Synopsis
Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers.
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Cast
- Dacre MontgomeryJason Lee Scott / The Red Ranger
- RJ CylerBilly Cranston / The Blue Ranger
- Ludi LinZack Taylor / The Black Ranger
- Naomi ScottKimberly Hart / The Pink Ranger
- Becky GTrini / The Yellow Ranger
- Bryan CranstonZordon
- Bill HaderAlpha 5 (voice)
- Elizabeth BanksRita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
- Fred TatascioreGoldar / Putties (voice)
- David DenmanSam Scott / Jason's Father
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Israelite, building on his experience with teen sci-fi feature Project Almanac, orchestrates a vastly more complex array of characters, action set pieces and technical resources for a combined effect that maintains dramatic tension even while teetering on the brink of excess. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Most movies like Power Rangers get the first-half Y.A. character stuff wrong and the second-half smashy-smashy action stuff right. This one does just the reverse. - 66
TheWrap
Power Rangers is baloney through and through, but as baloney goes, it’s better than you might expect. It packs enough zing to make you forgive the origin-story clichés. And the predictable save-the-world stuff. And the insanely ubiquitous product placement. - 50
Variety
We’re now so awash in superhero culture that kids no longer need the safe, lame, pandering junior-league version of it. They can just watch “Ant-Man” or the PG-13 “Suicide Squad.” Safe, lame, and pandering have all grown up. - 50
USA Today
The last half hour is filled with cheeseball visual effects, B-movie monsters and Banks — by far the most enjoyable aspect — hamming it up the best she can. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
There’s an admirable commitment to absurdity, yet it belies the thoughtful coming-of-age journey for the five teens up until they hit “morphin time.” - 42
IndieWire
For all of its surprising relevance, Power Rangers feels hopelessly lost in time. There is an audience for this movie, but this movie has no idea who that audience might be. - 40
The Guardian
The film achieves a functioning mediocrity we perhaps might have thought beyond this franchise, offering a modicum of diversion in return for the cash disappeared from your wallet.
