“Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie” is unfortunately only running on cutesy action scenes. There is no well-developed storyline or coherent characters so sadly, it’s a bland run-of-the-mill kids’ movie.
In this movie, teenagers Tommy (Jason David Frank), Adam, Billy, Kimberly, Aisha and Rocky find themselves losing their special Power Ranger powers when their master Zordon (Nicholas Bell “Shine”) is injured by an evil alien mastermind, named Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman “Double Team”). The menace tries to conquer Earth after being released by other villains. Therefore, it seems it’s up to the six teens to stop him so they travel across the galaxy seeking a cure for their master and a way to beat the evil Ivan Ooze before it’s too late.
The people who play the Power Rangers are hilarious as they spout unbelievably pathetic and just generally dumb dialog. Even worse is when they can’t deliver their own lines properly making you chuckle a lot. The villain is also pretty funny too for a villain. I know this is a kids’ movie but really you should be intimidated by a villain and this guy is just ridiculous. Most Disney villains at least send a shiver down your spine out of disgust of their evil but in this case, you’ll get a shiver out of how disgustingly stupid the character is.
“Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie” could have tried to reach a young and possibly older audience by giving us an interesting plot but sadly the only positive element is its action scenes. The film isn’t as horrible as it could have been but you’ll just wonder why they didn’t try and do more with this because I saw some real missed opportunities that could have turned this laughable mixture of great action but nothing else into a fun and enjoyable kids’ adventure film with some decent action.