Film Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back! Well, they never really go away anymore, with television shows and other media keeping the lucrative brand name alive even during lower points of popularity. However, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” is the first big screen offering in a little while, with 2016’s entertaining “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” struggling to find an audience for the Michael Bay-produced take on the central premise of superhero reptiles. Director Jeff Rowe (“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”) returns to the sewers with a new approach, riding recent waves in animation and comedy to refresh the franchise, moving away from hard action to rework the adolescent excitement of it all. “Mutant Mayhem” is an engaging restart of the Turtle universe, emerging with stylish animation and active voice work, on a quest to make the Heroes in a Half Shell lovable again. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com