Review by Bob Ignizio
I did not get swept up in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mania
when it hit the first time. The comics, even in their earlier, edgier
incarnation, never interested me. The cartoon series that toned the characters
down for a younger audience and broke the characters into the mainstream
debuted in 1987, and by that time I was nearing the end of high school and a
little older than the target demographic the show was after. I did catch the
first film adaptation from 1990 on home video, but it didn't make any lasting
impression on me.
So when producer Michael Bay decided to give the franchise a
cinematic reboot, I didn't feel much one way or the other aside from my usual
trepidation regarding anything Bay puts his name on. And while I wouldn't say
2014's TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
was a great, or even good movie, it wasn't any worse than what I remembered of
the original film adaptation. Crap, but moderately entertaining crap.
That pretty much sums up this sequel, too.
