Look, I know you still think the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is the best TMNT film ever, and I'm not disagreeing ...

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," returning to theaters Friday, was the ideal live-action iteration with Jim Henson creature suits and real martial arts.

Ninja Action at its Best The Octagon is an early ‘80s classic filled with edge-of-your-seat thrills, globe-trotting intrigue, and some of the most stunning martial arts sequences committed to film.

The turtles, who are skilled in martial arts, team up with their mutant rat sensei Splinter and their new friend, reporter ...

The mid-1980s were an odd time for martial arts cinema, which was declining in Hong Kong but thriving in the U.S.