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 | Sewer | Samurai

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:

The only live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie to not include the Shredder character.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Raphael is having his heart to heart with Yoshi, one of his wristbands is missing. When he joins Yoshi in flying the kite, his wristband has reappeared.

Quotes:

Casey Jones: Enough of this camaraderie. When do we get to bust some skulls?

Movie Connections:

References Blue Hawaii (1961)

Soundtrack:

Tarzan boy (1993 remix)

The least enjoyable of the series

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

A magic sceptor transports an ancient warrior from 1603 Japan to present day New York.The heroic foursome in turn learn they must travel back to the warrior's timeframe to battle Lord Norinaga (Sho Shinoba) and his right-hand man Walker (Stuart Wilson) who are enslaving the people.

The only film in the series to be completely absent of Shredder,the desperation begins to seep through at a very early stage.An obviously different,helium voiced actor plays Splinter,whilst we see Raphael adopt a less aggressive nature as events in the film progress.For this,and a fairly engaging script,the film is not a total failure.However,the lack of an engaging story proves to be quite a hindrance.The Turtles were certainly massive in the late 80s and early 90s and in retrospect,you could say good on them for wrangling all they could out of feature film adaptations for the franchise.Lets just say,they were certainly wise to leave it at this.**