It’s morphin’ time. A superhero reboot of the childhood classic “The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” came out March 26, telling the story of adventurous teens learning to use their infused superpowers and save the world.

Don’t go into this movie expecting high-quality writing, effects or acting. Directed by Dean Israelite, this movie was never meant to be an example of film making excellence and does not compete with the blockbuster action of superhero competitors.

It focuses on the drama of relatable teen issues combined with supernatural fiction. These misfit teens ended up in detention and were united because they were outsiders.

I was interested to see what they could do with the misfit idea because of films like the “The Breakfast Club.” However, I was disappointed to see that each character was very stereotypical and never had too much development, leading it all to feel very forced knowing they could’ve done much more.

The team consists of the red ranger Jason Scott (Darce Montgomery), the pink ranger Kimberly Hart (Naomi Scott), the yellow ranger Trini Kwan (Becky G), and the black ranger Zach Taylor (Ludi Lin).

Although we got a peek into why they were a team of misfits, not all of them seemed to have a great reason to go from zero to hero.

The action was decent. The high budget was somewhat evident, and the central theme of unity is expressed which is a good central message.

The forced plot is filled with many holes. It seems like the writer John Gatins tried to build the characters’ story up to forgive or even celebrate the ridiculousness of everything else and distract from the haphazard plotting, connect-the-dot characterizations, the interesting camera work and the over-edited film making

Overall I would give this movie a two out of five stars because of the forced plot, weak character development, and plot holes. Although the computer generated imagery (CGI) was not bad and it was a ‘Power Rangers’ product, this stereotypical movie had more potential than what was seen.