Power Rangers Time Force - The End of Time [VHS]
The Power Rangers live-action flickThe End of Timerips off elements ofStar Wars(lifelike robots),Ultra Man(tentacled building-bashing monsters), andStar Trek(crazy interiors), but ultimately shares less with established sci-fi phenoms than with babe-in-the-bathtub photos: anybody who unearths this program after the initial screening won't believe how goofy and impressionable he or she once was. Not only must the space-suited teens fight a band of human-destroying mutants here, they also have to combat horrendous dialogue, insipid melodrama, negligible acting skills, and not-so special effects. The kicking/karate-chopping action (which comes through with the required grunts of indistinguishable agony and/or exertion) cancels out the syrupy subplots to some extent, but there's no getting around badness this blatant and unapologetic. If your 6- to 10-year-olds are the intuitive type, chances are they'll chuckEnd of Timeafter a viewing or two, before it can come back to embarrass them.--Tammy La Gorce