Film Forum

U.S., 1990
Directed by Steve Barron
Starring Brian Tochi, Josh Pais, Corey Feldman, Robbie Rist
Approx. 92 min.

“A marriage was made in heaven between Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest Films and Jim Henson’s Muppetry. The delightful offspring is a live-action romp about a TV investigative reporter (Judith Hoag), a rise in thievery in Manhattan occasioned by a teenage gang known as the Foot (masterminded and exploited by a ninja villain called the Shredder), and the noble adversaries of the thieves—four teenage turtles and their rat ninja master who dwell in the sewer system and reached their abnormal size through exposure to radioactivity. The results are high-spirited martial arts and comedy, with heavy doses of STAR WARS and SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS and music by M.C. Hammer, Johnny Kemp, Hi Tek 3, and Orchestra on the Half Shell.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

Reviews

“Truly a comic strip brought to life and, genuinely, fun for all the family.”
– Empire Magazine