Casey Jones

Plot synopsis:
At the hockey rink, Casey's coach berates him again for body checking another player. His cousin, Sid then calls him a benchwarmer, causing Casey to hit him in the face with his hockey stick out of anger. The coach then kicks Casey off of the team. On his way home, Casey tosses all of his hockey stuff, except for his stick, away and then spots a boy spray-painting graffiti on his building. Casey chases the boy away and then heads to his house and asks his mom if he can stay with her for a while. When she accepts, Casey tries to fix the sink, but he ends up breaking it, causing it to rain in the kitchen.
That night, while cleaning the graffiti off of his building, the graffiti boy and his gang, The Purple Dragons, arrive and brutally beat him. Casey then crawls back into his house and falls asleep on the kitchen floor after he puts the tooth they knocked out back into his head. When he wakes up, his mom berates him for constantly getting into trouble. Casey tells her he got jumped, causing her to say that she's decided to sell the building and head back to Northampton. Casey promises to fix everything.
Over the next week, Casey starts training by lifting weights, jogging, hitting a punching bag, and smashing stuff at the local dump with his hockey stick while April O'Neil does a news report on the Lower East Side, a part of the city ruled by the Purple Dragons and other street gangs. After he finishes training, Casey makes himself a new hockey mask. That night, when Casey spots the Purple Dragons mugging a woman, he viciously attacks them until all of them except one are knocked unconscious. He beats the last one unconscious with a golf club and heads out into the city, where he spots two thugs breaking into a car. He swoops down and beats one of the thugs unconscious and then breaks the other's legs, but before he can finish him off, a man in a trench coat takes his bat. Casey takes out another weapon to finish the goon off when the coated man stops him again. Casey attacks the interloper, who is revealed to be a mutant turtle named Michelangelo. The two then fight, with Michelangelo gaining the upper hand. Michelangelo then lectures him for brutally beating thugs to death.
Mikey then tries to leave, when he's suddenly attacked by the Foot Clan. Casey and Mikey then team up to fight the ninjas, but when one of them scratches his mask, Casey takes out a sledgehammer and uses it to defeat the rest of the ninjas. Casey starts beating the last ninja standing when his mask comes off, revealing him to be Sid. Casey reveals himself to Sid, who tells him that they're only after Mikey, but Casey refuses to leave Mikey behind. Suddenly, Krang and more Foot ninjas arrive and surround Mikey and Casey. Sid then knocks Casey unconscious with Casey's own cricket bat. Mikey knocks Sid out and fights Krang and the ninjas off. Mikey takes Casey back to his lair in the sewers, where he's introduced to Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello. April reports about Casey saving the woman.
Some time later, some goons steal a pizza from a pizza delivery boy and take it to an alley. One of the goons suggests they move somewhere else because he's scared of running into Casey Jones, but another goon assures him that Casey is just a myth. Casey shows up in some new armor and knocks the goons unconscious. Casey notices the strange toppings on the pizza and takes it back to the sewer lair where he gives it to the turtles. Casey assures the turtles that he went easy on the thugs.

Tags: violence

Review:
As a child of the late 80's/ early 90's I grew up watching the ninja turtles cartoon every week and became obsessed.
As I'm sure with most people I couldn't get enough.
Got the video game, action figures and of course the live action movies.
If you really like the movies and like the darker take of the comics then this short is an amazing complement to it.
It adds so much o the turtles mythos.
Just a chance to see Casey jones get pushed over the edge and take back his neighborhood back by force is amazing!
It really reminded me of an old school revenge movie, but in the turtles universe.
The other great thing is you also see a few people from the t.m.n.t. universe make cameos.Really wish this was the direction they were going instead of the Michael Bay crap that is coming out.
Kudos to all involved.
I saw this movie for free online on the official website and had to own it and proudly put it in my collection..
Casey Jones: The Psycopath.
I typically stay away from shorts from unknown directors, but being a long time TMNT fan I decided to give this one a shot.
Let me first start off by saying that it's obviously low budget, but this doesn't mean it's low in quality.
The acting (sans Michelangelo) is forced and bad, though the lead tends to do a much better job when he puts the mask on.
The script was dry and didn't have much substance to it.
However, the director was able to convey a bit of a darker side to Casey Jones.The fight scenes weren't bad, though Casey is most certainly violent.
There are a couple of scenes I found myself no longer rooting for him and instead seeing a vigilante that was really no better than the people he was protecting society from.
I'd check it out if you have 30 minutes, I think with a bigger budget and better actors, this director could go far with this idea..
Amazing.
The moment I heard there was a Casey Jones fan film, I rushed to find it.
The website itself is an eye-catcher, designed to totally give a gritty feel.
And the film, what can I say.
I was in awe at every moment.
I feel like the makers took the characters from the comics and movies I grew up loving and brought them to life in the best way possible!
Once Jones is an established character, you almost feel bad for the villains he's going to run into.
The actors brought such personality to the characters, and totally embody everything you know and love about them.
I could spend hours filling this up with flattering comments.
I'll just say that if you're a fan of the characters, and feel like you've been let down by some of the other adaptations, then this is the one for you.
It makes a fanboy feel proud that work like this can exist.
They got a fan out of me, and will out of you too when you watch it.
I'll even say this is one of the best fan films I've ever seen.
Simply incredible.
And very kick ass!
I very much hope to see more from these guys in the future!.
4 thumbs up what that movies dope wish it was longer.
this movie was good it reminds me of the black and white comics before the cartoon dark gritty i think the actor playing casey jones capture who casey joens was perfectly i really hope the director and the cast get credit for doing a great job wow lol i though it was right on point i like the color the acting the fighting the cameos it looked like the director knew his tmnt good job!!!!
make another one I don't want to spoil it but this is a greatfan made movie i wouldn't have called it that till i saw online fan made regardless its great.
Adds Nothing to the Story or Character of Casey Jones.
This was lame.
It was almost a shot for shot remake of the original TMNT.It adds nothing to the story or character of Casey Jones.
The only difference is that he is allowed to be more violent.
The scenes are all the same as seen in the movie, even most of the lines are repeated word for word.It's a low-budget do over that's even cheesier than original film.They tried to give a more realistic view of a violent vigilante, but all they did was add a bit more blood.
They added nothing to the character and nothing to the story..
Proving That Fans Can Put Hollywood to Shame.
Criminals of the lower east side, your days are numbered.
If fan films can provide an audience with this much quality, then Hollywood should consider its days equally numbered.
Blending both the gritty traditional style of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book with the more playful 1980s animated series, this short fan film finds a fitting medium to tell Casey's origin.
Not unlike The Punisher (or even the original comics versions of the Turtles themselves), Casey is a man without mercy in a place where the law has turned its back.
The 1980s animated series made him a farcical Clint Eastwood.
The original live movies branded him a neutered Turtle sidekick.
The 2003 animated series gave him more edge but still held back.
Here, Casey is completely unbridled as the anti-hero he was meant to be.
He will make you cheer, but he won't shy away from making you cringe as well.
This short film is loaded with action and pays perhaps the most honorable tribute to the Turtles.
It isn't a Turtles story for your kids, but it is the perfect treat for any adult who grew up in the late 80s when the Turtles were at the height of popular culture.
The return of Robbie Rist, the original live action voice of Michelangelo, is a rare treat for a fan film.
The darker tone of the film makes Michelangelo a better fit than Raphael as Casey's first Turtle encounter, and their exchange reminds me of a classic Drunken Master teaching session.Superbly edited, exceptionally performed, and visually realistic, this is by far one of the most well-made fan films I have seen, second only perhaps to Batman: Dead End. Casey Jones looks like a big-budget feature without being one, and it delivers more in 35 minutes than most feature films today can muster in 2 and 1/2 hours.
If you are a fan of the Turtles...
If you are a fan of the Turtles...
or even a non-fan looking for a little action...
then by all means give this film a look if you have the chance..
casey jones uncensored.
this is an epic short movie, hilarion banks has brought to the screen an edgy true to life brutal casey jones.
I stumbled onto this movie by mistake but i tell you it was a happy accident because it blew me away!!!!
Hollywood should be ashamed because they don't bring out movies this good any more but i do hear that saw 17 is coming out originality anyone???
if you haven't seen this movie see it and if you have watch it again thank you polaris and hilarion banks for capturing the essence of a great casey jones.
and for turtles fans you might even see a turtle or two!!!!!thank you for casey jones!!!!!.
The new vigilante in town.
"Casey Jones" is an American 35-minute live action short film from 2011, so this one is already over 5 years old and it is among the most known career efforts by writer and director Polaris Banks.
His brother Hilarion plays the title character, a young man whose bloody encounter with a group of sprayer punks turns him (after recovery) into a vigilante fighting crimes on the streets at night.
So there is almost a bit of a Batman reference here.
But actually, the short plays in the universe of other really famous animal-related characters and it was a bit surprising to realize that way after halfway into the movie.
But it was all done good.
the visual side is convincing and all the characters, especially the non-humans ones look pretty good.
And story-wise, it was also a fairly good watch.
the film breathes new life into old successful formulas.
I liked it and there is certainly some cult potential to this one.
It's the level you want to achieve when you make a fan film really.
And you don't even need famous big name actors if your creative approach is a success in most other fields like this one here.
I thought it was an entertaining little film, even with over half a million clicks on Youtube still very much underseen and also underappreciated I guess.
There were moments when i was actually close to giving this one a 4 out of 5 really.
It is inspired, creative and fun to watch dellivering on both the comedic and dramatic front.
Make this one a little more known and go see it.
i give it a thumbs-up without hesitation.
Very much worth watching.
Shame they never followed up on it really with the ending looking in a way as if there was more to come.
But who knows maybe there will be more.
For a man in his mid-20s, this is certainly an achievement that even many film greats only could have dreamt of when they were that age.
Makes me curious about what Banks (also a voice actor in here by the way) has in story for us the coming years.
until then, watch this one here.
You won't regret it unless you really dislike the genre..
so the pizza guy....
if you'd like a review.
i thought the movie was decent for a low budget short.
however i think the violent portrayal of casey jones went a bit past comical into deranged.
and i just watched hostel 3.i know this meeting was already done in a turtles movie.
but this shows just a little bit more of how crazy casey jones can be.also..
the pizza delivery was from 'ninja pizza' i think a spoof on ninja burger.
an online hamburger delivery service provided by ninja.if that is the case, i think the director deserves some credit for tossing that in there."Guaranteed delivery in 30 minutes or less, or we commit Seppuku!"classic.