While I don’t hate any of the “Tmnt” movies (not even the confused patchwork that is the Michael Bay-produced 2014 big screen reboot), director Steve Barron’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is the only one I would venture so far as to call a genuinely good film.
Unlike the other “Tmnt” movies to date, Barron’s 1990 flick serves up plenty of silly Turtle-related hijinks while also being serious and even moving when it needs to be, creating a vision of New York City that feels lived-in and real.
That’s no minor achievement, either, given this version of NYC is swarming with masked ninjas, mutated reptiles, and a giant talking rat voiced by original Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash.Equally good is the voice work for the Turtles themselves in the film.
Brian Tochi, who evolved into a prolific voice actor starting in the ’90s, lends his vocals to Leonardo, the
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