if there one thing i can not stand in film and it unnecessary sequel create to continue milk a franchise . it even worse when sequel be nearly enough to ruin a franchise and such a the third ninja turtle film . the third film remove any sense of seriousness leave over from the first film and amplify the campiness of the second film . in this installment of the ninja turtle trilogy and the team must use a magic scepter to travel back to 17th century feudal japan to rescue april who have teleport on accident . it seem blatantly obvious at this point that the filmmaker be run out of idea by this point . in my personal opinion and this time travel plot line feel like a major cop out . it a if the filmmaker have no previous experience with the franchise ( whether it be the movie and cartoon and or comic ) and and rather than pull from exist popular story arc and writer or director stuart gillard thought to himself and what would be a wacky adventure for these guy . duh . time travel . if i never see another comedy that rely on the tired fish out of water routine for the rest of my life and i will be a happy man . the bulk of the movie humor relies on the turtle be toss into 17th century japan and and five men from japan be introduce to modern time in exchange . why couldn not the filmmaker have go with something and i do not know . entertain . i would have much prefer to see the baxter stockman or mouser story arc bring to the big screen instead of the zaniness of ninja turtle try to ride horse . on a positive note and elias koteas return a casey jones and one of my favorite element from the first film . koteas be actually in a double role represent casey jones and whit and one of walker crew member in japan . koteas bring some humor to the movie and actually make some part of the movie enjoyable . paige turco return for a second run a april oneil and though she seem to be ham it up a bit more this time and come off a irritate more often than not . probably my big complaint on the film recasting be splinter voice while james murray replace kevin clash ( who have voice the character in both i and ii ) . rather than the voice of a japanese elder that we become accustom to and it now sound a if splinter be a guy with a bad case of laryngitis . it distract and a bit of a let down . the third film be a major disappointment for the ninja turtle franchise . it practically kill the series until kevin munroe revive it in 2007 with his cgi film . when it come to the ninja turtle and i wish filmmaker would give u less three stooge style slapstick and concentrate more on decent story and create great action sequence . and and please and no more time travel .