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A modern day cinematic gold. I did not mind one bit watching it in Japanese . I know this is a Kaiju / Godzilla monster movie but the elements of humanity in this film were so touching. Every character is well made and developed amazingly. Everyone is fighting their own war still after WW2, whether it's losing comrades in the war or losing family after the bombs dropped, or losing your own sanity and then comes a brand new battle the Japanese people have to face together to make things even worse.

If you notice the good reviews, they are only positive for one thing and one thing only, Denzel Washington being in it. Just his presence makes people like it I guess. But if you want a review for the movie and not the actor, well it was pretty bland. EQ1 was fresh, very fun, and exciting to watch. EQ3 manages to remove all of the magic that made the 2 previous films fun. EQ3 is very slow paced and the dialogue is just to fill the screen time so it's not silence because no one really says anything memorable or that really enhances the plot of the movie , plus alot of it is in Italian. There's is no real villain or threat like others said either, the trailers hinted at Robert McCall meeting his match but the guys he kills are just typical movie badguy/ bullies that bother the town people and that just serve to die for the movie. It just felt bland and mediocre, as if it was made just because profit and not because there needed to be a third to finish the story. I would have rather rewatched the 1st one in theaters.

I don't know if the 5 stars are paid reviews or people will genuinely consume media without any thought or opinion as to story. It wasn't a terrible movie but it certainly wasn't a good movie either. The whole movie felt as if they gave some prompts to an AI to create a TMNT script. The movie was incredibly generic and had SO MANY pop culture references everywhere that weren't even close to funny. "Drake is the goat? Seeing Adele perform was cool? Flavortown ? Maybe in 2013-2015 these references would have been funnier or more relevant , idk. The story is not the Shredder / Foot Clan we know, it does it's own revision. Also the broad ensemble of voice actors for this felt really underutilized and didn't get a chance to shine. There's is no soul in this movie. Although some things stood out for me that I liked, like the animation. It was like watching a 11-15 year old's drawing be animated and I say that in a good way, it was unique. Also there is a scene with Splinter fighting and it resembles old school Jackie Chan movie fight scenes which I thought was really cool to add. I'm in my mid 20s and grew up watching TMNT and I was excited to get more shell action but you could honestly skip this movie and it wouldn't be a big deal. It made me want to watch the old school Fox TMNT animated show again though, that was some of the best TMNT stuff we've gotten.

It's a YouTube show that wants to be a TV sitcom but without any of the charm. Randomness ≠ Funny. It's just a cringey show that's lackluster in it's content