Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

The good ole time travel to an older time period in the third movie trope (see Back to the Future III and Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead 3). This keeps the same tone as the previous two films. The tones kinda clash when you have the silly turtles mixed with super serious Japanese warriors. Shredder and his men had an over-the-top comic-book villain vibe. This just felt too serious and jokey at the same time. This trilogy as a whole is not terrible. The action is actually done fairly well for dudes in rubber suits. The turtles are just a little too cartoony. The live-action movies should have made them a tad more serious to stand out from the Saturday morning cartoon. Give the trilogy a watch once in a while but don’t expect greatness.

Story - 16%

Characters - 15%

Pacing - 15%

Spectacle - 18%

Entertainment - 16%

Total score: 80%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here