She clearly doesn't want to be in this film. I spent a lot of Out of the Shadows' inappropriately lengthy running time (just shy of two hours) mulling what kind of circumstances brought Linney to the point of playing a shopworn New York police chief who exists primarily to be a pain the ass to the film's heroes.ĭid producer Michael Bay pull her out of a burning building? Are there incriminating photos of her eating baby animals? Did someone stumble on a gag reel of outtakes from her Downton Abbey intros on PBS? Indeed, if the movie accomplishes anything, it's that it makes "It's Turtle Time" feel more like a threat than a battle cry.
But I'm a little puzzled as to why Out of the Shadows utterly lacks joy and silliness and prioritizes scowl, when the entire Ninja Turtles franchise is built on having fun. It's not that people won't gravitate to the idea of the Turtles being lonely outsiders that approach has worked for superheroes like the X-Men and Batman. Instead, in the eyes of Out of the Shadows director Dave Green, the heroes in a half-shell are the bête noire of society. Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo don't like the way they look, and believe in their hearts that even if they save the world, humanity will never accept them.Īt best, they only barely resemble the fun-loving reptiles many of us remember from the '90s, when kids wanted to be the Ninja Turtles because the Turtles' lives - centered on martial arts, pizza, nunchucks, and cowabungas - seemed like a blast. They live like vampires, only coming out at night and never letting their true selves be seen.
No, I'm saying that because the Turtles seem a bit depressed. I'm not just saying that because three-time Academy Award nominee Laura Linney not only appears in the movie but has to mutter the phrase, "Well played." Or because Tyler Perry shows up to cosplay as an evil version of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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