It’s a movie about time-traveling, mutated turtles well versed in martial arts. They have a rat for a sensei and Elias Koteas, who carries the disease known as “If-I’m-in-a-movie-it-will-suckitis”, as a friend. They travel to feudal Japan and help restore peace to a region of the country. They deal in bad action scenes, bad hair and bad jokes.
I feel like I just strapped on some jelly sandals with some clashing day-glo clothes, teased my hair and went out in public…and promptly hit on someone. Does that make sense? Do I care?
Watching this gives you the distinct feeling of uncomfortable nostalgia mixed with the discomfort of feeling like someone was hitting the crack pipe pretty hard during the conceptual stage of this.
I just watched a sequel to a freakin’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. I thought it ended badly with Vanilla Ice rapping about kinesthetically-gifted giant reptilians in Part II, but um… no.
And if you’ll excuse me, I have a bottle that’s calling my name.
1416 and Counting 
You know you loved it.
I remember talking to my best friend growing up after I saw TMNT3 and saying it wasn’t as good as the other two. This is coming from a kid who owned almost every Ninja Turtle action figure!
They bring back Casey Jones (the best character from the first movie) and leave him in the present to babysit the Japanese Warriors and Splinter! What is up with that?
When I think back to this movie I realize it was incredibly dumb. Some weird device sends them back in time and then four turtles fight like 50-armed people all at once and win. I also remember some evil American guy with gun.
then four turtles fight like 50-armed people all at once and win.
It’s really not helpful that the whole premise of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is stupid as hell, either. Part III just makes it worse.
The premise is more reasonable when you realize it started as a parody of Frank Miller’s Daredevil.