Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 Movie Review

Check it out dudes; the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit 17th century Japan to rescue loyal friend, reporter April O'Neil (Paige Turco). Plenty of smoothly executed, blood-free martial arts moves keep the pace rolling, while the turtles battle an evil lord and English pirates. Meanwhile, old pal Casey Jones (Elias Koteas) babysits the samurais sent to New York in exchange for the Turtles, teaching them the wonders of hockey and beer. Seeing the TMNT's use a little more of their reptilian grey matter, and snarf a little less pizza, should contribute to a relatively high adult tolerance level (considering the genre), and loads of good clean fun for the kiddies. This entry in the series has more heart and a better story than the previous two combined. Beautiful scenery of Washington's national forest areas stand in for Japan.

1993 (PG) 95m/C Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson, Sab Shimono, Vivian Wu; D: Stuart Gillard; W: Stuart Gillard; M: John Du Prez; V: Randi Mayem Singer, Matt Hill, Jim Raposa, David Fraser. VHS, LV NLC, COL, IME