Set one year after they allowed Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) as The Falcon take credit for their last victory the turtles still live in their secret underground lair using reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) as their link to the world and she tips off The Turtles to the fact that the Foot Clan under the guidance of a scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) are going to spring their foe in their previous outing The Shredder (Brian Tee) as he is being transported to a more secure facility along with two other prisoners Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) & Rocksteady (Stephen Farrelly) by corrections officer Casey Jones (Stephen Amell)

Once the Foot Clan attacks the convoy The Turtles intervene but Shredder escapes and meets up with alien warlord Krang (Brad Garrett) who gives Shredder a mutagen compound in exchange for some items he needs located. So it’s up to The Turtles with a little help from April & Casey to stop The Shredder who has now recruited Bebop & Rocksteady, and his Foot Clan from their plans to give Krang the items for his plan to take over the world.

I haven’t seen the 2014 Turtles movie so I don’t have a comparison to that film but what I did find with this movie is that the first fifteen minutes was full of unnecessary voice over exposition, the human characters were annoying and Splinter appears then disappears just as quickly so I was disappointed not to see the Yoda like figure I remember his being. The Turtles had some good action sequences, some good interaction with each other and the four brothers felt like they were all bringing something to the table to form a team but the rest of the cast were terrible with only Williams and Farrelly producing anything like the characters I remember.

Although there is a new director on board in Dave Green, with Michael Bay on board as a producer we still get a spattering of USA flags and fast car sequences as one would expect. Yes, some of the CGI laden action sequences are very good, there are a few funny moments and there’s a very thin thread about brotherhood, staying true to who you are and working together to achieve your goals but in all there’s not a lot here for adults so I’m sure it does exactly what it is designed to do, keep the kids entertained, highlight more merchandise and if that’s the goal then it’s onto a winner.

DJ Speaks Rating: 5 Out Of 10