Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, Zordon!
The “let’s make
everything darker” trend has made it’s way to Angel Grove and the Mighty
Morphin’ Power Rangers are now either dead, bad ass action heroes, or evil
cyborgs.
This absolutely insane short film is like Power Rangers on
crack. In 14 minutes, you’ll see enough sex, violence, and special effects to
fill out a Robert Rodriguez movie. (Apparently there's a NSFW version out there too.) But it looks more like a mash-up of Kill
Bill, Blade Runner, and Pacific Rim.
James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek, Don’t Trust the B in Apt.
23) stars as an evil Rocky, and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Riddick) plays Kim/the Pink Ranger. I didn’t think I could like these two actors any more
than I already do, but I was wrong.
Joseph Kahn (Detention) directed this “deboot fan film” with
Adi Shankar (Dredd) serving as producer. Kahn has stressed that it’s…
“…not a pilot, not a series, not for profit, strictly for exhibition. This is a bootleg experiment not affiliated or endorsed by Saban Entertainment or Lionsgate nor is it selling any product. I claim no rights to any of the characters (don't send me any money, not kickstarted, this film is free)."
A totally unrelated Power Rangers movie reboot is still in the works for July, 2016.
But how could it possibly top this?
PS: All of this Power Rangers talk has got me feeling nostalgic for the 90's. Here's the old Mighty Morphin' intro.
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