Power Rangers Film Review

Finished watching Power Rangers, directed by Dean Israelite and staring Dacre Montgomery, David Denman, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G, Bryan Cranston, Bill Hader and Elizabeth Banks. The film opens with high schooler Jason Scott (Dacre Montgomery) being taken to detention by is father (David Denman) after being caught by the police when a school prank went south. While in detention Jason meets students Kimberly (Naomi Scott) and Billy (RJ Cyler) who Jason quickly befriends when Billy promises to deal with the tracker on his leg. When Jason and Billy go to the local mine they are introduced to Zack (Ludi Lin) and Trini (Becky G) are joined by Kimberly as each of them take a power coin each after Billy finds the coins in a rock formation which leads to the group surprisingly waking up in the morning with super powers after getting into a severe car accident after trying to escape the mines patrol vehicles. Which causes more questions for the group which they hope to find when they return to the mine where they discover the space ship of the leader of the first Power Rangers, Zordon (Bryan Cranston) and his android Alpha 5 (Bill Hader). Overall this was a good film as it brings the classic version of the Power Rangers into modern day quite nicely with it focusing on the team dynamic while also giving an interesting side story to the film's villain Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks). There is a great amount of characters development and interactions between the main cast as each actor plays of one another extremely well while the characters are show to grow in terms of the amount the film reveals of each character and how the team become more trusting of each other as the film progress. The action set pieces are great as the fighting choreography feel very seamless against the CGI creations while the final is almost breathtaking to look at. 7/10.