I know I promised you guys two reviews yesterday and then didn't actually get to it. It turns out my dog has pancreatitis and had to go to the vet, then I had various errands and another writing assignment to turn in. None of that matters, though. I said I would do something and then I didn't. That's my bad.This is one of those rare sequels that's actually better than the original. That's not a high bar to clear in this case, but I think it needed to be said.
The ninja turtles have moved in with intrepid reporter April O'Neil (Paige Turco) until they can find a new place. A local pizza delivery kid (Eddie Reyes, Jr.) is suspicious about the number of deliveries he makes to her place and discovers him. Raphael (Laurie Faso) wants to use the kid to infiltrate the resurgent Foot Clan, but Leonardo (Brian Tochi) thinks it's too dangerous. Meanwhile, Shredder (David McCharen) has returned with a new plan for destroying his enemies. He locates a scientist (David Warner) who is behind the cleanup efforts for a toxic waste dump, the same toxic waste that was responsible for the original mutation of the turtles. Shredder uses the last remaining vials to create a mutated snapping turtle and wolf and sets them loose on the city.
This benefited from a couple of changes. They ditched the romance angle between April and Casey, lost him completely, and focused on the humor and sheer campy nonsense that is inherent in the premise. And while it is horribly dated and was pretty much the minute it left the theaters, that only adds to the legend, instead of detracting. There's a whole rap sequence in the last act with Vanilla Ice. VANILLA ICE. If that doesn't scream craptacular, nothing will.
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