight, but Ernie Reyes Jr. gets to display some nice moves in this film too. My only real complaint is that there should have been more usage of the turtle's weapons in the fights, maybe even during the movie.</p><p>Fans of the first film will most likely enjoy this and children will fall in love the turtles. A great family film with a good soundtrack, which was also better than the first.
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Quite good funny and excitement action with the lean, green teens against the return of their archenemy Shredder and two new creature-mutanted villians. Actress Paige Turco is better than Judith Hoag as the new reporter April O'Neil role.
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Not as good as the first one - but ya gotta luv those wise cracking ninja turtles!
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A fun-filled sequel that's more better than the original.
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decent but nowhere near the first
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This one was pretty good except for the Ninja Rap by Vanilla Ice.
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It's all about the ninja rap.
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Not as good as the first movie, but of course sequels can't live up to the hype of the first movie sometimes. This one, I think, is a somewhat decent exception. It's a bit more cheesier, but this one has the Turtles facing off against mutants, a common thing from the… More
Not as good as the first movie, but of course sequels can't live up to the hype of the first movie sometimes. This one, I think, is a somewhat decent exception. It's a bit more cheesier, but this one has the Turtles facing off against mutants, a common thing from the original TV show.
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Vanilla Ice- come on, that's a big joke watching it today. And I realize movie fighting takes a lot of choreography, but to have the turtles do a choreographed dance during Vanilla Ice's song was ridiculous. I like this April better and Splinter is still a good character,… More
Vanilla Ice- come on, that's a big joke watching it today. And I realize movie fighting takes a lot of choreography, but to have the turtles do a choreographed dance during Vanilla Ice's song was ridiculous. I like this April better and Splinter is still a good character, but the turtles' new home has a lot of unused potential and I simply didn't enjoy the juvenile-ness of it like I might have when I was younger.
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