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'''''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always''''' is a 2023 American superhero |
'''''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always''''' is a 2023 American superhero television film serving to commemorate the 30th anniversary of both ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' (1993–1995) and the ''[[Power Rangers]]'' franchise. It is produced by [[20th Century Studios]] And [[Entertainment One]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://comicbookmovie.com/sci-fi/power_rangers/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-stars-david-yost-walter-jones-to-return-for-30th-anniversary-reunion-special-a197094#gs.gzsk63 |title=MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS Stars David Yost & Walter Jones To Return For 30th Anniversary Reunion Special | website= Comic Book Movie | access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pina|first=Christy|date=2023-03-22|title=Original Power Rangers Reunite in ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always’ Trailer to Defeat Rita Repulsa|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-once-and-always-trailer-original-cast-rita-repulsa-yellow-ranger-1235358997/|access-date=2023-04-24|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Charlie Haskell |
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| Music by | Ron Wasserman |
| Country of origin | United States |
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always is a 2023 American superhero television film serving to commemorate the 30th anniversary of both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1995) and the Power Rangers franchise. It is produced by 20th Century Studios And Entertainment One[1][2]
Synopsis
After tragedy strikes, an unlikely young hero takes her rightful place amongst the Power Rangers to exact revenge on the team's oldest arch-nemesis.[3] The Power Rangers assemble to stop robo-Rita Repulsa from her diabolical plans.
Plot
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In 2022, Billy Cranston is attacked by a robotic Rita Repulsa and a gang of Putties. He morphs into the Blue Ranger and is later joined by his Ranger teammates Jason Lee Scott, Kimberly Hart, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan and Tommy Oliver. When Rita aims a lethal blast from her wand at Billy, Trini jumps in front of him and ends up getting vaporized. The Rangers are demoralized and Rita retreats to the Dark Dimension.
One year later, Zack has become the guardian of Trini's daughter, Minh. They go to meet the other Rangers at Trini's grave to mark the anniversary of her death, but come upon an ambush by Robo-Rita, Robo Snizzard and Robo Minotaur. Snizzard captures Jason, Tommy and Kimberly and imprisons them in a machine.
Minh reacts badly when Zack and Billy don't want her involved in the recovery mission, and blames Billy for Trini's death. At the Command Center built underneath Cranston Technologies, Billy reflects on his actions, flashing back to a couple of years prior. Whilst scanning for remnants of Zordon, he instead found the evil consciousness purged from the original Rita Repulsa by the Z-Wave. This energy took over the body of Alpha 8 to become Robo-Rita.
In the present day, Alpha 9 initiates the Bandora Protocol, alerting all Ranger teams throughout the universe, as Putties start attacking all over the world. Former Rangers Kat Hillard and Rocky DeSantos teleport to the Command Center, with Kat troubled to hear of her husband Tommy's capture. Kat and Rocky are given proxy Power Coins so they can again morph into Power Rangers and battle the Putties. As they battle, Alpha overhears Minotaur tout his ability to track morphed Rangers and alerts Rangers worldwide to power down. Meanwhile, Minh unsuccessfully attempts to use Trini's Power Morpher to battle Putties at the juice bar and is overwhelmed until Zack and Rocky teleport in and defeat the Putties. Upon their return to the Command Center, Zack has a heart-to-heart talk with Minh about the difference between vengeance and justice and what it means to be a Power Ranger.
At a junkyard, Billy, Rocky and Kat morph to lure out Snizzard and Minotaur, then trap them on a giant electromagnet. Using cloaking devices, the Rangers infiltrate Rita's Moon Palace (Bandora Palace), and discover that several more Rangers have been captured and frozen in Robo-Rita's machine. Minh takes one of the cloaking devices to sneak past Alpha and commandeers Billy's RADBUG. However, she is captured at the junkyard by Robo-Rita.
At the Moon Palace, Billy deduces that Robo-Rita is constructing a time portal using the power of the captured Rangers to contact her past self, hoping to kill the Power Rangers before Zordon can recruit them.
Robo-Rita arrives at the Moon Palace with Snizzard, Minotaur, and a captured Minh in tow. Robo-Rita again attempts to kill Billy with her wand, but Minh jumps in front of the blast. The other Rangers fear her dead, but as images of her mother's life as a Ranger play out in her head, Minh is revived. Trini's Morpher begins to glow, and the Rangers plus Minh morph. Kat, Rocky and Zack battle and defeat Minotaur, Billy and Minh form the Megazord to battle an enlarged Snizzard. After Snizzard is destroyed, the Rangers return to the Moon Palace, where Minh and Zack destroy Robo-Rita once and for all.
Back on Earth, former Rangers Adam Park and Aisha Campbell prepare to take the newly-freed Rangers (including Jason, Kimberly and Tommy) to the planet Aquitar to be fully healed. Billy, Zack and Minh celebrate their victory at the Juice Bar while they reminisce about their past adventures.
Cast and characters
Rangers
- Walter Emanuel Jones as Zack Taylor, the first Black Ranger.[4]
- David Yost as Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger.[4]
- Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos, the second Red Ranger.[4]
- Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard, the second Pink Ranger.[4]
- Charlie Kersh as Minh Kwan, the third Yellow Ranger, daughter of Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger.[4]
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park, the second Black Ranger.[4][5]
- Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell, the second Yellow Ranger.[4][5]
Thuy Trang, Amy Jo Johnson, Jason David Frank and Austin St. John appear in archive audio and footage. Their characters (Trini Kwan, Kimberly Hart, Tommy Oliver and Jason Lee Scott) otherwise appear only in morphed form.
Supporting characters
- Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 8/Alpha 9, a multi-functional semi-sentient automaton from Edenoi.[4]
Antagonists
- Barbara Goodson as the voice of Robo Rita Repulsa, the main antagonist for the movie.[4]
- Ryan Cooper as the voice of Robo Minotaur.
- Daniel Watterson as the voice of Robo Snizzard.
Production
Development
Ideas for a reunion special was conceptualized by David Yost around 2021, where he had a script for a project with the working title Power Rangers: Quantum Continuum. He pitched the idea to multiple networks, but revealed that the project itself was still in its early stages.[6] Yost was not credited as a writer of the final episode. However, Jackie Marchand, a former writer and story editor for the show, was credited as a story consultant.
In 2022, Netflix became the home for first-run Power Rangers episodes after an existing deal with Nickelodeon, inherited from Saban Brands, was allowed to expire.[7] The special, like the second half of Power Rangers Dino Fury, therefore was set to premiere on Netflix.
The title is a reference to "Once a Ranger," the two-part 15th-anniversary story from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.
Casting
On February 25, 2022, casting sides for a character with the placeholder name "Yen" were released, though it was originally thought to be related to Power Rangers Cosmic Fury. On September 30, 2022 during Hasbro PulseCon 2022, it was announced that both Yost and Walter Jones were in the process of filming a "special anniversary" project in New Zealand. Furthermore, it was announced that Charlie Kersh would be joining the cast of the special as well. One month later, Hasbro announced the reprisals of Steve Cardenas, Catherine Sutherland, Karan Ashley, and Johnny Yong Bosch in their original roles.
Whereas the show had been a non-union production since moving to New Zealand, Once & Always was filmed under the SAG-AFTRA agreement for independent high-budget subscription video-on-demand programming.[8]
Jason David Frank and Amy Jo Johnson were originally approached but turned down offers to appear in the special. Johnson cited a host of personal reasons while Frank said he had "done enough" for the franchise and wanted to focus on his film, Legend of the White Dragon. Frank died in November 2022, after the special had been filmed.[9][10][11]
Austin St. John was unable to leave the country due to his May 2022 indictment in an alleged scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program.[12][13]
Filming
The cast had "weeks" of rehearsals in Auckland, Jones said.[14] Filming occurred over the course of 12 days.[15]
Post-production
The special was audio mixed in Dolby Atmos, the first Power Rangers media to do so, and will be followed by Power Rangers Cosmic Fury. Ron Wasserman, who composed the theme song and score for the original series, and the theme for Power Rangers SPD, returned to score the special.[16] Post-production ended in February.
A trailer was released on March 21, 2023.[17]
After Frank's death, the special's ending was followed with a clip from the denouement of the season 2 episode The Song of Guitardo, in which Kimberly and Zack play a song for Tommy to help ease his anxiety over losing his Green Ranger powers. The song led into the episode's dedication to the memories of Trang and Frank. Jones called the song's reuse "very poignant."[18][19]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 13 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10.[20] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[21]
IGN reviewer Joshua Yehl praised the performances of Yost, Jones and Kersh and said the special effectively balanced the weighty subject of Trini's death with the playfulness the franchise is known for. However, he criticized the "clunky" plot and dialogue and found the quality of the effects and fight choreography to be lacking.[22] Den of Geek's Shamus Kelley wrote that the special "catered to all possible audiences" while crafting a moving tribute to Trang and Frank.[23]
Yost expressed hope that the special's reception would lead to future reunions.[14]
References
- ^ "MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS Stars David Yost & Walter Jones To Return For 30th Anniversary Reunion Special". Comic Book Movie. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ Pina, Christy (March 22, 2023). "Original Power Rangers Reunite in 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always' Trailer to Defeat Rita Repulsa". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Everything to Know About the 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always'". Netflix. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always Cast & Character Guide". Screen Rant. April 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Who Are Adam & Aisha In Power Rangers: Once & Always". Screen Rant. April 20, 2023.
- ^ LA COMIC CON 2021 POWER RANGERS JASON DAVID FRANK AND DAVID YOST VLOGMAS DAY 10. December 11, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 2 Chapter 2 is Now Streaming on Netflix". Power Rangers. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "Signatory Search". www.sagaftra.org. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Carly (March 26, 2023). "Amy Jo Johnson Slams Claim She's Not in 'Power Rangers' Anniversary Special for Financial Reasons: "Simply Not True"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Amy Jo Johnson Says She's Not in Power Rangers Special for Personal Reasons, Blasts Money Claim". Peoplemag. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "Power Rangers: Is Jason David Frank Finally Done With The Beloved Brand? - The Illuminerdi". May 31, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ Haring, Bruce (May 21, 2022). "'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Star Austin St. John Arrested For Government Pandemic Loan Fraud". Deadline. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "Updates from Tuesday". Twitter. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Francisco, Eric (April 24, 2023). "Netflix's 'Power Rangers' Reunion Stars Hint at More to Come: "You Never Stop Being a Power Ranger"". Inverse. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ https://twitter.com/Pookina1/status/1648946153772417029
- ^ Legacy, Spencer (April 19, 2023). "Power Rangers: Once & Always Composer Ron Wasserman Talks Revisiting the Iconic Series". ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always Official Trailer Netflix. March 22, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ April 19, Patrick Gomez. "'Power Rangers' reunion honors Yellow and Green Ranger actors with song by Amy Jo Johnson". EW.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "David Yost & Walter Emanuel Jones on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always". Screen Rant. April 26, 2023.
- ^ "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ Yehl, Joshua (April 18, 2023). "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always Review". IGN. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ Kelley, Shamus (April 19, 2023). "Power Rangers Once and Always Review: Netflix Doesn't Just Play the Hits". Den of Geek. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
