ninja ( film )
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never trust a trailer: in the first film' s trailer, the film was called
american warrior
but the title was changed to
american ninja
by the time the film was released .
ninja in the u. s. a. 1985 aka usa ninja full movie
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: i want a ninja. find me a ninja. i want lander' s land !
arrow catch: michael dudikoff' s character does this in the second film .
a mid - air plane sequence is one of the film’s best action beats .
teenage mutant ninja turtles 2 topped the us box office over the weekend but with a result that is 46% lower than the previous film .
stock ninja weaponry: the evil and good ninja alike all wield the entire list of these across all 5 films .
teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (also known as teenage mutant ninja turtles 2: out of the shadows) is a 2016 american science fiction action comedy film based on the mirage studios characters the teenage mutant ninja turtles and the sixth film of the teenage mutant ninja turtles film series and a sequel to the 2014 film teenage mutant ninja turtles. the film was directed by dave green, written by josh appelbaum and andré nemec, and stars megan fox, stephen amell, will arnett, brian tee, tyler perry, brittany ishibashi and laura linney, and featuring the voice talents of pete ploszek, alan ritchson, noel fisher, jeremy howard, tony shalhoub, gary anthony williams, stephen
sheamus
farrelly and brad garrett .
a young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan .
in the first installment, adkins starred as casey bowman, the american ninja who must protect the ancient armor of the last koga ninja in new york from a high - tech rogue ninja. mika hijii (
ninja assassin is a movie starring rain, rick yune, and naomie harris. a young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan .
scott adkins returns as casey bowman, a ninjitsu master out to avenge the death of his wife in director isaac florentine' s follow - up to his 2009 film ninja .
. the walt disney animated film got a pg for that dreaded
mild thematic elements .
i have
wait, is the teenage mutant ninja turtles sequel actually... good ?
teenage mutant ninja turtles 2: first look at bebop and rocksteady. urltoken .
the american ninja series was five films, three of which starred michael dudikoff, which saw the title character white ninja (aka pvt. joe t. armstrong) raised up by a ninja clan, then somehow join the u. s. army, then run into all sorts of situations requiring him to ninja the shit out of people. every ninja trope ever invented is played out multiple times .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
the movie: in ninja 2: shadow of a tear, scott adkins (universal soldier: day of reckoning) returns as casey bowman, a ninjitsu master out to avenge the death of his wife in director isaac florentine’s follow - up to his 2009 film ninja. the film also stars vithaya pansringarm, kane kosugi, tim man, ron smoorenburg, charlie ruedpokanon, mika hijii, erika nagamine and shun sugata .
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it is actually called: april o' neil featuring the teenage mutant ninja turtles .
' teenage mutant ninja turtles 2' to film in new york city and buffalo, bringing an estimated $ 70 million in spending
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' teenage mutant ninja turtles' sequel set for 2016. entertainment weekly' s urltoken .
ninja turtles 2 bebop and rocksteady: they' ll appear in the sequel. slashfilm .
artists working on the comic include pablo tunica (teenage mutant ninja turtles universe), tadd galusha (tmnt: bebop & rocksteady destroy everything), mark torres (teenage mutant ninja turtles), and c. p. wilson iii (teenage mutant ninja turtles / ghostbusters) .
ninja turtles, you made me happy, you just didn' t make a good movie .
box office: ‘teenage mutant ninja turtles 2’ tops with $ 35. 3 million, ‘popstar’ flops
1. teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows: $ 35. 3m - new
laura linney joining' teenage mutant ninja turtles 2' (exclusive). the hollywood reporter .
kofi outlaw. ‘tmnt’ filmmakers talk aliens & dimension x in ‘ninja turtles’ sequels. screen rant .
luke owen. stephen amell talks casey jones in teenage mutant ninja turtles 2. flickering myth .
good colors, evil colors: ninja joe is decked out in a black ninja outfit for the final battle. the enemy ninja army are also decked out in exactly the same black ninja outfit. the only way to identify joe is by his red belt, which from many angles can' t even be seen. it may just be a cunning plan on joe' s part .
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known briefly as teenage mutant ninja turtles: half shell, [ 24 ] paramount revealed in december 2015 that the title had officially been changed to teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows .
update: photo of adkins in ninja 2. | according to adkin’s facebook page, ninja 2 has an official title: ninja: shadow of a tear. | the film will be premiering at this year’s fantastic fest, with director isaac florentine and producer frank de martini in attendance. | urltoken has the blu - ray and dvd cover, as well as a pre - order date for december 31, 2013. | first trailer .
when a scientists daughter is kidnapped, american ninja (david bradley), attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja .
justin kroll. ‘arrow’s’ stephen amell to star in ‘teenage mutant ninja turtles 2′ - variety. variety .
popninja presents shortsfest! a 1 day film festival for shorts. any genre! as long as it' s a short! short scripts too !
authority equals asskicking: the black star master ninja from the first film is the toughest of the bunch. although as he' s specifically a contractor hired to give ninja - style combat training to the villain' s new private army rather than the master of an actual ninja clan, it' s no surprise he' s a lot better. (whether his trainees are more loyal to him than their recruiter / employer is never quite addressed. )
sequel to the 2002 film. this time, heavyweight champ george
iceman
chambers is sent to a russian jail on trumped - up drug charges .
three martial - arts students search for the golden ninja warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers .
teenage mutant ninja turtles feels like a bay combo, a collection of ideas we' ve already seen .
ross a. lincoln. gary anthony williams mutates into ‘teenage mutant ninja turtles 2′ - deadline. deadline .
movieweb (24 december 2014). william fichtner talks shredder and ‘ninja turtles 2’ - exclusive. movieweb .
mafia vs. ninja cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. this list of mafia vs. ninja actors includes any mafia vs. ninja actresses and all other actors from the film. you can view additional information about each mafia vs. ninja actor on this list, such as when and where they were born. to find out more about a particular actor or actress, click on their name and you' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career. the cast members of mafia vs. ninja have been in many other movies, so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
although the chemistry between the four renaissance - based tandem is undeniably impeccable than the previous film, the sequel, overall, isn' t fully just. teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows feels rushed with its suffocating plot and underutilized additions. the film may have enough to win the hearts of its younger, newer fan base, but not enough for its comic - book fans and casual moviegoer. 3 / 5
fantastic fest 2013 review: ninja, shadow of a tear kicks ass. then face. then ass again .
after a peace loving japanese immigrant and his family become victims of a crime syndicate, a master ninja emerges .
underperformers … teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows. photograph: lula carvalho / paramount pictures via ap
defeat means friendship: in the first film, sergeant curtis jackson and joe become friends after joe defeated him in a small fight, surrounded by their army colleagues .
noel fisher revealed in an interview that all four of the turtle actors have signed on for three films. [ 36 ] tyler perry has said that if a third film is to be made, his character, baxter stockman, would probably mutate into his fly form during the movie. pete ploszek has also expressed his interests in reprising his role in a third film as leonardo. on october 29, 2016, producer andrew form indicated that no plans were currently underway for a third film .
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an evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman' s body .
the cast of teenage mutant ninja turtles 2 has just gained an unlikely new member: oscar nominated actress laura linney .
this cast list of who was in mafia vs. ninja includes both lead and minor roles. (10 items )
cowabunga! “ninja turtles” action starts monday on the kensington - the buffalo news. retrieved on may 2, 2015 .
cm punk talks losing' teenage mutant ninja turtles' role to sheamus, wwe shop sale, xavier woods. urltoken .
the first film is one of the rare explainable cases: they' re using bright red, yellow and blue outfits, but only on training courses where the ninja in different - colored outfits are clearly practicing different groups of activities. with everybody' s faces still covered, the colors quite possibly help keep track of everybody to prevent recruits from slacking off or trading out of working on their weak areas. (it might have also helped while shooting those parts of the film. )
speaking of ghostbusters and teenage mutant ninja turtles, there was one more treat announced during the idw panel. the toy manufacturer playmates was on hand to announce that they have a line of action figures featuring the teenage mutant ninja turtles decked out as ghostbusters. though i suppose the argument could be made that the ghostbusters could have been turned into the ninja turtles, too .
what' s a little surprising, if not remotely cause for alarm, is that teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows ended up with a pg - 13. it' s for the same
sci - fi action violence
as the first film, which is amusing since i wouldn' t categorize any of the first film' s martial arts mayhem as
sci - fi violence .
there was talk that the second film, which was not plagued by production issues, reshoots, and all manner of behind - the - scenes chaos for a final cut that was seemingly cobbled together at random, would be a bit more kid - friendly .
' teenage mutant ninja turtles 2' eyes' earth to echo' director dave green (exclusive) - thewrap. thewrap .
leonardo and raphael in a scene from teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows. lula carvalho / paramount pictures via ap
director isaac florentine and british action actor scott adkins - the dynamic duo of american martial arts film - will once again collaborate on a project together. no, its not the eagerly - awaited
), editor irit raz and cinematographer ross clarkson. japanese fight choreographer akihiro
yuji
noguchi of the original film will not return however. instead, this responsibilities has been passed on to
then there’s the finale of the film. we won’t spoil anything, but if you had a split screen of the first movie along side this sequel, you’d be hard pressed to differentiate between the two. both are in broad daylight, on new york city rooftops, with the turtles battling some great big silver thing. it’s a letdown after the film’s great early action scenes .
spencer perry. first footage from teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows. urltoken. retrieved on december 9, 2015 .
the first looks at dave green’s teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows have already hit the internet to varying degrees of reception. we got a glimpse of new footage that revealed the film’s version of the fan - favorite villains bebop and rocksteady, followed quickly by the first full trailer that puts the turtles up against a mysterious menace alongside a new ally. and while the cast is aware that the first film had shortcomings that they hope to address in the sequel, fans will likely believe that when they see it .
there will be a cash prize for the 1st place winning short film and the 1st place winning short script. prize amount will be determined by number of entries. (minimum cash prize will be $ 100 .) 1st, 2nd & 3rd place film & script will get a trophy, certificate and t - shirt. top 10 films will be featured on urltoken after the festival. (optional )
the sequel is being directed by david green, who was behind last year’s family sci - fi adventure earth to echo. michael bay, who produced the first film, is also returning behind the scenes .
funny story, the last one (featuring pat morita) was not even going to be an
american ninja
movie, but the producers decided to slap the title on it post production, even though it had one of the american ninja series actors playing an entirely different character .
aside from the occasional turtle - humor, this live - adaptation is mediocre at best. teenage mutant ninja turltes' disarray origins strays away die - hard fans and its obscure narrative leaves audiences befuddled, leaving room for much, much more room for improvement if it' s to launch into a brand - new film franchise. 2. 5 / 5
the kind of film which throws jokes at you by the second in the hope that some will stick, this film is funny make no mistake. chris farley had his' bumbling fat bloke' routine down to a tee after excursions in tommy boy, black sheep and airheads and this is same type of daft humour. not brilliant by any means but is worth watching for a giggle if you can find the time .
ninja is a movie starring scott adkins, tsuyoshi ihara, and mika hijii. a westerner named casey, studying ninjutsu in japan, is asked by the sensei to return to new york to protect the legendary yoroi bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last koga ninja .
ninja apocalypse is a movie starring christian oliver, les brandt, and cary - hiroyuki tagawa. framed for assassinating the grandmaster, the lost ninja clan must battle their way up an underground nuclear bunker filled with hordes of supernatural enemies, mutants and flesh eating... see full summary »
oscar - nominated actress in a half shell... laura linney joining teenage mutant ninja turtles 2. photograph: showtime / everett / rex feature
turtle power took over new york on sunday as the teenage mutant ninja turtles came out of the shadows to celebrate their return to the big screen .
we met the newest live - action iterations of leonardo, raphael, michelangelo, and donatello when teenage mutant ninja turtles hit screens in 2014. but when they return to theaters this year in teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows, they’ll be bringing some fresh faces along with them .
brian truitt. sneak peek:' teenage mutant ninja turtles' sequel focuses on the fun. usa today. retrieved on december 9, 2015 .
first look at ‘teenage mutant ninja 2′ filming in nyc !
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‘teenage mutant ninja turtles 2’ crew thanks city for “incredible experience”
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noel fisher talks mikey in' teenage mutant ninja turtles' exclusive
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roger glenn, ninja busters' editor and assistant director, will now host two screenings at 1: 00 and 4: 00 pm with a panel discussion after the first screening at 2: 30 pm. the star of ninja busters, eric lee, and the film' s director, paul kyriazi, and producer, carlos navarro will be in attendance as well as many of the lead actors and crew who were involved in the production, to talk about how they made this movie in 1984 and how and why it disappeared .
scott adkins, valentin ganev and velizar binev all appeared together in undisputed 2: last man standing another nu image film directed by issac florentine, adkins and ganev would later appear in undisputed iii: redemption and boyka: undisputed together .
all of major caveats aside, if you are a fan of the ninja turtles you are most likely going to find turtles 2 enjoyable. does it qualify as a good movie? depends on your definition. it’s got a great tone and lots of pleasing fan service, with a mostly weak narrative and dialogue. the stars of the film have strong personalities; the supporting characters do not .
i had to draw on my own ninja training and reflect intensively on the transitory nature of all phenomena, just to fend off the profound yearning for death .
the paramount pictures logo is tinted green, the turtles' traditional color. the stars in the logo are made out of ninja shuriken (throwing stars) .
buffalo to be taken over by teenage mutant ninja turtles for two weeks
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mary sollosi (december 9, 2015). see the first trailer for teenage mutant ninja turtles 2. entertainment weekly. retrieved on december 10, 2015 .
that’s good news for “ghostbusters” and “independence day: resurgence, ” both of which revive franchises that have been dormant for 20 years or more. not everything benefits from a longer gestation, of course. ben stiller waited 15 years before reviving derek zoolander on screen, but critics feasted on “zoolander 2” and the film collapsed at the box office. it doesn’t matter how beloved the first film in a franchise was, part two or three or six still needs to be good .
elsewhere, romantic weepie me before you overperformed, bringing in $ 18. 3m from a $ 20m budget. the film managed to combat the controversy that has plagued it for the past few weeks with disability groups unhappy with its ending .
about how hard it is for an animated film to get a g - rating over the last decade or so, and this bears it out. but what' s surprising is that it represents a break in tradition for pixar films .
it’s even worse news for the johnny depp - starring fantasy which has made just $ 50m after two weeks of play. alice in wonderland made more than double that in its opening weekend and went on to make $ 1bn globally. the sequel will struggle to make a third of that. it’s not all bad news for disney though, with zootopia becoming the second film of 2016 to cross $ 1bn worldwide. it’s now the second highest - grossing original film of all time .
teenage mutant ninja turtles was a surprise hit last year, making $ 485m worldwide despite a critical kicking. it scored a paltry 21% rating on rotten tomatoes .
jonathon dornbush (april 22, 2015). bebop and rocksteady are coming to teenage mutant ninja turtles 2. entertainment weekly. retrieved on december 10, 2015 .
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it will all be about the kid - powered matinees tomorrow and sunday and i wouldn’t be that shocked by a kong - level 3x multiplier and $ 45m debut. the film is an attempt to retrofit a kid - targeted property into a more four - quadrant blockbuster franchise akin to (relatively speaking) michael bay’s transformers films. it’s darker, more serious and grounded while offering enough carnage (via elizabeth banks’ deliciously nasty villain) to merit a pg - 13 rating. the film has received mixed - negative reviews, with some (like myself) enjoying it a lot more than expected. if the film does prove to be a success, it’ll be a happy situation where we didn’t even get a full trailer until two months prior to release .
having no idea how the score got into the 3 area, i must say that when this film would have been made as a project in a film school, i would fail each and everyone involved. the plot doesn' t have just holes, there is no plot! it is rarely a good idea, when the main actor is also the writer and director. it was supposed to fail from the start, and man it did fail. from casting to acting to cutting and special effects, nothing gets even close to professionalism. plan 9 from outer space was at least involuntarily funny, and is cult today. but our film here is just bad. i am sure that intentions were good, or else mr baard would not have made this film, but he is well advised to look for experienced people to realize his projects, if someone is willing to finance it. he needs a writer to get it from the idea to a story, something he did not manage; this made the film boring to watch from start to end. with the basic ingredient lacking, a really good director could have still made a halfway decent film, given enough liberty to stray from the script. but as the director was the writer, no such thing happened. the same good director could have told his lead cast how to play the role with more than just one face, but again the director is the main actor. so that 1 star is only given, as there is no negative vote .
according to the hollywood reporter, linney, who has only entered blockbuster territory once in 1995’s congo, has joined megan fox and will arnett, who are both returning from the first film. new cast members include tyler perry and arrow star stephen amell .
filming began in april in new york city and buffalo, spending about $ 70 million in the state. [ 25 ] principal photography on the film began on april 27, 2015 in new york city when the film crew was spotted filming in midtown manhattan. [ 26 ] filming in buffalo began on location on may 4, 2015 along the kensington expressway [ 27 ] [ 28 ] and ended may 17, 2015. [ 29 ] principal photography concluded in august 2015. [ 30 ] [ 31 ]
shaggy dog story: american ninja 3: blood hunt is this. sean' s been infected by a deadly virus and the plot of the movie is him and his friends battling to retrieve the cure. ultimately, they fail (and one of them dies), but he' s able to use his ninja powers to cure himself anyway .
teenage mutant ninja turtles doesn' t so much provide brainless enjoyment as it pummels the viewer into submission .
shell - shocked
is a reasonable description of the experience .
it is a ninja movie so i had not expected a movie worth einstein. but to be honest this movie is more focused on the romance between some white cop that acts pretty awful and the ninja target than giving us good fights and deaths. every time you get to a fight it is impossible to follow what is happening because camera angle shifts every 2 seconds. sometimes you see several different fights at one time that they mix together. most definitely the worst action filming i have ever seen. why watch a ninja movie if not for the fighting scenes? anthony wong did an alright acting performance as the only one, but i have no idea about how his martial arts skills are as the director did not find that interesting to include in this movie. if you want to see a better ninja movie choose any movie with the word ninja in the title. even chose a meryl streep movie. not the worst story or acting i have seen, but giving it 1 star is very generous as it is a ninja movie with completely spoiled action scenes every time .
in one way, teenage mutant ninja turtles is a triumph for producer michael bay in that it is equally as godawful as his transformers: age of extinction and a hit nonetheless .
although in this day - and - age ,
kid - friendly
arguably means
no one gets their heart cut out .
i am going to assume that the film simply has a lot of our hero turtles beating up bebop and rocksteady or a bunch of invading dimension x soldiers, while shredder occasionally threatens to use his armor for its intended purpose. the only reason this matters, to the extent that it does, is that a
lighter
rating would have signified a break from the somewhat disliked first film .
this is despite the fact that the movie is not particularly well - regarded among martial arts buffs. for example: the film maintains a not - so - impressive 5. 3 / 10 rating on imdb in comparison to undisputed iii ‘s healthy 7. 3 rating .
festival will take place saturday, april 8 in lake charles, la at the central school arts & humanities center (809 kirby st .) full day of nothing but short film screenings followed by an awards ceremony and and then a reception with free food & drinks !
however, i think the film is undeniably admirable for how much it loves its subject matter and just embraces what it is. that alone makes me like it. for better and worse, this is the live - action turtles movie you always expected hollywood to make .
it' s like they hired a bunch of cartoon writers from nickelodeon for a straight to video animated film for 12 year old boys... . but then decided to spend millions of dollars instead to make it live action? the potential of the tmnt world is wasted on this juvenile experience, it' s expensive entertainment targeted at an audience much too young to appreciate the possibilities of film making. it' s clear that the entire franchise is for a very limited demographic and will never be a respected piece of entertainment. shame .
he comes from the mighty kingdom of tonga (pop: 105, 600, principal export: baby squash). he is trained in the ancient art of ninjitsu. he is, unsurprisingly, tongan ninja, and now his story can be told. ever since his father was eaten by a fish, sione was brought up to follow the way of the ninja. now he must journey toward his greatest challenge and defend the beautiful miss lee and her restaurant from mr big and the syndicate. these men will stop at nothing to get their hands on an ethnic hospitality establishment servicing the central business district. only his fists and his long years of training in tonga will help him face gun man (he’s good with guns), knife man (good with knives), henchman (good with henches), chef guy (you get the idea) and asian sidekick. finally, he must confront his ultimate nemesis - action fighter. will love, and a great deal of physical violence, triumph in the end? you work it out. shot in stunning yet convenient locations, tongan ninja features exciting new sound and special effects techniques designed to fool the extremely gullible into thinking it was done for real. tongan ninja is something special, something different, something that gives the phrase “this film is yet to be classified” a disturbing new meaning. people who love musicals, people who like sophisticated comedy, devotees of the best hong kong action films, foley artists, all will want to corner the makers of tongan ninja in a darkened alley and ask “why? ” tongan ninja – the film you didn’t know you wanted, until you wanted it .
i will be curious to see the feedback for this one. the film is just dark and violent enough to annoy some parents and scare some younger kids. it’s also just scary, dark, and serious enough to thrill those same kids with the very idea of one of their kid - targeted properties being taken this seriously, which is probably why it earned an a + from those under - 18. and the film is character - focused, with the first ¾ building up the big action pay - off. this is a throwback to a time when movies based on video games, comic books and afternoon cartoon shows were something of a rarity, but the diversity / inclusivity of the core cast of heroes (including an lgbt ranger and an autistic ranger) will only help the film’s media coverage and overall reception .
the action follow - up, starring megan fox and laura linney, made $ 35. 3m, compared to the original’s $ 65. 6m. that film went on to make a surprise $ 493. 2m worldwide, a number the latest adventure will struggle to replicate .
mcninja: joe armstrong (from the first, second and forth films) is an american g. i. who was adopted at birth by a ninja master and raised as one himself. his friend, sean davidson (from the third and fifth films) is also stated to be a ninja, who learned his skills from his father' s friend and trainer, izumo .
flash forward to today, when warner bros. is living in the aftermath of the film’s abysmal critical reception and steep drop - off in ticket revenues. a little more bad news came the studio’s way when visser issued an accusatory instagram post saying ayer was in contact with die antwoord and even invited them to the film’s premiere, but never openly acknowledged their indirect contribution to the aesthetic. “yes david ayer u jockin our style, ” visser wrote. “cara [ delevingne ] & jared [ leto ] told us how much u were talkin abt us on set but u never asked our permision [ sic ] to rip us off. ” you can see the whole post, with an accompanying video showing side - by - side comparisons of ninja / yolandi and joker / harley, below :
' teenage mutant ninja turtles 2' currently in the works;' half shell' updates you might have missed
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a westerner named casey, studying ninjutsu in japan, is asked by the sensei to return to new york to protect the legendary yoroi bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last koga ninja .
this movie has two sides. the ninja side is very well done, with tons of ninja weaponry, fighting techniques, and violence. the other side is cheesy 1980 - esque humor with the occasional barroom brawl. if you can tolerate a few corny jokes and guys in tight jeans, then maybe this is the movie for you. i give this movie four shurikens (* * * *) out of five .
this lost martial arts exploitation cult comedy ninja busters will finally be shown to the public for two screenings at the great star theatre at 636 jackson street, san francisco on saturday afternoon, october 29, 2016 .
after just completing his training at a ninja school, an army vet travels to the phillippines and finds himself battling a land grabber who wants his war - buddy' s property. he must also fight his rival .
first up, this november will bring a sequel to the first ghostbusters and teenage mutant ninja turtles crossover comic. details on the story are mostly under wraps, but the official press release describes the story like this :
i didn' t think they made them like this anymore! this film instantly transported me back to the 80' s. to a time when i' d been out on my bmx all day, building tree houses and eating crisp sandwiches, riding through the fields that are now poorly made housing estates and back in time for tea and a dose of ninja action. when plot, script and acting didn' t really matter and all you really cared about was:' how many roundhouses does he do?' there' s an abundance of dumb henchman, all wearing the same get up but who are actually members of a secret cult, controlled by some scary businessman who worships... err, something or other and have the same salute as the nazis. these guys are loosely involved with the main ninja bad guy who has a nasty scar, ooh nasty. you' ve got your sensai betrayal, high tech ninja sh * t, stupid copper, traditional weaponry, beautiful girl and even a cameo from batman. could this film be any better? well, yeah it could... a lot actually but, who cares? it' s so authentic in its simplicity, it achieves what 1000' s of high budget films nowadays lack - watchabilty .
following a ship wreck, a baby is rescued by a clan of ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own. but haru, as he is called, never quite fits in, nor does he manage to make a worthy ninja. however, the good - natured and persevering haru, in his own bumbling way, and with some help from gobei, manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end .
idw publishing hosted a panel for their ghostbusters 101 comic book (which i talked about in the water cooler recently), and with it came some interesting announcements about the future of ghostbusters not only on the page, but on toy shelves as well. along with a crossover sequel reuniting the ghostbusters with the teenage mutant ninja turtles, there is a new line of playmates figures featuring the ghostbusters as teenage mutant ninja turtles …or maybe vice versa .
any hopes of power rangers opening anywhere near the 2014 teenage mutant ninja turtles ($ 4. 6 million thursday / $ 25m friday / $ 65. 5m weekend) didn’t come to pass, but we’re still on pretty solid ground. if the dean israelite - directed action fantasy, which amounts to a more serious and more expensive big - screen adaptation of the ongoing kids - favorite action series, plays like pacific rim or the 2014 tmnt film, we’re looking at a $ 38m fri - sun debut, which is a decent start providing it has anything resembling legs. if it performs like the leggier teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows ($ 2m thursday / $ 12. 4m friday / $ 35. 3m weekend), we’re looking at a $ 42m debut weekend .
after just completing his training at a ninja school, an army vet travels to the phillippines and finds himself battling a land grabber who wants his war - buddy' s property. he must also... see full summary »
2014’s teenage mutant ninja turtles got a mixed reception from fans, but during my visit to the set of the sequel the cast and crew assured us they’d applied the lessons they’d learned from the first film. “i think the comedy and the chemistry of the turtles was what seemed to work the best the first time, and what is the emphasis this time, ” teased ritchson. that means more action, more heart, more humor, and above all, more turtles. and hey, throwing in a super cool new version of the turtle van probably doesn’t hurt, either .
( here’s something i thought a lot about after seeing teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows. if everything in a movie is absurd and devoid of logic, does that inversely make the whole thing cohesive and logical? in most cases it probably does not. but when it’s a nostalgia - heavy family blockbuster that’s a sequel to a film that was based on a cartoon, which was based on an older cartoon, which was based on toys, that was originally derived from a comic book about talking mutant turtles? i think the argument can be made it does. )
on a remote caribbean island, army ranger joe armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to the lion, a super - criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass - produced an army of mutant ninja warriors .
although the franchise has remained active in animation and video games through the years, the heroic quartet named after famed renaissance painters — leonardo, raphael, donatello and michelangelo — went dormant in live action films for two decades, until 2014’s “teenage mutant ninja turtles” resurrected the phenomenon. at the time, some longtime fans took issue with reinventing the turtles as motion capture - animated heroes, especially in the context of a sleek, soulless, steel - crushing action extravaganza à la bay’s “transformers” productions. but worldwide audiences didn’t seem to mind one bit, and the film brought in just under half a billion in global grosses .
during the opening scenes, the white ninja is shown wearing a katana (long sword) on his back and a wakizashi (short sword) in his waist sash on his left side. the wakizashi mysteriously disappears and reappears throughout the initial fight scenes .
framed for assassinating the grandmaster, the lost ninja clan must battle their way up an underground nuclear bunker filled with hordes of supernatural enemies, mutants and flesh eating zombies. trapped 200 feet below the earth' s crust, these ninjas will face hell .
might be for you. but for most of us, the joys that the teenage mutant ninja turtles were able to provide had a definite expiration date, and no amount of cgi - spectacle or professional athlete or supermodel cameos are going to change that .
after the 2014 film exceeded box office expectations, paramount and nickelodeon officially announced a sequel was greenlit, and due to be released in theatres on june 3, 2016, [ 7 ] with plans to incorporate the characters of casey jones, bebop and rocksteady. [ 8 ] jonathan liebesman and brad fuller were also interested in doing a storyline that involved dimension x. [ 9 ]
will arnett led the cast of “teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows” at the red carpet premiere at new york’s madison square garden. lead star megan fox, who plays dogged reporter april o’neil, was absent due to illness. she is currently pregnant .
anyone left unimpressed by the surface - level shenanigans typical of bay in the previous film won’t find anything to change their minds here. the technical contributions are as slick and shallow as any random “transformers” entry, and the obnoxious soundtrack especially grates as it veers between cacophonous explosions, shrill line deliveries and thuddingly predictable song selections from edwin starr’s “war” to wreckx - n - effect’s “rump shaker. ”
in the past, adkins revealed via twitter that – ironically enough – the movie that his fans most want to see made, undisputed iv, has been the most difficult to find financing for. the producers behind 2009’s ninja have always been eager to develop a sequel .
megan fox, stephen amell, will arnett and the turtles are hard at work on the upcoming sequel of teenage mutant ninja turtles. we spotted the cast filming scenes in new york city, and megan was really getting into her action scene dressed in a hot outfit .
yes david ayer u jockin our style. callin ninja up before your movie came our pretendin 2b down, so it looks ok when u bite our black & white graf style & our opening sequence to umshiniwam & an all da lil tiny details u nibbeld dat other people wont see but we notice. cara & jared told us how much u were talkin abt us on set but u never asked our permision to rip us off. an when ninja texted u sayin wassup wif dat u said nothin like a scared lil bitch. u were jus flauntin our names pretendin to b down. u aint down an u never will b. but before we knew da extent of ur two face nature - u invited us to ur movie premiere (which i didnt wanna go to) but ninja went, tinkin ur solid guy an mayb there was jus a lil “misunderstandin”. den poor ninja had to sit thru dat hole bullshit movie. an u even got da nerve to say wassup to him smilin - an ninja has to b nice cus he is there wif his kid. but we all tink u wack. u shud start a crew called: , ”im a fake fuck” ask kanye if he wants to join u. cum show ur pretty face at my studios. u know muggs & u know where da soul assasin studios at. we watin for u .
the turtles are even more central this time than they were in the last film, as the humans become deserved afterthoughts to their brotherly squabbling and bonding. and yet the screenplay by returning writers josh appelbaum and andré nemec still does little to flesh out the basic personalities that turned these unlikely superheroes into enduring icons (their roots in alternative comics having long ago been bowdlerized by their success as a commercial enterprise) .
pete ploszek, alan ritchson, noel fisher, and jeremy howard return as leonardo, raphael, michelangelo, and donatello respectively, while johnny knoxville once again provides the voice of leonardo. also back are megan fox as april o’neil, and will arnett as vernon fenwick. laura linney joins the cast as nypd bureau chief rebecca vincent. dave green (earth to echo) directs, replacing jonathan liebesman from the first film .
despite the sequel swan dive, it’s too early to declare that the movie business is living through a bubble. many of the sequels that sputtered at the multiplexes have been artistically inferior. the latest “teenage mutant ninja turtles” only received an anemic 37% “rotten” rating on rotten tomatoes, an improvement on the 22% rating for the first film, but hardly enough to guarantee a slot in the criterion collection. other recent sequels fell short in the review department, with “ alice through the looking glass, ” “zoolander 2, ” “ride along 2, ” “the huntsman: winter’s war, ” “ x - men: apocalypse ” and “the divergent series: insurgent” all suffering worse notices than the films that preceded them .
another place the movie suffers is the soundtrack. the score by steve jablonsky sounds almost identical to his score from the first transformers film and, if you happen to notice that, it creates a huge disconnect. the turtles deserve their own musical identity and this score fails to do that in a big, big way. every time the music crescendos to an emotional moment, i felt like i was watching a different movie .
everyone was expecting the film to get the old - school
parental guidance suggested
rating. in this case, it was for
action / peril, some scary moments and brief rude humor .
disney seems to be the only major studio willing to go for live - action pg ratings these days, so it bears a moment' s notice. but that kid - targeted fantasy isn' t what caught my attention .
the city needs heroes. darkness has settled over new york city as shredder and his evil foot clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. the future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as teenage mutant ninja turtles. the turtles must work with fearless reporter april o' neil (megan fox) and her wise - cracking cameraman vern fenwick (will arnett) to save the city and unravel shredder' s diabolical plan. based on the teenage mutant ninja turtles characters created by peter laird and kevin eastman with a screenplay by josh appelbaum & andré nemec and evan daugherty, teenage mutant ninja turtles is produced by michael bay (director and executive producer of the blockbuster transformers franchise), andrew form, brad fuller, galen walker, scott mednick and ian bryce, and directed by jonathan liebesman (wrath of the titans). (c) paramount
principal photography on the film began on april 27, 2015, in new york city. it was released in theaters on june 3, 2016, in 3d, reald 3d, 4dx, and in imax 3d. it received generally mixed reviews from critics, being considered by many an improvement over its previous one, but was not as successful as its predecessor, grossing $ 245 million against a $ 135 million budget. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
ninja is a 2009 american martial arts/action thriller film directed by isaac florentine and starring scott adkins , tsuyoshi ihara and mika hijii . the film 's plot revolves around an american martial artist named casey bowman , who is asked by his sensei to travel to new york city and protect the yoroi bitsu , an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last kōga ninja . ninja : shadow of a tear , a sequel to the film , made its premiere at the 2013 fantastic fest in austin , texas . 
ninja is a 2009 american martial arts/action thriller film directed by isaac florentine and starring scott adkins, tsuyoshi ihara and mika hijii. the film's plot revolves around an american martial artist named casey bowman, who is asked by his sensei to travel to new york city and protect the yoroi bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last kōga ninja. ninja: shadow of a tear, a sequel to the film, made its premiere at the 2013 fantastic fest in austin, texas.
ninja is a 2009 american martial arts/action thriller film directed by isaac florentine and starring scott adkins, tsuyoshi ihara and mika hijii. the film's plot revolves around an american martial artist named casey bowman, who is asked by his sensei to travel to new york city and protect the yoroi bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last kōga ninja. ninja: shadow of a tear, a sequel to the film, made its premiere at the 2013 fantastic fest in austin, texas.