Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

A space alien is threatening to bring destruction on Earth, and the Power Rangers are enhanced with turbo powers in order to prevent his plan.

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 | singing row row row your boat | 

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Taglines:

Shift Into Turbo!

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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

Alpha 5 was redesigned, however his new body would be more commonly associated with Alpha 6.

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Goofs

When Cat falls to a cliff and holds to a branch, she calls the Zeonizer bracelets to morph before falling. The left one gets stuck on the branch and when she falls the bracelet slips from her left arm. This is shown in a close shot. One shot later, when we see Catherine falling, she is wearing both bracelets. A shot later, she again doesn't wear the left one, and it's falling close to her while she catches it in the air.

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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

Referenced in Blackcatloner: Life's Too Short for a Fall Heat Wave (2016)

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Soundtracks

Freewheelin
Written by Shuki Levy, Haim Saban & Cheryl Saban
Performed by 00-Spies
Produced by Ron Kenan & David Ari Leon (as David Leon)
Recorded at Saban Studios, L.A., California

User Reviews

The First Movie Was better

Power Rangers Turbo: The Television Series is better than Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie! Yes, it should be the other way around, movies are meant to be better than TV, but they got it very wrong here!

The series was filled with Elgar the comical mutant dropping jokes all the time but I can't even remember if Elgar is even in the movie! Adding to this, I don't like that short stupid looking creature that appears in this film. About the only pleasing part of the film was interesting footage of the submarine and that just comes from my liking of submarines.

The first Power Rangers movie was a lot better than this and it is not too hard to understand why Turbo was the last PR movie!

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