Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

Everybody's favorite giant turtles travel through time and space to feudal Japan to rescue their plucky sidekick April, when a golden sword accidentally causes her to switch places with a rebellious samurai.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3

After purchasing the first two Ninja Turtle movies, I thought, what the heck. My son loves this movie as well as the first two. He can't seem to get enough. September 10, 2007

Up to Sequil standards

This movie is like most sequils to movies that we fell in love with... that is if you are a fan of the oh so awsome ninja turttles. The movie is mildly amussing with more ninja fighting and a rap scene with Vanilla Ice... what more could you ask for in a movie??? January 20, 2007

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I bought this movie along with a 10inch size turtle it came together as a package i hope my 2 yr old son likes , i like it too bad im not a kid anymore lol . . . November 30, 2006

Well Done!

I am 23 years old and have been a fan of the Ninja Turtles since I watched the first episode on Saturday mornings when I was 8 or so. I recently purchased the first two movies because I knew I loved them, but for the life of me I could not remember much about the third one. I rented it today because I had read all of these reviews saying that the third movie was terrible and I did not wish to buy it if I was going to hate it.

My first impression as the movie began was that whoever designed the faces for the turtles, as well as splinter's puppet needed some help. As mentioned several times on this site, the costumes could have used quite a bit of work. It looked a little too Jim Henson (though I love the man).

However, after only a few moments I realized that I was laughing and enjoying myself just like I did when I was a kid watching the old show. Within the first 30 minutes I realized that I liked this movie almost more than the first one. Not only did this movie have cool visuals and great japanese costumes, but this one actually had a well developed plot. I liked the new villian and thought the actor who played him did a rather good job. His personality was different from Shredder's and gave something new to the Turtle trilogy. He was even funny at times. This movie expaneded on the turtle's personalities and allowed you to get to know them better. I don't know why people complained about the characters not acting like themselves because they acted like they should as far as I am concerned.

Concerning the plot involving time travel; I enjoyed it. Its fantasy after all. The turtles are mutants, and in the first movie the turtles make some sort of phsychic connection with Splinter. The cartoon itself was filled with Sci-Fi elements if anyone cares to look. I don't think that time travel was too far fetched by any means. It also presents something new and exciting for the Turtles. This film expaned the world of the turtles beyond the sewers and New York city.

I think that one should take this movie for what it is and not concern yourself with what it is not. If you want dark and gritty, then watch Batman or the X-Men. You cannot take yourself too seriously when you are watching a movie about walking, talking, fighting mutant turtles. I loved the Turtles because not only were they heroes, but they were funny. To me, this movie had that sense of joy that the old cartoons had, and I believe this movie was well written and well done, despite the obvious flaws in the puppets and the ending being a little weak. May 24, 2006

still a good movie.

i don't think 1993 was a very good year for this movie to come out but it's better than the mario movie right? that one stunk really bad i think but this one is great. December 12, 2005

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