Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Michael Pressman

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Eastman (characters) and
Peter Laird (characters) ...
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Release Date:

22 March 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Cowabunga, it's the new turtle movie.

Plot:

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | Shredder | Mutant | Ninja | Rapper

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Paige Turco	...	April O'Neil
David Warner	...	Professor Jordan Perry
Mark Caso	...	Leonardo / News Room Staff
Michelan Sisti	...	Michaelangelo / Soho Man
Leif Tilden	...	Donatello / Foot #3
Kenn Scott	...	Raphael (as Kenn Troum)
Kevin Clash	...	Splinter (voice)
Ernie Reyes Jr.	...	Keno
François Chau	...	Shredder
Toshirô Obata	...	Tatsu (as Toshihiro Obata)
Raymond Serra	...	Chief Sterns
Mark Ginther	...	Rahzar
Kurt Bryant	...	Tokka
Kevin Nash	...	Super Shredder
Joseph Amodei	...	Parlor Owner
Nick DeMarinis	...	Parlor Assistant
Kelli Rabke	...	Teenage Girl
Keith Coulouris	...	Thug #1
Susie Essman	...	Soho Woman
Lee Spencer	...	Foot #1
Gianpaolo Bonaca	...	Foot #2
Mark Doerr	...	Freddy
Tim Parati	...	Crew Member
John Brady	...	TGRI Assistant #1
Jon Thompson	...	TGRI Worker
Bill Luhrs	...	TGRI Assistant #2
Michael Pressman	...	News Manager
Rick Colella	...	Teenage Thug
Dewey Weber	...	Foot Recruiter
Sasha Pressman	...	Old Woman
David Pressman	...	Old Man
Shiek Mahmud-Bey	...	Audience Man
Lisa Chess	...	Audience Woman
Vanilla Ice	...	Himself
Earthquake	...	Disc Jockey
Mark Grinage	...	Dancer #1
John Henry Huffman IV	...	Dancer #2
Everett Fitzgerald	...	Dancer #3
Gregory Salata	...	Promoter (as Greg Salata)
Robbie Rist	...	Michaelangelo (voice)
Brian Tochi	...	Leonardo (voice)
Laurie Faso	...	Raphael (voice)
Adam Carl	...	Donatello (voice)
David McCharen	...	Shredder (voice)
Michael McConnohie	...	Tatsu (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Rahzar / Tokka (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Curtis Bush	...	Foot soldier
George G. Colucci	...	Subway Commutor (uncredited)
Alistair Dean	...	Lex Diamonds (uncredited)
Mike Kimmel	...	The Pizza Man (uncredited)
Gord Robertson	...	Rahzar (Animatronic Puppeteer) (uncredited)
Michael Jai White	...	Audience man (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Pressman

Writing credits (WGA)
Kevin Eastman		(characters) and
Peter Laird		(characters)
Todd W. Langen		(written by)

Produced by
David Chan	....	producer
Raymond Chow	....	executive producer
Kim Dawson	....	producer
Thomas K. Gray	....	producer
Terry Morse Jr.	....	co-producer (as Terry Morse)

Original Music by
John Du Prez

Cinematography by
Shelly Johnson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Steve Mirkovich
John Wright

Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster

Production Design by
Roy Forge Smith

Art Direction by
Mayne Berke
Geoffrey S. Grimsman

Costume Design by
Dodie Shepard

Makeup Department
Sara Seidman	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Hank	....	production supervisor: New York
Terry Morse Jr.	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Newt Arnold	....	second unit director
Rob Corn	....	first assistant director
Terry Leonard	....	second unit director
Jeff Rafner	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Kip Bartlett	....	assistant art director
K. Drew Fuller	....	carpenter
Michael J. Hall	....	construction foreman
Tom Jones Jr.	....	construction coordinator
Louis Medrano	....	painter
James F. Oñate	....	painter
Daniel Samppala	....	sculptor
Mark S. Turner	....	signwriter
Tyme	....	assistant property master
Richard Waldrop	....	property master
Heath Berke	....	set dresser (uncredited)
General Fermon Judd Jr.	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Brian Kontz	....	plaster gangboss (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	supervising dialogue editor
David Jobe	....	adr recordist
David Kirschner	....	sound mixer
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Maslow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jack M. Nietzsche Jr.	....	boom operator
Greg Orloff	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Chris Fitzgerald	....	creature painter
David Fletcher	....	special effects foreman
Chris 'Flimsy' Howes	....	animatronics designer
Norman McGeoch	....	animatronics
Vincent Montefusco	....	special effects: 2nd unit-pyro/mech
Mike Scanlan	....	animatronic designer

Stunts
Barbara Bernhardt	....	assistant martial arts choreographer (as Barbara Bernhardt Goldstone)
Thomas Dewier	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Tom DeWier)
Thomas Dewier	....	turtles stunt double (as Tom DeWier)
Curtis Evans	....	additional turtle fight double
Dale Frye	....	stunts
Steven Ho	....	fight double: Donatello
Pat E. Johnson	....	stunt coordinator
Larry Lam	....	fight double: Leonardo
Billy Morts	....	stunts (as William Morts)
Ho-Sung Pak	....	fight double: Raphael (as Hosung Pak)
Ho-Sung Pak	....	stunt coordinator (as Hosung Pak)
Hoyoung Pak	....	additional turtle fight double
Nick Palma	....	fight double: Michaelangelo
Hamilton Perkins	....	stunt double: Rahzar
David Rowden	....	stunt double: Tokka
Jimmy Lee Sessoms	....	stunts
Brian Smrz	....	stunts
David Wald	....	additional turtle fight double
Benjamin Rowe	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth C. Barrows	....	first assistant camera
Eric Bartsch	....	best boy grip
Dan Cornwall	....	electrician
Chip Hackler	....	second assistant camera: 2nd unit
Steve Head	....	assistant camera
George Hesse	....	camera loader
Jon Kranhouse	....	director of photography: second unit
Frank Perl	....	camera operator
Alan Pickelsimer	....	electrician
Wells A. Smith	....	best boy grip

Casting Department
Craig Fincannon	....	location casting
Mark Fincannon	....	location casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Greg Neff	....	costume technician (1991)
Peggy Stamper	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Timothy Alverson	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Larry Mah	....	score mixer

Other crew
Pat E. Johnson	....	martial arts choreographer
Bonnie Jordan	....	production coordinator
Rick Lyon	....	animatronic puppeteer: "Tokka"
Elena Santaballa	....	production assistant
Peter D. Steinbroner	....	production associate
Patience Thoreson	....	script supervisor
Mak Wilson	....	lead puppeteer
E. Michael Hewett	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Jim Henson	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Golden Harvest Company (presents) (as Golden Harvest)
• New Line Cinema
• Northshore Investments Ltd.

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lucernafilm - Beta (1993) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox (UK)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (Germany)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Fox Network (1993) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Manuel Salvador (Spain)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (animatronic characters)

Other Companies

• Inter Video  24 frame video services
• Surge Licensing  characters exclusively licensed by

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12/9 | Germany:12 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Italy:T | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:PG | Norway:10

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Michelan Sisti, the performer inside the Michaelangelo costume, also plays the Soho Man who talks with April before she enters to her apartment.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Keno is running from The Foot's Soldiers in the junkyard aka. The Foot's HQ, you see him fighting against two of The Foots soldiers, and another guy running in the back, ready to do jump over the junk in front of him, and do a saltomortale. Before the saltomortale, he jumps up into the air, like he is about to jump onto a trampoline.

Quotes:

April O'Neil: I guess you're not the ones that can handle this.
Chief Sterns: That's what we do best, Miss O'Neil.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

This World

Little kids will love this, anyone else won't be able to stand it!

The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a film that was meant for kids, but had enough to keep adults mildly entertained. Unfortunately this film was dumbed down a notch and is almost unwatchable for anyone over 10. All the dialog is very forced and corny, and the action scenes are really poorly done. The plot for this turtles outing is the Shredder is back and has discovered what made the turtles into mutants...a green ooze. He tries to create super-villains to beat the turtles. Meanwhile the turtles find out about the ooze, eat pizza and make friends with an annoying pizza man named Keno. The only real positives on the film are the costumes for the turtles and their master Splinter the rat. Their mouths move very well and they look eerily like living creatures. Other than that, everything else, including the action is like something out of a bad sit-com. However, as said before, kids will love it, and this is who it's aimed for.

My rating: * 1/2 out of ****. 84 mins. PG for violence.