I was eleven years old when this second Power Rangers movie came out. I know some fans had gone off the Rangers by the time they were that age, but I didn't mature as fast as them. So, I was still a big fan when this film came out (I was even still a big fan a year later), and remember watching it over and over for a while. Now, believe me, if I didn't see it then, I would NOT have bothered watching it ten years later, but because of the wonderful memories, I decided to do so. Obviously, it wasn't the same.

Divatox, an evil alien pirate, plans to go to the island of Muranthias on Earth, where she intends to release an evil creature named Maligore and marry him. In order to do this, she will need Lerigot, a good wizard, so she plans to have him kidnapped! Fortunately, the wizard manages to escape to Earth, seeking help. Tommy and Katherine go to find him in Africa, and teleport him back to the command centre. However, Lerigot soon decides to surrender after it is learned that Divatox has captured his wife and child! After this, the evil space pirate and her crew head toward the island, and it's obviously up to the Power Rangers to try and stop her, but before they set out, Zordon and Alpha 5 give them new powers called "Turbo powers"!

Where do I start in describing this movie? Well, first of all, there are some pretty poor quality characters. I would say the worst is probably Divatox, who was the Rangers' main enemy in the "Power Rangers Turbo" series. She basically acts like a bratty kid, and it seems her antics are supposed to be funny, but at an adult's perspective, they're quite embarrassing. Hilary Shepard puts on a VERY poor performance in this role! Nobody in the cast is very impressive, but most of them do a better job than her! Another character who brings the movie down in quality a bit is Justin, the new Blue Ranger, who is a lot younger than the rest. He's certainly not the only character with lame lines, but it seems his are often worse than most of the others. None of the characters stand out as really good, but clearly, some do stand out as remarkably bad.

As you can probably tell from the above paragraph, this movie has a poor script, and the acting generally isn't so good. If you're an adult who is at all familiar with Power Rangers, I'm sure none of this surprises you. Now, sometimes when a movie is bad, it can be unintentionally funny. A few months ago, I watched "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" (which I had never seen before), and around the beginning, I found that it was mildly amusing, but was disappointed to find that the amusement soon went away. Watching this movie after that one, I was hoping for some more unintentional humour, but didn't really find any of that, apart from the scene where the Power Rangers have just gotten their new Turbo powers, and say things like "This is great!" (with a thumbs up) and "This is awesome!" As a straight male, there's one thing I got out of this movie that I wouldn't have when I was eleven, which was the looks/physique of certain female actors, including Nakia Burrise and Catherine Sutherland who play Tanya and Katherine (the two female Rangers of the time), and I guess even Hilary Shepard who plays the dreadful main villain, but this obviously didn't make the entire film for me.

Now, I must admit that watching "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie" again after all these years wasn't quite the same as watching "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" for the first time earlier this year. It didn't seem QUITE as bad, even though it's generally considered inferior to its predecessor. In fact, call me crazy, but I found that some parts weren't too bad at all, though I wouldn't say I exactly enjoyed the movie. However, I guess the fact that I actually saw it in my childhood is a major part of this, and if I just watched it for the first time, it probably would have been very similar to the experience I had with its predecessor, watching it for the first time way too late. For those who saw this movie in their childhood and are now adults, if you're curious to see what you would think of it now, I wouldn't say that's a bad idea, but not a very good one, either. For everyone else beyond their childhood, I think you know to just stay away. I may look like a fool watching "Turbo" at my age and then writing a long, negative review (after all, it is a kids' movie), but like I said, it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't seen it at a much earlier age.

I grew up on this show and still have nostalgia for it. But the amount of unintended laughter this movie gave me rivals The Room and Batman & Robin. It is atrocious to levels never before imagined.

I kid you not, I burst out in full volume laughter maybe 15 times in the first 6 minutes. I replayed scenes numerous times and couldn't stop laughing. I was in complete disbelief at what I was watching. Everything is outrageously dumb. Everything. Every 5 seconds. It's unfathomable.

All of the changes from the first movie are so much worse. Which is crazy since the first movie is also hilariously bad. To name a few changes... Zordon looking and sounding completely new and horrendous. The theme songs are terrible compared to the amazing original Go Go Power Rangers song. Tommy is the red ranger, while there is also another green ranger??? Are you out of your minds? And what they do with the blue ranger has to be one of the stupidest decisions imaginable.

Now there's one character we really need to talk about. I call her Queen Cleavage. Why do I call her that? Because they showed her leaning forward, or bending over, or shaking about in her lowcut outfit, 50-60 times. I'm not exaggerating. Don't forget about all the leg crossing in her short skirt.

As an adult man, I was heart-eyes emoji every time she was on the screen. But this movie is rated PG and is made for kids. That's so shameless lmao. If I was a parent I would have been pissed.

Overall, I get a tiny bit of enjoyment from nostalgia, and a ton of enjoyment from cracking up at the abysmal filmmaking on display here. But kids like anything. I can't remember but I'm guessing I loved it when it came out. (about 3 viewings, 2/28/2022)

While Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie would end up being non-canon due to disputes between 20th Century Fox and Saban, resulting in the show's third season introducing the Ninjazords and the replacement to Dulcea in the form of Ninjor (as well as Rito Revolto), Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie would be the prelude to Power Rangers Turbo, as scenes from this film was seen in the first episode (which would take place after the events of this film).

This film centers around the Power Rangers as they are caught in a plot by the space pirate Divatox to use the Golden Key held by the wizard Lerigot to enter the island of Muiranthias awaken a demon named Maligore so she can marry him and bring forth a reign of terror across the galaxy. When former rangers Jason and Kimberly get captured to serve as a sacrifice, and Lerigot taken in a prison exchange revealed to be a ruse, Tommy, Tanya, Adam, and Katherine take up their new turbo powers and zords to give chase, and are soon joined by Justin, a young boy who learns of their secret while visiting an injured Rocky.

The characters are good. Justin (played by Blake Foester) replaces Rocky as Steve Cardemas, the actor of the latter, left the show (some sources stated a pay dispute, while others claim he was focusing on his martial arts carreer to the point of opening a dojo), and the heads of the Fox network, whose Fox Kids block aired Power Rangers at the time, wanted a character younger than a teenager to be a Power Ranger. Also, the script had to go through a lot of rewrites due to many factors (one of them being David Yost leaving the show, as it was planned to have Billy create the Turbo Powers, as well as a scene where Divatox destroys the Zeo powers), as well as having some filmed scenes cut (like Katherine using a flamethrower-type weapon, which while cut from the film, was still on the back of the VHS cover, which probably confused some Power Rangers fans).

While the film is 100% original footage, the suits, zords, and some of the characters are taken from Gekisou Sentai Carranger, a season that is known for fans for being more light-hearted to the point where it was considered the franchise parodying itself. Here, Divatox is the big bad, the honor that was held by Carranger's , who here, is now Rygog, one of Divatox's henchmen. Larigot, who is a hobbit-like alien wizard, can be seen as Power Rangers' version of Dappu, only without the mentor role, which is still filled by Zordon. Also, Kimberly and Jason appear in the movie as hostages of Divatox, and even Rita Repulsa appears in a scene. And let's not forget Bulk and Skull, who are comic relief.

As for the movie, it is okay. It is an original story, but it does suffer from some setbacks (like Larigot being helped by monkeys in Africa, which I think is silly and could have given the idea to turn Bulk and Skull into monkeys for the first half of Power Rangers Turbo), but it does have some nice action scenes, and the megazord fight is a lot better looking than MMPR: The Movie, as this time, they had the common sense to use suit actors instead of horrid computer animation for the Turbo Megazord and Maligore. Plus, as it's a motion picture, it has a lot more of a budget than the actual show (which uses stock footage to minimize cost and only require the actors to voice act, which is still good), and some elements, both used and scrapped, would show up in later seasons (Maligore would be reused for Dark Specter in Power Rangers In Space, and a scrapped idea for a mermaid to aid the rangers would be used in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue). This movie is an okay watch for fans of the franchise, but don't expect anything spectacular or game-changing.