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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 7697
Released: September 2, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Power up with six incredible teens who out-maneuver and defeat evil everywhere as the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, But this time the Power Rangers may have met their match, when they face off with the most sinister monster the galaxy has ever seen.
Description of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie:
They skydive, they kickbox, they travel through space. Is there anything these crayon-colored teens can't do? The answer seems a resounding "no," until some construction workers unwittingly open a manhole cover and loose Ivan Ooze upon Angel Grove. Although incarcerated in his egglike tomb for 6,000 years, Ooze gets right to work at that world domination thing. First up: Strip those eager teens of their morphin uniforms and associated powers and send their leader Zordon to his crystalline deathbed. There's nothing to do but head for a distant planet to meet up with a bikini-clad warrior babe who imparts ancient wisdom and power. Meanwhile, Ooze has been turning parents into zombies who craft giant metallic insects--all the better to take over the world with. This 90-minute film features some cast changes from the Fox television series, as well as better special effects and extended fight scenes, which account for the PG rating. Parents must weigh in for themselves on the famous violent-influence-or-not question. Although, like anything else, what seemed violent in 1995 may seem a bit tame today. Ages 5 and up. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie Reviews:
Cheesy Fun 
2009-08-24 - My sons like the action scenes. The names and scenarios are a bit cheesy/corny, but it's a fun flick for the kids.
Ahhh, the Power Rangers have seen better days 
2009-07-12 - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a strange creature. I guess you could call it an "alternate universe" Power Rangers story. Yes, the movie does share similar story points to the end of Season 2 and beginning of Season 3 of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series, where a new villain arrives, destroys the Rangers' powers, and the powerless Rangers must embark on a journey to find a new power source in order to defeat the new threat.
However, this movie is completely independent of the canon of the television series that spawned it because the events of the movie, particularly its main antagonist Ivan Ooze, are never mentioned or referenced in the TV series. I guess the filmmakers' intent was to make a movie that didn't require the audience to know about the television series.
The acting isn't much different from the television series, since most of the main actors from the show reprise their roles here. The new villain, Ivan Ooze, comes off more like Grampa Munster, devious but in an almost innocuous way. And oddly enough, for a guy who has been trapped in a giant egg for 6,000 years, he can still make Brady Bunch references. I guess he managed to get a cable signal in that egg somehow.
The movie does have a shinier, glossier look and feel to it expected of a movie with a bigger budget. The monsters and villains from the television show have received a noticeable makeover, and the Power Rangers' costumes themselves have also received a redesign, replacing the spandex with sleek suits of armor. Even the soundtrack gets an upgrade by composer Graeme Revell and utilizes source music from Van Halen and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The Power Rangers' Zords and their monster foes in the television show were simply men in costumes stomping through miniature city sets made of cardboard a la Godzilla; this footage was taken directly from the Super Sentai series from Japan that gave birth to the Power Rangers franchise in America. But in this movie, the Zords and Ivan Ooze's giant insect robots are obviously products of computer-generated effects, though the CG work here is circa 1995 and nowhere near as good as the most recent "giant fighting robots" movies like Transformers.
In all, this is a basic "good vs. evil" kid's movie with lots of shiny things for your kids to enjoy, but don't expect something deeper.
Nostalgic Memories of My Childhood 
2009-04-24 - It seems like yesterday that my family and I went to see the big screen adaptation of MMPR. I even remember owning all of the promotional McDonald's toys and owning the toy of the Ninja Megazord (the TV version). But anyway, in this action-packed film (with an actual budget and no Super Sentai footage to be found) Rita and Zedd release intergalactic super-villain Ivan Ooze (played by Paul Freeman of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). Can the Rangers beat this new and dangerous threat? Well I don't like spoiling movies so you'll just have to watch it. It was great to see the same actors (minus the original Red, Black and Yellow Rangers) And it was just amazing to have a villain of great power who got rid of the two most popular Ranger villains in the first act of the film. While I love the movie, I just have a few problems, first: Ooze should've created a monster with Rita and Zedd (that's what they were known for creating/growing monsters) to attack the Rangers. They could've used the Thunderzords but have them destroyed in the process of the battle, along with their powers. This take was adapted into the season three 4-part opener "Ninja Quest" of the series, which has no continuity with this film as in the series, their powers come from Ninjor, not Dulcea as shown in the film. Second: for a quest to obtain the Great Power, it was pretty short. They get the ninja suits, go through a forest and fight a skeleton dinosaur and BOOM! They're at the temple! Third: where the heck are Baboo, Squatt and Finster? They get replaced and get no mention. Mordant is treated as if he's always been there since day one. And fourth: I hate the kid. I know this was a kids movie and they wanted someone for the kids to identify with but I have never been a real fan of kid actors in film (except the original Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Temple of Doom and Blues Brothers 2000 [but that took many viewings for me to even tolerate Buster.]) And how the heck does a kid his age know how to operate a monorail and a crane? Despite those few minor problems, I have no problem with this movie. Its pure entertainment that will keep the kids occupied for an hour and a half.
Reminded me of watching it as a kid!
2009-04-09 - If you grew up on watching the original power rangers, this is a good way to take a trip down memory lane and relive the fun. This movie shows the original power rangers turn into the ninja rangers. As long as you keep in mind that this movie was aimed for us as kids, you won't be disappointed! May be fun to intoduce to a new generation of ranger watchers.
It's Morphin' Time!
2009-02-09 - I couldn't find this dvd anywhere else! Thanks so much for helping me re-live my childhood!
