Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Eastman (characters) &
Peter Laird (characters) ...

Release Date:

17 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Turtles Are Back....In Time

Plot:

The turtles find themselves transported back in time to ancient Japan.

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | Japan | Magic | Samurai | Sewer

Cast

Elias Koteas	...	Casey Jones / Whit
Paige Turco	...	April O'Neil
Stuart Wilson	...	Walker
Sab Shimono	...	Lord Norinaga
Vivian Wu	...	Mitsu
Mark Caso	...	Leonardo
Matt Hill	...	Raphael
Jim Raposa	...	Donatello
David Fraser	...	Michaelangelo
Henry Hayashi	...	Kenshin
John Aylward	...	Niles
Mak Takano	...	Benkei (Honor Guard #1)
Steve Akahoshi	...	Honor Guard #2 (as Steven Getson Akahoshi)
Kent Kim	...	Honor Guard #3
Ken Kensei	...	Honor Guard #4

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time (USA) (working title) (USA) (DVD box title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Sacred Scroll of Death (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12/9 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 (video premiere) | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Oregon, USA

Company:

Clearwater Holdings

Trivia:

Mark Caso (The performer inside the Leonardo costume), is the only cast to return from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991). Brian Tochi (The voice of Leonardo) and Robbie Rist (The voice of Michaelangelo) are the only actors who appeared in all three live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies. Corey Feldman who appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) makes his return as the voice of Donatello.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When April's walkman first starts playing after she arrives in Japan, the headphones are not plugged in, yet the music is still audible.

Quotes:

Michaelangelo: Man, I love being a turtle.

Movie Connections:

References The Mark of Zorro (1920)

Soundtrack:

Tarzan boy (1993 remix)

Had it's moments :)

For some reason I never got around to seeing this when it first came out. Though I do remember watching the trailer on TV when Donatello says "You were expecting maybe uhh...The Addams Family?!" I used to like saying that to people for some reason!

I finally recieved Turtles III for Christmas this year. All my friends told me it was horrible. After seeing it, I admit it wasn't up to the standards of the first movie (classic!) but it did have its moments. It was nice to hear Donatello's original voice again. His character was almost like a combination of the 1st movie and the 2nd (wise cracking slacker and math brain).

Leo tries so hard to be a good leader, always endearing.

I liked Mikey's weak attempts at making conversation with Mitzu "So uh, what's your sign?"

Rapheal is always a great character, struggling with his temper and all and in this movie he's finally able to help someone else.

I wish Casey Jones had been in it more but it was good to see him again.

Turtle power!