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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 18

Not only is the movie's juvenile dialogue unbearable for adults, but the turtles' dopey and casual attitude towards physical violence makes them poor kids' role models.

Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 4

Not only is the movie's juvenile dialogue unbearable for adults, but the turtles' dopey and casual attitude towards physical violence makes them poor kids' role models.

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The crime-fighting Turtles -- Michaelangelo (Michelan Sisti), Donatello (Leif Tilden), Raphael (Kenn Troum), and Leonardo (Mark Caso) -- return in this quickly made sequel to the popular superheroes' first film. The story concerns arch-enemy Shredder, who kidnaps nutty professor Jordan Perry David Warner, the man who invented the infamous ooze, in order to use the ooze to destroy the Turtles. Shredder enlists his hapless German shepherd puppy named Rahzar and a baby snapping turtle named Toko

PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy

Directed By: Michael Pressman

In Theaters: Mar 22, 1991 Wide

On DVD: Sep 3, 2002

Cast

Paige Turco
April O'Neil
David Warner
Prof.Jordan Perry
Ernie Reyes Jr.
Keno
Michelan Sisti
Michelangelo
Kenn Troum
Raphael
Fran�ois Chau
Shredder
Leif Tilden
Donatello
Mark Caso
News Room Staff
Kevin Clash
Splinter
Toshishiro Obata
Tatsu
Ray Serra
Chief Stems
Michael Pressman
News Manager
Vanilla Ice
Himself
Robbie Rist
Brian Tochi
Leonardo
Adam Carl
Donatello
David McCharen
Shredder
Michael McConnohie
Tatsu
Frank Welker
Rahzor/Takko
Keith Coulouris
Thug #1
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Audience Man
David Pressman
Old Man
Gregory Salata
Promoter
Lynn Stalmaster
Mak Wilson
Promoter's Aide
John Brady
TGRI Assistant #1
Bill Luhrs
TGRI Assistant #2
Jon Thompson
TGRI Worker
Dewey Weber
Foot Recruiter
Tim Parati
Crew Member
Kevin Nash
Super Shredder
Raymond Serra
Laurie Faso

Critic Reviews for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (18) | DVD (6)

Neither as fun nor as faithful to the spirit of the original comics. It's a bigger, slicker movie, but not a better one.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Steven Rea

Entertainment Weekly

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The murky lighting, uninteresting human characters and violence of the original have been modified in the more amiable sequel, mostly to good effect.

October 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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One can have a reasonably amusing time with this predictable sequel, which is a bit longer on action and shorter on wit and character than the original.

April 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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The Turtles, when not battling Shredder or providing Vanilla Ice with the basis for a rap number, kid around in enjoyable ways.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Next time, if the Turtles really want to hurt 'em, they should call on Hammer.

June 6, 2001 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

The second TMNT has enough jokes aimed at adults to make for a relatively painless outing for parents forced to take their kids to see it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Donna Britt

Washington Post

Top Critic

The Turtles return in this underwhelming sequel that generally fares about as well as its predecessor...

May 3, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

This is one of those rare sequels that actually lives up quite nicely to the original.

September 21, 2010 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Clever if rather mechanical.

May 18, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

This lacks the darkness and subtlty that makes th first film so good, and so adult, but its simplified plot and gags will appeal to the under tens.

May 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Lloyd Bradley

Empire Magazine

The bigger budget is a blessing.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

The sequel plays things very safe

June 10, 2005 Comment

Douglas Pratt

DVDLaser

This one should have oozed out of the can before it got into any theaters.

September 11, 2003 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

For losers

August 2, 2003 Comments (6)

John Esther

Pasadena Weekly

The muppets look mighty fake, and Vanilla Ice was better in Cool as Ice, but check out wrestler Kevin Nash as Super Shredder.

May 27, 2003 Comment

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

Not only insulting to your intelligence, but also harmful for children to watch.

March 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Derek Smith

Apollo Guide

Dear God, why?

September 24, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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When the original TMNT movie came out, parents were enraged at the studio for making such a dark and violent kids film. The "snowflake" generation, as my generation is called, had to deal with our parents freaking out about how us children shouldn't be exposed to such issues as adolescent rebellion, crime, family

May 7, 2011

E.J. Boxler

Super Reviewer

2 stars

September 8, 2010

MisterYoda ?

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze Quotes

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1. Donatello: The Perimeter's Quiet.
2. Leonardo: Yeah, a little TOO quiet.
3. Donatello: Well THAT was easy.
4. Leonardo: Yeah, a little TOO easy.
5. Donatello: Look! It's Raph!
6. Michelangelo: Yeah, a little TOO Raph.
– Submitted by Joe N (32 days ago)
1. Prof.Jordan Perry: What did you expect? They'd come out quoting 'Macbeth'?
2. Shredder: They are stupid!
3. Prof.Jordan Perry: Well, they're not stupid, they're infants.
4. Rahzor/Takko: [hits Rahzor on the head] BANG!
5. Prof.Jordan Perry: Okay, they are stupid infants.
– Submitted by Adrian G (3 months ago)
1. Donatello: The perimeter's quiet.
2. Michelangelo: Yeah, a little too quiet.
3. Donatello: Well, that was easy!
4. Michelangelo: Yeah, a little too easy.
5. Donatello: Look! It's Raph!
6. Michelangelo: Yeah, a little too Raph.
– Submitted by Jeffrey O (7 months ago)

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