NotAnotherMovieCritic

Back when the original Power Rangers was on television I was glued to the TV and was entranced by the entire show. Of course as I have grown much older and going back to visit the original Power Rangers has sort of the opposite effect. I knew it was cheesy and fun as a kid, but as an adult I cringe but have fond memories.

When I heard they were rebooting Power Rangers I wasn't really nervous about it. I figured it would be a cheesy fun reboot, instead what I got was nostalgia at its best. They took what was kind of a goofy premise into something really big, giving it a much better story line and in a lot of ways made it way more adult than it used to be. The characters have depth, but a few of them lack the things that makes me care. I liked what the did to Rita Repulsa, Elizabeth Banks was a lot better than I could have imagined. Bryan Cranston did an excellent job as Zordon. Alpha 5 was a bit of disappointment, but not as bad as I thought it would be.

The one thing that had me cringe, yet smile about was the brief moment when the original Power Rangers theme played. Of course and for those of us 90s kids, if you look closely you can catch the original Pink Ranger and Green Ranger briefly, I had to rewind it just to enjoy it again.

All in all this film was pretty good and I look forward to any more of the new Power Rangers.

I was a huge fan of the original film and have just bought the Wishmaster Collection on Blu-Ray and just getting to watch all the sequels for the first time. I did not care for Wishmaster 2, even though it has a much higher rating than this one.

However, this film in question was actually quite a shock for me. I didn't expect to like it all, but I did interestingly. Unfortunately, Andrew Divoff does not return as the Djinn, and his replacement John Novak does not hold a candle to him, but still surprisingly does a pretty good job in my eyes. It is very interesting to see Jason Connery, Sean Connery's son, in such a movie and he too does very well.

The story gets a little different than the previous films, but I think that was a good thing. I mean how many more iterations can you do until you're just repeating. I quite enjoyed the new twist on the series, it really livens things up. It does kind of resemble a teen horror film, like Scream and Urban Legends, but since I am a fan of those films and genre's I think that was what made this film likeable for me.

I am a huge fan of B-Horror movies and can appreciate the corniness, unlike I lot of other people out there. I do recommend this film to anyone who loves these types of films and I know I will be re-visiting it in the near future.