Indeed, the sequel takes place mere hours – maybe a day at the most - after the events of the first movie, as evidenced by the scene where a bunch of ragged-looking Foot soldiers meet up at the junkyard, their fallback spot.Īll 9 ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ films, ranked “TMNT II” is simply the horror-movie style “one last scare,” except instead of it happening at the end of the first movie, it becomes its own 85-minute film a year later. It’s a symptom of the whole problematic movie: There’s no narrative or character growth. One last (movie-length) scareĭonatello, who hopes he’ll find out he and his brothers are special, isn’t the only one let down by that non-bombshell. In the movie, which has no aliens or outer-space element (hence, Techno-“Global” Research Industries instead of “Cosmic”), the secret is … wait for it … Mirage Comics would go to tell stories relating to the Utroms and the ooze well into the 2000s. The infiltration of the building is done more compellingly and mysteriously in the comic (in the movie, they just waltz right in in the comic, they trick the security cameras with fake pigeons), there’s more at stake in the comic (Splinter is being held by TCRI in the comic the Turtles just want information in the movie) and in general, there truly is a “secret” behind the ooze in the comic – alien brains purposely created it for experimental purposes. Stars: Paige Turco, David Warner, Ernie Reyes Jr. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991)