The Foot soon strike, beating Raphael into a coma and forcing the Turtles to retreat from the city, along with allies April and Casey Jones. The Turtles soon find themselves bunking with O’Neil after their lair is trashed and their father figure, mutant rat/masterful sensei Splinter, kidnapped. O’Neil is attracting attention from villainous ninja clan The Foot, as she believes they are responsible for a crime wave sweeping through New York City. The story finds Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo (the TMNT) venturing to the surface to engage in combat for the first time, rescuing news reporter April O’Neil from Ninja thieves. Serious enough that it can get away with exciting fight scenes and a villain who conveys a genuine threat, but light enough that kids can enjoy it – all coupled with a sense that the filmmakers don’t appear to be taking what is a pretty zany concept too seriously. With a story from the original comics softened with elements from the popular 80s/90s cartoon, it finds a tone for the material that’s just about perfect. If you’ve read those pieces, you’ll likely be aware that we have something of a soft spot for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles here at Den Of Geek. We’ve previously covered the films on this site with a series of look backs that covered the first, second and third films, which are included in this new boxset, as well as the 2007 computer animated film and the straight-to-video animation, Turtles Forever. The release of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films is particularly exciting.
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