Viewers have a choice of watching the film in either 1.85:1 widescreen or cropped pan and scan. These are contained on separate sides of the disc, but neither version looks very good. In fact, these transfers are terrible. If you read DVD reviews and wonder what "film grain" is, this movie is practically the definition. Nearly all background details have been lost and darker scenes are hard to make out. Compression rears its ugly head a few moments as well, but it never takes over like the grain. The case itself claims this comes from a new high-definition transfer, but that's hardly believable. The only positives are some occasionally bright colors and very strong black levels. This movie looks ten years older than it really is. (*)

The newly revamped soundtrack, mixed into 5.1, is great. The soundtrack really gets things going in the LFE channel and echo effects when inside the sewer are outstanding. Stereo effects are superb, really doing a great job of using all three front speakers to match what's on screen. A few moments even send the turtles into the rear speakers, particularly a sequence with Donatello skateboarding in the sewer. (****)

Sparse on features, New Line really missed an opportunity here. Besides some trailers (oddly, this movies trailer plays automatically when the disc is put in), information on the turtles, and a really bad "Sewer Maze" game that hardly qualifies as entertainment, this disc is barren. A VHS documentary exists on the making of the film, so where is it? How about something on the phenomenon Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created? This is disappointing. (*)

If you never watched this movie because you thought it was for kids, you're missing out on a great film. It really has a little bit of everything and though it does cater to the target audience (it has to) a little bit, this is 90-minutes of pure cinematic fun. Don't feel embarrassed to grab this one at the video store.