Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows

"TMNT sequel Out of the Shadows (making the first one What We Do in the Shadows?) wastes little time setting out its stall. Four CGI heroes in half shells leap and gallivant around the Big Apple on their way to scoffing pizza and getting an even better Madison Square Garden vantage point for tip-off than Jack Nicholson. Shortly after, a bewigged Megan Fox shoplifts and partially disrobes her way through a busy train station, blending in with similarly underdressed college co-eds as she pursues a hot lead. So far, so (barely) pubescent."

"Visual spectacle still takes precedence over coherent plotting..."

"A watery diversion in the Brazilian rainforest apart, this noisy, repetitive, nonsensical franchise-extender is a turtle waste of time."

"Neither an embarrassment nor a triumph, it is nevertheless an improvement over the last film."

"This movie is, it happens, easier to sit through than the 2014 film."

"Longer, louder and boasting even more hardware, it does everything to generate the illusion of bleeding-edge bang-per-buck, while cribbing shamelessly from 1991's Secret of the Ooze."

"Overshadowed by noise and sludge."

"The film fares best when it slows down a bit and allows the Turtles' personalities, which are quite engaging, to shine through via their amusing comic banter."

"Considerably better than its predecessor, the central four may give it their all but the people behind this franchise sadly don't seem all that interested..."