The first movie was okay but a big hit at the cinemas, I didn't know there were any sequels until much later, so I chanced this second film in what was a trilogy. Basically, in New York City, young pizza delivery boy Keno (Ernie Reyes Jr.) is cornered by burglars and tries to stop them with his martial arts skills. He is overwhelmed by the burglars, but he is soon rescued by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The burglars are tied up, while the turtles vanish, taking the pizza Keno was delivering with them, leaving money to pay for it. Donatello (Leif Tilden, voiced by Adam Carl) (in the purple mask), Leonardo (Mark Coso, voiced by Brian Tochi) (in the blue mask), Michelangelo (Michelan Sisti, voiced by Robbie Rist) (in the orange mask), and Raphael (Kenn Scott, voiced by Laurie Faso) (in the red mask), along with their master Splinter the rat (Kevin Clash), are living with news reporter April O'Neil (Paige Turco) in her apartment. Splinter wants to remain in the shadows, but the turtles are looking for a new place wanting to live out in the open. At a junkyard, The Shredder (François Chau, voiced by David McCharen) emerges disfigured from the wreckage after being dumped there following his previous defeat. The remaining members of his criminal group, the Foot, and his second-in-command Tatsu (Toshishiro Obata, voiced by Michael McConnohie) are hiding out when they are met by their master who vows revenge on the Turtles. April interviews Professor Jordan Perry (David Warner) from TGRI (Techno Global Research Industries) about a possible toxic waste leak. He assures her that everything is fine, but scientists discover dandelions that have been mutated by leaked waste. April's cameraman Freddy (Mark Doerr) is a spy for the Foot, he discovers the mutated flowers and reports it to his master, who decides to have Perry interrogated. Back at April's apartment, Splinter reveals to her and the Turtles that the canister of "Ooze" which mutated them 15 years ago was created by TGRI, so they also want to talk to Perry. The Professor is disposing of the remaining ooze, but the Foot gets to him before the last canister is emptied, kidnapping him, and taking the canister. The Turtles try but fail to get the canister back. Afterward, Keno pretends to be delivering a pizza to April's apartment, and he discovers Splinter and the Turtles. At the Shredder's hideout, Perry is forced to use the remaining ooze on a snapping turtle and a wolf, mutating the creatures into anthropomorphic monsters Tokka (Kurt Bryant, voiced by Frank Welker) and Rahzar (Mark Ginther, voiced by Frank Welker), but both are unintelligent but have great strength. With April's safety at risk, the Turtles start looking for a new home. Raphael has an argument with Leonardo and breaks off from the group, while Michelangelo finds the abandoned City Hall subway station to be a perfect hideout. Raphael and Keno go against Splinter's orders, with Keno infiltrating the Foot and finding their hideout. However, they are caught, Raphael is captured, but Keno escapes to warn the others. The Turtles arrive but are ambushed by the Shredder and the Foot. Splinter saves the group, but Tokka and Rahzar prove too strong to defeat. Donatello finds Perry bound and gagged, he is untied and the five of them retreat. Back in their hideout, Perry explains to the Turtles the ooze was created by accident; Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael are disheartened, hoping that there was a higher purpose for their existence. The Shredder unleashes Tokka and Rahzar into a nearby neighbourhood to cause damage. The following day, Freddy sends a message to April that the monsters will be released into Central Park if the Turtles don't meet the Foot Clan at the construction site. Perry develops a mutagen antidote that must be ingested to work. When the Turtles confront the Foot at the site, they try tricking Tokka and Rahzar into eating donuts containing the antidote. They realise the trick and brutally attack, throwing Raphael into a public dance club where Vanilla Ice (as himself) is performing. This causes a fight among hundreds of clubgoers; eventually, the Turtles revert Tokka and Rahzar back to their natural state. Shredder consumes the remaining ooze in the last canister and is transformed into a Super Shredder (Kevin Nash). The Turtles fight with the heavily mutated Super Shredder on the dock, but he is too strong. He is defeated when he rampages, and the dock collapses onto him. In a press release, April reads a note from Perry, thanking the Turtles for saving him. When they return home, the Turtles deny being seen by the humans, but Splinter shows them the newspaper on which they are front-page news. He orders the four of them to do exercises as punishment. Also starring Raymond Serra as Chief Sterns, and Michael Pressman (the director) as News Manager. Turco, replacing Judith Hoag, is fine, Reyes Jr. Is slightly annoying, Warner as the English scientist is reasonable, Tokka and Rahzar as replacements for Rocksteady and Bebop are daft, and the Heroes in a Half Shell with their teen attitudes and pizza munching are fun. The special effects from the Jim Henson Creature Shop are half-and-half, but that kind of adds to its charm, and there are some good fights and amusing moments, the story is all over the place, and it is overwhelmingly silly, but it is a relatively alright superhero fantasy action adventure. Okay!
