Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

The TV heroes return for a sequel, chasing a vicious villainess named Divatox. Can they rescue the kindly wizard Lerigot from her clutches before he's thrown into the volcano?

Directors:

Shuki Levy, David Winning

Writers:

Shuki Levy, Shell Danielson

Stars:

Jason David Frank, Catherine Sutherland, Hilary Shepard

1 nomination.

Cast

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

Storyline

The legendary Power Rangers must stop the evil space pirate Divatox from releasing the powerful Maligore from his volcanic imprisonment on the island of Muranthias, where only the kindly wizard Lerigot has the key to release him. The hope of victory lies in the Ranger's incredible new Turbo powers and powerful Turbo Zords.

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Plot Keywords:

shared universe | supervillain | 1990s | power rangers | robot versus robot | 

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Taglines:

The Power Is Back!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for non-stop fantasy action violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Amy Jo Johnson made her last appearance, on "Power Rangers" as Kimberly Ann Hart in this film, although she did return to the franchise for a cameo in Power Rangers (2017). Johnson appeared in "Turbo" because she was contracted to appear in two Power Rangers movies.

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Goofs

When the Rangers are at the hospital visiting Rocky, the four teens line up in the following order when they teleport away: Tanya the Yellow Ranger, Kat the Pink Ranger, Tommy the Red Ranger and Adam the Green Ranger. A few seconds later, when the teens are teleporting through the city's night sky, the teleportation beams have suddenly changed from yellow, pink, red and green to red, yellow, green and pink.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Zordon: On a distant planet lives a Great Wizard named Lerigot. He is the keeper of a Golden Key which unlocks the dimensional gateways of the universe... Lerigot is hunted by Divatox, a wicked Galactic Pirate, who need the Wizard's power to release a terrible demon-like creature... Her plan is to join with him in a sinister marriage and bring forth a reign of terror on the galaxy... Lerigot's only chance is to seek the help of powerful friends. But, first, he must escape his planet and ...

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Crazy Credits

As the end credits roll, we see what happens in between the last 2 scenes.

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Connections

Followed by Power Rangers Mystic Force (2006)

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Soundtracks

Turbo Time
Written & Performed by Ellen Ten Damme
Produced by Ron Ten Bokum
Courtesy of Mercury Records
Recorded at Voxx Studios, Berkhout, Holland

User Reviews

Bad story for most of the thing, followed by fighting for 1/2 minute.

This movie starts out with a "martial arts" match between one of the power rangers[out of costume], and some other guy, in which the ranger is thrown from the ring, and hurts his leg or something. So they end up replacing him with his kid brother or something as equally stupid. When he morphs, he puts on the costume, then grows to the size o an adult. Anyway, they get new "zords", which are actually cars. Way to go, robots at least made the show seem cool, now they have cars. They have to rescue some little alien thing, which is the love child of an Ewok and Gizmo from gremlins. Along the way, the new pink ranger twists her ankle or something after falling into the water, and the alien heals her with his glowing finger. No ET rip off there. They take him...somewhere, and then they have this boat. The boat takes them to the island, where the rangers have to fight the old red and pink rangers who are being mind controlled. Did I mention that they have a sub plot going where bulk, skull, Jason and Kim are prisoners of the enemies? Well, yeah, they get mind controlled. During the fight, the big evil thing on the island is released, and the rangers can stop fighting Jason and Kim because the alien used his powers to fix their brains. The rangers go out to fight the big guy, who's being called all powerful, and being completely overhyped. They call out their cars, and start up this 8 minute sequence where the cars drive around, the rangers wave their hands around, and the cars go together to form a giant robot. They then proceed to hit the guy once. Once with the sword. That's all it takes, and he blows up. I sat through that whole movie, and that's the end? They kill him in one hit? The fight was shorter than the robot forming sequence. There is no excuse for that.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Turbo: A Power Rangers Adventure

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,301,135, 30 March 1997

Gross USA:

$8,363,899

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$9,615,840

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Saban Entertainment, Toei Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1