Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze
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| German title | Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze | ||
| Original title | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | ||
| Country of production | USA , Hong Kong | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1991 | ||
| length | 88 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 6 (previously 12) | ||
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| Director | Michael Pressman | ||
| script | Todd W. Langen | ||
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David Chan Kim Dawson Thomas K. Gray |
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| music | John Du Prez | ||
| camera | Shelly Johnson | ||
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Steve Mirkovich John Wright |
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Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze (Original title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze ) is a comic book adaptation from 1991 by director Michael Pressman . The film is based on the Ninja Turtles comics and is the sequel to Turtles from 1990. Ninja Turtles III followed in 1993 .
action
After the events of the first film, the Turtles and Splinter have found new quarters with their friend April, but Splinter decides, much to the Turtles' disappointment, to return underground as soon as possible. During one of their nightly missions against crime, the Turtles encounter the young pizza delivery guy Keno, whom they can help out of a predicament. What the Turtles and Splinter do not know is that Shredder survived the fall from the roof. He gathers the remnants of the Foot clan around him and sends a few spies to April to track down the Turtles and take revenge.
Some time later, April makes a report about a chemical company called Techno-Global Research Industries (TGRI for short) and its efforts to dispose of the industrial waste they generate. However, some of this waste has ended up in the surrounding nature and has caused giant mutations there . When Shredder finds out about this, he sets his henchmen to get samples of this waste, which in the film is called Ooze (English for "mud"). However, Splinter has seen April's report and reveals the Turtles and April the full secret of their origins: The canister that contained the ooze that transformed them bears the TGRI logo. Since Splinter fears that the ooze could cause a lot of damage in the wrong hands, he sends the Turtles to the factory. There the Turtles meet the Foot Clan, who has just got hold of the lead scientist Professor Jordan Perry and the last remaining sample of the ooze. With this means Shredder is now trying to create powerful mutants under his control and to send them into the field against the Turtles.
As the Turtles prepare to return to the sewer, they accidentally get in the way of Keno with a pizza delivery. This is introduced to the Turtles and can provide them with valuable information: The Foot Clan recruits new members into its ranks. Raphael decides to infiltrate the clan with Keno's help, when Splinter refuses, the two go on their own. Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello, who are first looking for a safe place to stay in line with their task, have since found a decommissioned subway depot from the twenties and set up their homes there.
Raphael and Keno manage to find the hiding place of the Foot clan, but they are immediately exposed and Raphael is captured. When the other Turtles start a rescue operation, they run straight into Shredder's trap, which also includes his newest helpers: the mutants Tokka (a snapping turtle ) and Rahzar (a wolf ). The Turtles only manage to fight their way out of the trap with difficulty. They manage to free Professor Perry and they take him to their new hiding place.
In order to force the Turtles into a final confrontation, Shredder threatens to let go of Tokka and Razahr on the city. Professor Perry succeeds in producing an agent that can reverse the mutagenic effect of the ooze. The Turtles manage to administer Tokka and Razahr the drug, but since the reaction is delayed, the Turtles have to assert themselves in a mass brawl in which they end up in a disco, where the singer Vanilla Ice is currently performing. But no sooner have they hit the foot than Shredder threatens to mutate people with the remains of the oozes. With the help of Keno they manage to prevent that, but Shredder is exposed to the ooze himself and turns into an almost unstoppable super monster. However, his hatred of the Turtles becomes his undoing when, in his blind rage, he tears down a pier and it buries him under itself.
When the Turtles come home, Splinter receives them with a violent reprimand and punishment for disregarding one of the most important principles of ninjutsu (the art of invisibility and inconspicuousness) and their fight in the disco (and Vanilla Ice's newest "Ninja -Rap ") made headlines. As the Turtles now do their punishment exercises, Splinter shows another dose of humor by using ninja rap to power the Turtles.
background
- The film begins with the fade-in "In Memory of Jim Henson ", a dedication to the founder of Jim Henson's Creature Shop , who was responsible for making the figures, who died in 1990 .
- Michelan Sisti, who wears Michelangelo's costume, can be seen in another role at the beginning of the film: When April comes home fully packed, he speaks to her on the doorstep and then unlocks the door for her. Mark Caso, the Leonardo performer, is seen as the editor of Channel Three , answering the phone call for April.
- Director Michael Pressman has a guest appearance in the film as Phil, April's editor-in-chief of Channel Three . Michael Pressman's mother Sasha and his father David play the old couple who get into the taxi.
- In contrast to the first film, Shredder's face cannot be seen in this film, but it is implied that he was disfigured by falling from the roof.
- In the first film, the broken canister said “radioactive material” and it said “TGRI”.
- The cinema release in the USA was on March 22, 1991, in Germany on July 18, 1991.
- Production costs were estimated at $ 25 million, and box offices in the United States grossed around $ 78.6 million. Around 600,000 moviegoers were counted in Germany.
Reviews
"The sequel to the successful film Turtles, staged with great technical effort and effective stunts," ultimately too viscous and unimaginative to go beyond mediocrity. "
“Tailored to the taste and needs of the teen audience, the" Turtles "are entering the second round after their sensational success in 1990. Steve Barron was replaced by Michael Pressman as director. He knew how to loosen up the relatively dark atmosphere of the original with brighter, more comic-like colors and concentrated more on the characters of his mutated hero amphibians. The numerous fight scenes were also made more playful. "
Awards
- Ernie Reyes Jr. received a 1992 Young Artist Award nomination .
- Composer John Du Prez received a BMI Film Music Award .
Web links
- Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze in the Lexicon of International Films