Soundtrack
While the main score is regrettably forgettable, at least the movie has a couple good tracks along the way
Well Acted
The five actors playing the rangers are clearly giving it their all
Super Hero Story
Hey look Fant4stick, Power Rangers did you better (add that to a ever growing list)
Crowd Pleaser
Look at that beautiful A on Cinemascore
Rotten Tomatoes 47% Cinemascore: A
So surprise surprise, Power Rangers is actually kind fun. It's by no means a great movie, its bearably a good one, but it is an enjoyable ride and its main cast of rangers are all likable in their own way (maybe with the exception of Jason but 4/5 is still an 80%). To say I was actually excited when the rangers put on the suit for the fist time is the highest praise I can give to this movie, I never liked the power rangers and selling from the beginning was going to be an up hill battle. That being said, with any movie my goal is to be as objective as possible, I check my expectation at the door and try to have as much fun as possible. My verdict: while Power Rangers stumbles around scene to scene, the movie and its stars have enough charm and and confidence to carry its ridiculous premise and sell itself as an honest fun time.
The premise of Power Rangers is pure and simple, uniting five teenage "outcast" into becoming the titular rangers and stoping Rita Repulsa from destroying the world. As super hero origin stories go, this is pretty cut and place, but it's not about the template its about the execution. Power Rangers walks the line from grit to campy, grounding Angel grove as a midland mining town (while simultaneously a fishing port??) while not being afraid to portray Zordon (Cranston) as a giant head. Most of the films action highlights come late but they're more than worth the wait.
Power Rangers strength is behind its five main characters. Jason (Montgomery), the red ranger and the teams leader, is a jock with the perpetually for getting into trouble. Kimberly (Scott), the pink ranger, is trouble teen dealing with high school drama. The blue ranger is on the spectrum, the yellow ranger is gay, the cliches go on and on but each actor portrays their character with confidence and charisma making each ranger ooze with personality on screen.
There no arguing here whether Power Rangers is a great movie or not, its passable, but its a fun passable that succeeds in all the areas it needs to. If you were a fan of the series, you will like Power Rangers. If you didn't care for the series, like me, but are a fan of fun, I'll be it flawed, movies, then there might be something here to sink your teeth into.
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