The scene cuts and we see all of the villains bound and lying on the ground. The turtles appear out of nowhere and attack the villains, throwing them against the walls and ceilings. They point a gun at another woman’s head. They grab a woman and throw her roughly to the ground. The villains place explosives on the wall of the subway and threaten to shoot the hostages if their demands are not met. Black-clad ninja-style villains with assault rifles hold many civilians hostage in a subway station.The bound man breaks his bonds and fights his attackers with brutal punches, kicks and head-butts until the attackers are left lying on the ground. Other men approach the man and one punches him in the face. A black-robed man kneels on the ground with his hands bound behind his back.The violence is sometimes slapstick and sometimes more intense. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has comic book-style action violence. Themes Scientific experimentation and mutation criminal gangs family and friendship Violence Splinter has become the Turtles’ mentor and adoptive father. The rat became a talking rat, whose name is now Splinter (Danny Woodburn with voice of Tony Shalhoub). Before the lab was completely destroyed, April rescued the little turtles and the rat, releasing them into the sewers where the turtles mutated into their present form. April’s dead father, a genetic scientist, was experimenting on four baby turtles and a rat, injecting them with mutagens, when his lab was attacked and burned to the ground. We learn that, as a young girl, April was responsible for the turtles’ start in life. These teenage mutant ninja turtles are Raphael (Alan Richtner), Michelangelo (Noel Fisher), Leonardo (Pete Ploszek with voice of Johnny Knoxville) and Donatello (Jeremy Howard). They are talking mutant turtles, who live in the sewers below New York. When April follows the vigilante she discovers there are four of them. Reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) wants to make a name for herself as an action news reporter and is tracking leads on the Foot Clan’s latest crimes.Īpril discovers a lone vigilante confronting the Foot Clan, which is in the process of stealing chemical mutagens. The Foot Clan terrorises all who oppose it. A gang of villains, the Foot Clan, led by the evil Shredder (Tohoru Masamune), has overrun the city. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is set in New York.