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TEENAGE MICHAEL BAY NINJA TURTLES - REVIEW

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I must admit, I was skeptical. When it was announced that Michael Bay would produce a reboot of something as beautifully retro and as beloved as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , I was certain that this would backfire into quite probably the biggest mistake of his career. But then I remembered other films produced by Bay: I Am Number Four , the Nightmare On Elm Street remake, the Hitcher remake, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, the Amityville Horror remake, the Friday The 13th remake, that film with that lady's behind on the poster. All strikingly original films which have LITERALLY shaped my twenties. And with a Bay-produced remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds on the way, it's looking like the director/artiste is back at the top of his game. Like a chimp meeting a cage for the first time. Case and point: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The film opens with a montage showing how the titular turtles came to be. The "ooze", in this version, is transl