Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

1991
PG
1h 28m

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6.0/10

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The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

62K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,446

1,090

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

Trivia
Judith Hoag was not called in to reprise her role as April O'Neil after the director was unhappy when she derided the way they mistreated the stunt doubles and their unfair schedules changes. She stated at SuperCon Florida that she had no ill-will towards Paige Turco. Instead they met 17 years later and are now good friends. The directors found Paige Turco to resemble the character more, and found her chemistry with the Turtles to seem more sincere.

Goofs
At about the 52:47 mark after Donatello is thrown through the roof and rips the tape off of the TGRI guys mouth he exclaims "I gotta get the hang of that" to which the TGRI guy says "That's okay." immediately after "That's okay" you can hear someone on the set say "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 107" in the background. Use headphones if you must.

Quotes
Donatello: The perimeter's quiet.
Leonardo: Yeah, a little too quiet.
[Donatello knocks two Foot soldiers out]
Donatello: Well, that was easy!
Leonardo: Yeah, a little too easy.
Donatello: Look! It's Raph!
Michaelangelo: Yeah, a little too Raph.

Alternate versions
German version had cartoon-like sound effects added to the soundtrack in the fight scenes.

Connections
Edited into 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift (2010)

Soundtracks
Ninja Rap
Written by Vanilla Ice, Earthquake, and Todd W. Langen
©1991 EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Ice Baby/QPM Music Inc./ICBD Music
Performed by Vanilla Ice & Earthquake

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Featured review

6/10

Pretty good sequel

This film opens with tremendous confidence and energy. The humor of the Turtles may be so 1990 but I still dig it. The opening scene in the shopping mall is way funny and a great way to introduce is to the sequel. At the time the style of the Turtles wasn't so stale, so the plot may seem a bit childish or dumb now.

I have no doubts that if this movie were made today it would not be subtitled 'The Secret of the Ooze'. One can hardly expect high art from a movie called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II but they could have subtitled it something a little less crass. Apparently taking place right after the first movie (where's Casey) it wastes no time bringing back the Shredder and the rest of the Foot Clan.

This time Shredder aims to steal the cannister of ooze that mutated our heroes so he can make his own monsters to avenge his defeat. The result is Tokka and Rahzar and it seems like a half-attempt at a live-action version of Rocksteady and Bebop. As you can imagine, this plot isn't very clever. But the movie never really lulls so long as our heroes are on screen.

Look out for a cameo by Vanilla Ice (looking alarmingly like Dolph Lundgren) at the end. It's so dated it may be difficult to watch but as long as your alone you won't have to cringe.

The DVD has wonderful motion menus as well as a great 1.85:1 anamorphic picture with Dolby 5.1 sound. Extras are thin but still it's a great buy.