Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
North American release poster
Directed by	Michael Pressman
Produced by	Thomas K. Gray Kim Dawson David Chan
Written by	Todd W. Langen
Based on	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman Peter Laird
Starring	Paige Turco David Warner
Music by	John Du Prez
Cinematography	Shelly Johnson
Edited by	Steve Mirkovich John Wright
Production company	Golden Harvest Mirage Enterprises Northshore Investments
Distributed by	New Line Cinema (USA) 20th Century Fox (International)
Release date	March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22) (United States/Canada)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	New Zealand Hong Kong Japan United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$78.6 million (US)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is a 1991 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters published by Mirage Studios. It is the sequel to the 1990 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Secret of the Ooze was followed by a third film in 1993, and a fourth film (TMNT) in 2007. The movie is distributed by New Line Cinema. It was internationally distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The film follows the adventures of the four Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, and their Master Splinter. Resuming from the events of the last film, the villain, Shredder, returns to take back command of the Foot Clan, and work towards getting revenge on the Turtles. When he learns the secret behind the Turtles' mutation, he becomes more dangerous than ever. The film sheds some light on the origins of Splinter and the Turtles, as well as introduces two new villains: Tokka and Rahzar.

Unlike the first film, this one rarely showed the use of the Turtles' weapons. They instead fight bare-fisted for much of the film, as part of an attempt to tone down the violence of the previous movie. The film was released on March 22, 1991, and received mixed to negative reviews from critics who felt it departed from the much darker tone of the original 1990 film, and was more light-hearted. Despite this, the film was financially successful, and became the 13th highest-grossing film domestically in the year of its release.