Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

Directors:

Shuki Levy
David Winning

Writers:

Shuki Levy (writer) &
Shell Danielson (writer)

Release Date:

28 March 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Thriller

Tagline:

Shift Into Turbo!

Plot:

The legendary Power Rangers must stop the evil space pirate Divatox from releasing the powerful Maligore...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Sequel | Superhero | Television | Kids And Family

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jon Simanton	...	Lerigot
Kai Doi	...	Warrior #1
Greg Collins	...	Warrior #2
Steve Cardenas	...	Rocky DeSantos
Jason David Frank	...	Tommy Oliver / The Red Ranger
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Adam Park / The Green Ranger
Scott Fisher	...	Coach Daniels
Catherine Sutherland	...	Katherine Hillard / The Pink Ranger
Nakia Burrise	...	Tanya Sloan (Yellow Ranger)
Blake Foster	...	Justin Stewart (Blue Ranger)
Hilary Shepard	...	Divatox (as Hilary Shepard Turner)
Danny Wayne	...	Elgar (as Danny Wayne Stallcup)
Edwin Neal	...	Rygog / Lord Zedd
Donene Kistler	...	Alpha 5
Winston Richard	...	Zordon

Also Known As:

Power Rangers II (USA) (working title)
Power Rangers Turbo: Race to the Volcano (USA) (working title)
Power Rangers the Movie 2 (USA) (working title)
Turbo: A Power Rangers Adventure (USA) (pre-release title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for non-stop fantasy action violence.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:LH | Finland:S | Malaysia:U | Germany:6 | Mexico:A | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Spain:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Saban Entertainment

Trivia:

This marks the final appearance of Ernie as Richard Genelle leaves the series. However, his character Ernie will not depart until the 'Power Rangers Turbo' TV series when Lt. Stone mentions he has left the Juice Bar.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson) tries to escape from Divatox's bilge, the left side of her tank top gets caught on a bolt until Jason (Austin St. John) helps get her free and she escapes. When Kimberly arrives on Muiranthias, she has a hole in her tank top from when it got caught in the bilge, but it is on the right side instead of the left side and remains on the right side for the rest of the film.

Quotes:

Divatox: Lerigot holds the only key to freeing Maligore, the Great Flame of Destruction, and my husband-to-be. Once we are wed, I will use his powers to raid all the riches of the universe. Oooh, thinking about it just gives me goose bumps.
Elgar: Kinda gives me gas.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Go Gold Ranger

A Rocky start, and a Rocky ending...

This movie takes a giant backstep in concept and evolution by replacing our Rangers' powerful Zords (animal attack vehicles) with cheap looking, souped-up cars...and worst of all, the Rangers now wear atrocious looking headlights and reflectors on their heads!

"Turbo" unfortunately has little going for it. With cheap production values and a boring plot, this big screen vehicle runs out of gas fast...Although the original Power Rangers (Jason, Kimberly, and Tommy) were in it, this film gave them little room for much needed character development. The only good scene in this film was when Rocky (Steve Cardenas) performed a goofy martial arts move that injured his back, and having his place in the martial arts tournament replaced by our heroic Red Ranger Jason (Austin St. John).

I have to admit that the new Blue Ranger (a little boy) performed better than his predecessor, but overall, as most sequels go, this film bites the dust. Avoid it like the Black Plague!

Movie rating: 1* out of 10*.