Power Rangers (2023)

Power Rangers ( also labeled as Saban's Power Rangers ) is a 2023 American superhero film based on the franchise made once famous by Saban Entertainment. The film is directed by Rian Johnson and written by James Gunn. It is the fourth Power Rangers film. And is a reboot. The film features an ensemble cast starring, Chris Evans, John Boyega, Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Tessa Thompson, Bryan Cranston, Bill Hader, and Angelina Jolie. The film was distributed by Paramount
The film premiered at The El Capitan Theater in California and was theatrically released on, January 12, 2023, in RealD 3D and IMAX theaters. Critics praised the performances, Direction, The rangers design along with their Zord's, Visual Effects, Action sequences, Emotional Weight, and Musical score by Bear McCreary, but criticized its plot, pacing, and the film's uneven tone. It is also a Box office success. grossing $751 million worldwide against a $377 million.
The film is intentioned to start a "Cinematic Rangerverse" with a sequel being developed at Paramount Pictures and slated for a 2025 release date.
== Synopsis ==
Taking place 21 years after the events of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. A group of intelligent, strong, and fearless humans. stumble upon a secret base, where they acquire superpowers and are dubbed the Power Rangers who must fulfill the prophecy told by Zordon to time travel to 3016 and assemble the next generation of power rangers to save the world from an old foe Zordon thought was gone for good.
== Cast ==
The Power Rangers
* Chris Evans as Micheal Scott, the Red Ranger and the leader of the Power Rangers. Jason was an Ex-Military soldier before failing another mission and getting booted off the team.
* Daisy Ridley as Jasmine Scott, the Pink Ranger and Micheal Scott's wife, Kimberly was once kidnapped by masked men in Iraq as a hostage for one of Micheal's Missions and when Jason failed the emission it wounded up costing them their baby which they were going to name May.
* John Boyega as Bobby Cranston, the Blue Ranger, Micheal's longtime childhood best friend, and fellow Military Soldier who was with Micheal when he failed his mission.
* Tessa Thompson as Trinity Kwan, the Yellow Ranger, one of many scientists at Zordon Research Corporation who continuously questions her beliefs, and her sexuality as a lesbian
* Tom Holland as Zachary Taylor, the Black Ranger, another scientist at Zordon Research Corporation. Desperately trying to find a cure to his little 12-year-old brother's cancer and fears that the only cure for him is death and wants to be noticed for something after living in the shadows for 15 years by curing cancer.
* Millie Bobby Brown as Abigal Frank, the soon to be new Red Ranger, is told by the prophecy that she must lead a group of guardians to continue what the Mighty Morphin Rangers started back in 1993.
Allies and Villians
* Bill Hader as the voice of Alpha 5, the robot assistant to Zordon.
* Bryan Cranston as Zordon, the power ranger's mentor and former Red Ranger, Zordon caused his entire team to get killed at the hands of Rita and is now the CEO of Zordon Research Corporation and is only shown on a Hologram.
* Angelina Jolie as Rita Repulsa, the former Green Ranger who went rogue and killed her old team before being subdued by Zordon, She works to form the monster Goldar while attempting to steal the Zeo Crystal, an artifact that channels the Dark Dimension, a dimension that gives the Power Rangers their powers and tries to stop them from completing the prophecy that Zordon foresees and to train her to fight against the rangers.
* Daniel Malik as Goldar, a gigantic winged monster made of gold.
Supporting
* Jacob Tremblay as Josh Scott, Micheal and Sherri's son.
* Amy Adams as Carol Kwan, Trinity Wife.
* August Maturo as Mack Taylor, Zacharhy's Little brother who is diagnosed with cancer.
* Walter Jones, Aisha Cambell, David Yost, Amy Jo Johnson, Austin St. John, and Jason David Frank Reprise their roles as the ghost of the mighty Morphin power rangers who volunteer to train the new rangers until they die.
* Erin Cahill also reprised her role as the pink Time force officer who is now a professor of the time force academy that Abigal Scott is Attending.
* Gabriel Bateman as David Frank, Abigal's Brother who is also in the prophecy that Zordon Sees as the Black Ranger.
* Marlon Kazadi as Najee Brim, One of Abigal's and David's friends who is also shown in the prophecy as the new Black Ranger.
* Beatrice Kitsos as Jessica Fong, Abigal's Closest Friend who is shown in the prophecy as the Pink Ranger.
* Scarlet Spencer as Annie Pirtle, The prophecy said she would fulfill the role of the yellow ranger and is the smartest kid in Timeforce Academy.
* And every other Power Ranger Television series actor Mighty Morphin - Beast Morphers will reprise their roles as the legacy rangers who come from their different dimensions to fight alongside these new power rangers.
== Release ==
Planned for a release on July 18, 2022, Paramount Pictures delayed it to January 12, 2023, to work on the Ranger's designs.
== Reception ==
Critical Response
Power Rangers (2023) received mostly positive reviews from audiences and critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% of Rotten Tomatoes, and an average rating of 7.9/10 on IMDB. The site's consensus reads "With perfectly inventive fight scenes, imaginative adult themes that connect to all, and effects that are groundbreaking on their own, Power Rangers is able to get a good kick-start to the Power Rangers Cinematic Universe." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 67 out of 100 based on 44 critics.
Box Office
Power Rangers (2023) grossed $411 million in the United States and Canada and $340 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $751 million, against a production budget of $377 million. Becoming the highest-grossing Power Rangers film and so far is the highest-grossing film of January 2023.
== Rating ==
Rated PG for "some action/peril and frightening images"