TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'
UK Rated: PG
Runtime: 86min 45secs
Tagline: Raising Shell In 2007.
Directed by: Kevin Monroe

Plot Outline
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their sensei, Master Splinter has sent Leonardo away to seek inner learning of leadership that will be his greatest power.

Strange events are occurring in New York City, and the Turtles are needed more than ever, but Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo have become lost and directionless in the absence of their leader.

It's now the time for Leonardo to return and Zen Master Splinter to restore unity and ninja discipline to the Turtles, for only they can unravel the mystery and battle the big bad that the city is soon to face.

Overall Impressions:
Unfortunate that its still aimed at kids. Personally, I'd say fricking ninjas that live off pizza and fight crime should be well at least a 15 rated slicing and dicing fare, with lots of blood & gore, but not really to my surprise, this isn't the case. The fact that the Shredder has no part in this is also bad, the fact that they don't use the old cartoon theme tune at all is totally unforgivable, but it has to be said the recreation of the Turtles is not all as terrible as I'd anitcipated.

I'm sure the kids will love it, it's a fairly well structured story and what not but me though, I only wanted nostalgia, and as I mentioned above, no Shredder & theme tune was already a bad start. I did get some nostalgic moments through the trailer and the more recent featurette, as for the film only the first introductions of the characters were a pleasure but past that I just plain got bored. It has a few moments but my search for something more from the original cartoons let it down.

A disappointment for people that followed tha cartoon. Quite possibly okay otherwise. (5 out of 10)