With cheesy costumes, cheap special effects, corny dialogue, amateur acting, and a simple plot, the Power Rangers took to the big screen with a mix of new cast members and some from the show. I don't recall much of the Power Ranger lore but I do remember highly enjoying this edition of the morphing teenagers and their strange villains. This story begins with the colorful gang jumping out of a plane leaving behind their bullies. The new leader Tommy (Jason David Frank) the White Ranger has a complicated history. From what I remember he was the Green Ranger for a bit and a bad guy, then he was good, and then he became the White Ranger. I recall this story arc capturing my imagination as a kid.Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson) was the Pink Ranger and had some romantic relations with whoever the leader was, at this point it is the White Ranger but I think there was something going on with the Red Ranger at some point but that might have been different than Rocky (Steve Cardenas). Billy (David Yost) is a returning member as the dorky Blue Ranger. Rounding out the team are the Aisha (Karan Ashley) the Yellow Ranger and Adam (Johnny Yong Bosch). They each have an animal power: the Red Tyrannosaurus Rex, Yellow Sabertooth Tiger, Black Mastodon, Pink Pterodactyl, Blue Triceratops, and the White Tiger. These are especially confusing as they get new animals when they travel to a far off land like Black Frogs, Yellow Bear, White Falcon, Pink Crane, the Blue Wolf, and Red Ape.Check out more of this review and others at swilliky.com

A giant egg is unearthed at a construction site and soon opened, releasing the terrible Ivan Ooze, who wreaks vengeance on Zordon for imprisoning him millennia ago. With Zordon dying and their powers lost, the Rangers head to a distant planet to find the mystic warrior Dulcea. When it comes to "Power Rangers" i can't name myself a geek to be honest sure i watched a lot of different versions with the characters and sure i owned a couple of Toys when i was younger but it's not exactly in the same league as Batman or Spider-Man right? Anyways let's get on the review of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" that came out on 1995 and it got some pretty low reviews here on IMDb and trust me i can see why, the movie suffered from a lot of cheesy lines, cheesy fight sequences and a lot of cheesy villains that were pretty annoying at times such as Ivan Ooze or Rita Repulsa but i did found enjoying the film as it went along and i felt a bit of Nostalgia to be honest plus a New Live Action Film is about to hit Theaters Next Month so i can't wait for that one to come out. Overall my point is that this film is not as bad as some people make it sound like and sure it's cheesy and has some pretty weak effects but it's a film about Teenagers that know martial arts and fight some purple old guy with mud all over his body so what did you expect? Plus there's some pretty cool references to other films as well such as "Jurassic Park" and "TMNT" and your kids will definitely like this movie so give it a check you might enjoy it and if you liked movies such as "Spawn" or "Batman Forever" you might even love it who knows it depends on your taste or your opinion. (B+)

When you think of the 1990s; the kid's television series 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' come across as one of the biggest pop culture phenomenon of that decade. It was so popular, that in 1995, a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie directed by Bryan Spicer was made. Much like the television season that followed the release, the film used concepts from the Japanese Super Sentai Series Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. The film is about, a group of teenagers turn superheroes fighting off evil monsters with robots. This time, they have to stop a terrible villain Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman) who wreaks vengeance on their mentor Zordon (Nicholas Bell) for imprisoning him years ago. With Zordon dying and their powers lost, the Rangers head to a distant planet to find the mystic warrior Dulcea (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick) and gain new powers to help them stop Ivan Ooze. The film stars the regular television cast of the TV Series, post-season 2, pre-season 3, made out of Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart (The Pink Ranger), David Yost as Billy Cranston (The Blue Ranger), Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (The Black Ranger), Karan Ashley as Alisa Campbell (The Yellow Ranger), Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (The Red Ranger), and Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (The White Ranger). A lot of things had change since the first season. First off, the original cast had an African actor as the Black Ranger and an Asian actress as the Yellow Ranger. Because of the controversy of their descent, respectively, they were recast with a black actress as the Yellow Ranger, and Asian actor as the Black Ranger. Another problem was that, Jason David Frank's character got way too popular as the season 1 villain, The Green Ranger. He got so popular that the producers face-turn him in Season 2 as the new leader of the Power Rangers as the White Ranger. This lead to the original actor that play the original leader, the Red Ranger, leaving due to having a smaller role. Still, the people of Angel Grove still lack logic here. I like, how nobody knows that these teenagers are the Power Rangers. They wear the same colors, everyday like their power suits, and seem really good at martial arts. The movie had such a dramatic departure in visual style from the TV series, it's almost like seeing a completely different product altogether. I like how the power suits look like armor, than stupid those cheesy spandex jumpsuits. Sadly, they don't wear it, much. Another change was the Zoids AKA the robots, they used. I was deeply disappointed that the original Zoids didn't have a bigger part in this film. I wish, they could had at less, had one battle or something in the beginning. The power is ON! ...Perhaps someone should shut that off. It's running up the electrical bill. Anybody hoping to see them in the big screen had to be disappointed. Sadly, they run out of both Gosei Sentai Dairanger & Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger footage to use for the show, so they wanted to introduce the Ninja Zoids as soon as possible in the film. Still, season 3 of the power rangers just ignored the events of the movie and just create its own storyline of how the power rangers got their new powers. So, this movie isn't canon to the show, at all. While the movie did get the big budget treatment, the CGI were awful. Even for 1990s standards. I like the new zoids, but the machines were so fake looking with the bad CGI. While the Zoids battles were just bad, the martial arts fight sequences in the film were pretty entertaining. I love each one of them. The fights, while a bit cartoony, and unrealistic with the wire works; did have some really good stunt work, cool flipping and funny one-liners puns. The best fight had to be them against the rock monsters. The fight choreography in the show is much more impressive that in this big budget movie. Granted, the show had some cheese, but nowhere near to the extent they used here. The supporting cast were hit and misses, too. I love how Ivan Ooze look and feel. What a memorable villain. Paul Freeman was great in this film. Still, hate that the original TV show villains were made into not-threaten jokes by this film. I hate the men in the bird like suits henchmen. Looks like something dated like from 1939's Wizard of Oz. While, a very short cameo, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick indeed was very sexy Amazonian type character. One character, I can care less is Fred Kelman (Jamie Croft) who was plainly added for Kid Appeal. Fred was treated as someone who had always been part of the cast, despite never being in the show. He had a very annoying sub-plot of trying to rescue the brain wash adults from Ivan Ooze control. I really felt, every scene with him, could had been cut. It's nice to see Bulk (Paul Schrier) & Skull (Jason Narvy) from the TV show again, play the comedy relief, but they weren't really needed. The movie pacing is awful bad. The movie really did try to catch the attention of X-Sports demographics with lots of pointless sequences of skydiving and inline skates stunts. Honestly, these sequence really slow down the movie. Without spoiling it, the ending is a pretty bad cop out. For those who possess the Great Power, all things are possible. Such BS! The soundtrack was so-so. Shampoo- We're in Trouble was simple just annoying one-repeatable lyrics, but catchy as hell. The main theme was alright for the most part. It did had some epic tones in it. Overall: This movie is so laughable now, but back then, it was a good time to be young. So it's hard to hate the kid movie too much. Great watch if you want a nostalgia trip.

A giant egg containing the creature – Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman) has appeared in Angel Grove. Lord Zedd (Mark Ginther/Robert Axelrod) and Rita Repulsa (Julia Cortez/Barbara Goodson) investigate and release the creature, whom Zordon (Nicholas Bell/Robert L. Manahan) had trapped inside the egg 6,000 years agoOnce released, Ooze vows to have his vengeance on Zordon. Ooze double- crossed Zedd and Rita by trapping them in a snow-globe and threaten Goldar (Kerry Casey/Kerrigan Mahan) and Mordant (Jean Paul Bell) to be his minions.He disguises himself as a carnival wizard and gives free jars of purple ooze to children. Fred Kelman (Jamie Croft) accepts a jar and brings it home.Later, his father finds the jar and inspects the ooze. Charges of purple electricity possessed him and place under the control of Ivan Ooze along with all the other parents in Angel Grove.When the Power Rangers are sent to fight Ooze's Ooze Men, the Command Center is left defenseless. Ooze destroys it, leaving Zordon near death and causing the Power Rangers lose their powers as a result.The Rangers' set on a new mission to search for new Ninjetti powers on Planet Phaedos. Tommy returns as the White Ranger as become more powerful than his previous Green.Ooze sends his Tengu Warriors after the Rangers. The Rangers' are assisted by Dulcea (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick), who bestows upon the Rangers new Ninja powers based on the six Ninja animals: the white Falcon, the red Ape, the yellow Bear, the blue Wolf, the pink Crane, and the black Frog.Dulcea guides the Rangers to find the Ninjetti Temple to find the Great Power on their own, as she will age rapidly if she takes one step off the plateau. On their way, they must battle a living dinosaur skeleton and at the temple, battle four living statues. When the statues are destroyed, the Great Power is bestowed upon them and they morph into the Power Rangers again.The Rangers return to Earth to find Earth is great danger under attack by Ooze's Ectomorphicon Titans and call upon their new Ninjazords to battle the Titans. They destroy Scorpitron, and then form Megazord to battle Hornitor.During this time, the children of Angel Grove realize that Ooze plans to kill their parents. Fred leads them to the construction site where Ooze directed the adults to fall into a massive hole, and the children form a defensive line to try and stop their parents.When Ooze fuses with Hornitor, the Rangers form the Ninja Falcon Megazord to try and destroy him and releasing the parents of Angel Grove from Ooze's spell.The Rangers returns to the Command Center but Zordon has died. Tommy reminds the Rangers that with the Great Power, anything is possible. With their powers, the Rangers revive Zordon and restore the Command Center.