Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991 film by Michael Pressman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is a 1991 American superhero action comedy film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Directed by Michael Pressman and written by Todd W. Langen, it is the second installment in the original Turtles film trilogy and the sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990). It stars Paige Turco and David Warner, with the voices of Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Adam Carl, and Laurie Faso. Resuming from the events of the first film, the Shredder returns at command of the Foot Clan for revenge on the Turtles. When he learns the secret behind the Turtles' mutation, he becomes more dangerous than ever. The film reveals the origins of Splinter and the Turtles and introduces two new villains, Tokka and Rahzar. Unlike the first film, the Turtles mostly fight bare-fisted, to tone down the violence.
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Directed by | Michael Pressman |
Written by | Todd W. Langen |
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Cinematography | Shelly Johnson |
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Music by | John Du Prez |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States[2] |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[3] |
Box office | $78.7 million[4] |
The film was released theatrically in the United States on March 22, 1991, by New Line Cinema. It received mixed reviews from critics, who said it departed from the much darker tone of the original 1990 film. However, it was financially successful, grossing $78.7 million against a budget of $25 million, becoming the thirteenth highest-grossing film domestically in the year of its release.[5] A sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, was released in 1993.