Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

On a mission of destruction, leader of the foot clan, Shredder (Brian Tee), is freed from prison with the help of Dr. Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and henchmen BeBop and Rocksteady (Gary Anthony Williams and Sheamus). Meanwhile, the ninja turtles are still wrestling with their own coming of age and desire to be seen for who they are until reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) tips them off to Shredder’s evil plans– and an even more nefarious baddie, Krang (Brad Garrett). Sounds like turtle power will be necessary to save New York again. turtles6 Written with the mind numbing exposition of Saturday morning cartoons Director Dave Green has certainly created a CGI spectacle combining smidges of live action with a majority of digital wizardry. Sadly, for all of its technical bells and whistles the end result is a painful 112 minutes of semi-phoned in acting. Perhaps holding value only to those who grew up with the Turtles as icons, this one’s best left as a pass. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is rated PG-13.