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Back in the 90s kids gathered around their Tvs with excitement. They tuned in to watch a show with teenagers who were also superheroes used kung fu to fight against monsters. When the monster grew huge they formed a super mecha and saved the day. They were clean cut who spread positive messages to viewers as well as warning them to stay away from drugs. This was Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers and it was a merchandising hit for Sabian. It also spawned many spin offs as well as a few movies. Like the dinosaurs however the show vanished into the past remembered fondly by the children of the 90s.

 

Power Rangers takes a far step away from the original show.  Gone is the clean cut teenagers going out doing things like mountain biking, skydiving or surfing. In this case these Rangers are truly teenagers with attitude. The movie opens with a prologue starting in the Cenozoic Era. Zordon (Bryan Cranston), the Red Ranger sacrifices himself to stop Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks) the Green Ranger, who went rogue, from taking the Zeo crystal the source of all life on Earth.

 

Fast forward to modern day we meet Jason (Dacre Montgomery) Angel Grove’s star quarterback and deemed Golden Boy who destroys his future in a prank gone wrong. He winds up in detention for the rest of the year and under house arrest. He meets Billy Cranston (RJ Cyler) a teen who has a passion for scavenging, technology and is on the spectrum who convinces Jason to take him to a mountain where Billy and his father used to search for riches. At this point we also meet Kimberly (Naomi Scott) the cheerleader who has fallen from grace with her friends and is in detention for punching a boy.

 

At the mountain we get to meet Trini(Becky G) and Zack (Ludi Lin) who complete the Power Rangers team. They find five coins in the mountain which gift them with super strength, speed and stamina. They find an alien ship where they meet Alpha 5 (Bill Hader) who introduces the group to Zordon and their purpose as Power Rangers.

 

We follow the group as they struggle to learn how to fight and the most important part in order to defeat Rita the ability to morph. They are given eleven days before Rita will be able to summon her monster Goldar and take the crystal ending all life.

 

The Power Rangers have been seamlessly modernized for today’s children. Gone is the clean cut, do good teenagers they have been replaced with real teenagers with real attitude, and very real issues many teens face in this day in age. The monsters got a welcome overhaul along with the Power Rangers’ armor and zoids. The movie also promotes the themes of caring for others, friendship, love and unconditional acceptance. It gives a much needed backstory and detail to characters and their zoids.  

 

There were some parts of the movie that seemed to be over the top for example Jason’s father (David Denman) is the stereotypical working man who is angered that his son lost his free ride to college. He comes off at times as the father who was an all star football player who somehow lost his chance to go pro so he pushes his dream upon his son. His scenes feel like he is not given any motivation or direction he is just there to yell or grumble some lines then he is done.

 

If you’re not a fan of swearing in movies this is definitely not a movie to bring the little ones to. If you were a fan of the original the movie perfectly timed moments to honor the original series. It is worth the price of a matinee ticket. Be sure to stay after the credits for a special scene.

 

With Power Rangers premiering against other movies such as Life. As well as going against films still in theaters like Logan and Beauty and the BeastPower Rangers may not gross enough box office to earn a sequel.

Rating 9/10

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