Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the 1990 live-action film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The film was followed by three sequels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1991, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1992, and TMNT in 2007. This film presents the origin story of Splinter and the Turtles, the initial meeting between them, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, and their first confrontation with Shredder and his Foot Clan. The film's core plot closely follows that of the first published TMNT story, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1.
When the NYPD
is unable to stop a severe crime wave caused by the Foot Clan, four new vigilantes,
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, will come forth to save the city.
Under the leadership of Splinter and together with their new-found allies April
O'Neil and Casey Jones, they will fight back and take the battle to Shredder.
Plot
As the film begins April O'Neil, an investigative reporter at Channel 3 Eyewitness News, is researching a story on a recent, immense crime wave in New York City. Meanwhile, ex-hockey player Casey Jones decides to become a vigilante so as to combat the crime wave. He is shown beating two thieves with his sports equipment and arguing with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael over the proper way to punish criminals. The crime wave is traced by April to the Foot Clan; when she makes them uncomfortable, the Foot Ninjas attack her and knock her unconscious. Raphael rescues her.
As the Turtles escort April back to her apartment, the Foot find the Turtles' lair and kidnap Splinter. They carry him back to their headquarters, where their master Shredder is forming an army of corrupted, ninja-trained teenagers to build himself an empire of crime. One of those teenagers is the son of April's boss; having seen the Turtles at her apartment, he tells Shredder where to find the Turtles. The Foot launch a surprise attack on April's apartment. Caught off-guard and outnumbered, April, the Turtles, and Casey (who had intervened when he saw Raphael in danger) are forced to escape to April's childhood home in the country. Raphael is rendered unconscious during the battle and does not wake from his coma for several days.
After Raphael's recovery from his coma, the Turtles refine their ninja skills in anticipation of their return to the city. They return to New York and fight the Foot while Casey rescues Splinter. The Turtles take the battle to the sewers, to the streets, and ultimately the rooftops, where they meet the Shredder. The Shredder proves to be an enemy of skill outstripping their own; however, his victory is forestalled when Splinter unexpectedly arrives. Splinter reveals that the Shredder is Oroku Saki, the man who killed his beloved master Hamato Yoshi. The Shredder is then reminded of a much-resented scar inflicted on him by Splinter. When the Shredder tries to impale him, Splinter calmly uses Michaelangelo's nunchaku to grab his attacker's spear and flip Shredder over the side of the building. With the spear stuck in the nunchaku, the Shredder throws a knife at Splinter, but Splinter catches it. This causes Splinter to release the nunchaku and Shredder to fall off of the roof of the building and into a garbage truck. Casey activates the crushing mechanism, whereupon Shredder is apparently crushed to death.
The trainees of the Foot Clan confess all of their involvement to the New York Police Department, while Casey kisses April. The film concludes with Partners In Kryme's track "T-U-R-T-L-E Power" and the Turtles celebrating their victory over the Foot Clan.
Cast
Judith Hoag - April O'Neil
Elias Koteas - Casey Jones
Josh Pais - Raphael / Man In Cab
Raymond Serra - Chief
Sterns
David Forman - Leonardo / Gang Leader
Michelan Sisti - Michaelangelo
/ Pizza Man
Leif Tilden - Donatello / Foot Messenger
Michael Turney
- Dan 'Danny' Pennington
Jay Patterson - Charles Pennington
James
Saito - The Shredder / Oroko Saki
Toshirô Obata - Master Tatsu (as
Toshishiro Obata)
Sam Rockwell - Head Thug
Kitty Fitzgibbon - June
Louis Cantarini - Cab Driver
Joe D'Onofrio - Movie Hoodlum 1 (as
Joseph D'Onofrio)
Tagline: Lean, Green And On The Screen.
The
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originated in an American comic book published by
Mirage Studios in 1984. The concept arose from a humorous drawing sketched out
by Kevin Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming with his friend Peter
Laird.
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