Power Rangers-Kids’ Movie Review

At times teenagers have a lot of stress in their lives with relationships, school, sports and peer pressure.  Though it’s nothing compared to the pressure that the five teens from a small town of Angel Grove have. These teens are ordinary high school students dealing with day to day life.  However, things get really difficult for the teens when the world is threatened by an alien attack led by villain Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks). Now these five ordinary teenagers are chosen to band together as the Power Rangers, and are sent on a dangerous mission to save the world. Power Rangers is based on the popular ’90s  TV show.

Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: June 27, 2017
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 12+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? Yes

Talking Points:

• The film highlights the importance of teamwork.
• Power Rangers might appeal to young elementary-aged kids, though its more appropriate for middle-school aged kids and up.
• This film has more violence, language and mature themes unlike the TV show.

Sexual Content: Moderate

• A female character strips down to her underwear and jumps off a cliff.
• One of the female Power Rangers discusses with a friend that she might be gay.
• The female villain shows up in Trini’s (a female Power Ranger) bedroom and seductively strokes her face and neck.
• There’s talk of masturbation.
• There are references that someone digitally shared a student’s inappropriate photo.

Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

• Characters are attacked, buildings are destroyed and blown up.
• Rita, the villain, drowns someone.
• Rita gathers the gold teeth that she’s removed from several victims’ mouths.
• The teen Power Rangers have scary visions
• where they see a street full of people all incinerated and turned into ash.
• Several characters are hit and killed by an asteroid.
• A train hits a van full of people; we see the van tumbling.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

• We hear “sh-t,” “a–, “h—, and “b–ch.” A character starts to say, “m—–f—,”  but then stops himself.

Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

• The Rangers spend the night around a campfire, and it looks as though they’re drinking beer.

Will Kids Like It?  Yes

Overall this is a fun and entertaining film. Having said that parents need to be aware of the violence and sexual content.

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