I like Casey Jones, he's one of my favorite TMNT characters, and when I heard about this fan-film, I was excited to watch. But I am not gonna lie, I was a little disappointed. Now, the first two thirds of the film were great, but by the climax, the film completely falls apart.
Okay, first I will praise the film, and explain it's merrits. First thing, for a fan-film, it's looks quite nice. Using its low budget to create a dirty and grimmy ascetic, really pulling you into this world.
And the action, as well as stunt-work, is excellently put together (for a fan-film). Using all practical effects.
Along with that, Casey is a surprisingly well written character, someone who claims to fight for justice, but hurts criminals to please his rage. The performance is also great. Along with that, even though she's barely in the film, Casey's mother is also well written, clearly the logical side in Casey's life, a person he constantly ignores. The writing all around was stellar...until the end.
Speaking of that, (spoilers) but the movie ended with Casey running into Michaelangelo of the Turtles. He told Casey about how he shouldn't hurt criminals, in an alright fight. But then the footclan, and he told Casey to knock himself out. They fought them, ran into Krang (for some reason), Casey almost died. Mikey took to the sewers (which looked amazing by the way, great set), and it ended with some thieves taking a pizza, and Casey beating them up.
The Fiotclan came out of nowhere, and never came back into the film. Casey took a backseat, and the film forgot about Casey's arc, and he's exactly the same as he was before. Running into the Turtles changed nothing, and the film was just being too ambitious. Sometimes less is more. And creativity doesn't come with making things big, sometimes it can be small. And fan-films (I'm sorry to say), shouldn't be bombastic.
Either way, I still enjoyed this film. It was a unique little fan-film, with lots of passion put into it. The characters are still compelling, the writing mostly works, and the visuals are impressive. Overall, I recommend it, even with it's problems.
Okay, first I will praise the film, and explain it's merrits. First thing, for a fan-film, it's looks quite nice. Using its low budget to create a dirty and grimmy ascetic, really pulling you into this world.
And the action, as well as stunt-work, is excellently put together (for a fan-film). Using all practical effects.
Along with that, Casey is a surprisingly well written character, someone who claims to fight for justice, but hurts criminals to please his rage. The performance is also great. Along with that, even though she's barely in the film, Casey's mother is also well written, clearly the logical side in Casey's life, a person he constantly ignores. The writing all around was stellar...until the end.
Speaking of that, (spoilers) but the movie ended with Casey running into Michaelangelo of the Turtles. He told Casey about how he shouldn't hurt criminals, in an alright fight. But then the footclan, and he told Casey to knock himself out. They fought them, ran into Krang (for some reason), Casey almost died. Mikey took to the sewers (which looked amazing by the way, great set), and it ended with some thieves taking a pizza, and Casey beating them up.
The Fiotclan came out of nowhere, and never came back into the film. Casey took a backseat, and the film forgot about Casey's arc, and he's exactly the same as he was before. Running into the Turtles changed nothing, and the film was just being too ambitious. Sometimes less is more. And creativity doesn't come with making things big, sometimes it can be small. And fan-films (I'm sorry to say), shouldn't be bombastic.
Either way, I still enjoyed this film. It was a unique little fan-film, with lots of passion put into it. The characters are still compelling, the writing mostly works, and the visuals are impressive. Overall, I recommend it, even with it's problems.