Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TMNT was released in 1990
The underlying theme in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is about being outcasts in society. These Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have to hide in the sewers of NY to keep anyone from knowing of their existence. Only venturing out at night under the cover of darkness; it’s a tough existence for individualistic teens trying to establish a sense of self. The Turtles with their mentor Splinter (a mutant Japanese immigrant ninja rat) are a close knit family living off the refuse of society. The TMNT family situation is paralleled by the Penningtons, father Charles runs a news station, and he can provide everything his son Danny could want. But Danny as a motherless 15 year old with an overworked father, feels unloved. Enter the antagonist Shedder and his thieving group of ninja foot-soldiers known as the Foot Clan. Shredder preaches how everyone under his authority is family, and how he provides a home for the rejects of society, Although Danny has not finished his training (Is not a full Clan member), he still steals for the organization and skips school to hang out with other teenage outcasts.
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If you are looking for a fun family film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has it all. This is no cartoon, but a live action, using costumes created by the amazing Jim Henson (Creator of the Muppets). TMNT opens on NY city with television reports of a crime wave that is being ignored by the political offices (As familiar as that sounds, this is a movie suitable for children, so the criminals are unseen, and therefore NOT violent). This is a family positive movie and while it is great for the whole family, males in particular should watch this.
Reporter April O’Neil (who works for Charles Pennington) the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Casey Jones, are all fighting back against the Foot Clan; individually at first and finally as a team. April keeps fearlessly putting herself in danger, while the Turtles have to get better at fighting as a unit. Casey is sort of like a big brother in Splinter’s absence and the scene with him and Donatello working on a truck together is pure male bonding.
