Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie 1995

🎥 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) – Review⚡️

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🎬 Trailer

Before diving in, here’s the original theatrical trailer so you can see how this was marketed.

Uh oh where in trouble!

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📝 Non-Spoiler Rundown

Oh boy… this is one of those films that lives in “so bad it’s good” territory. On paper, it should’ve been the Power Rangers fan dream — our favorite spandex heroes on the big screen, bigger battles, bigger stakes. In reality, this and its sequel were the one-two punch that knocked the hype train off the tracks for many longtime fans.

We have our full Ranger lineup at the time:

Tommy – White Ranger

Billy – Blue Ranger

Aisha – Yellow Ranger

Kimberly – Pink Ranger

Adam – Black Ranger

Rocky – Red Ranger

Plus, comedy duo Bulk & Skull make their obligatory appearance, though here they’re basically glorified cameos.

Our new villain? The hammiest purple baddie of them all: Ivan Ooze — whose performance is so over-the-top that he becomes the only real saving grace of this movie. He’s played by Paul Freeman, who, keep this in mind, was once Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Yeah… from Spielberg epic villain to “evil snot jar salesman.” What a leap.

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👎 The New Look (and Why It’s a Downgrade)

The first thing that will slap you in the face — aside from Ivan’s snark — is the ugly new Ranger suits. Gone are the slick, streamlined TV designs. Here we get bulky, muscle-textured armor that looks like it came from a knock-off superhero Halloween aisle.

The Zords also suffer from the dreaded mid-90s CGI plague. Even in 1995, this was already outdated, with plasticky textures and awkward animation. Today, it looks like a cutscene from a bargain-bin PC game you found in your uncle’s attic.

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🦠 The Plot (Spoiler-Free Overview)

A giant purple egg is unearthed at a construction site (because of course it is). Said egg contains Ivan Ooze, a centuries-old villain with a flair for theatrics and a snot-based business plan. The Rangers lose their powers early on, forcing them to embark on a mystical quest to regain their strength and stop Ooze’s bizarre scheme before Zordon — now lying on his deathbed — slips away for good.

It’s absurd. It’s campy. It’s unintentionally hilarious.

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🎥 Clip #1 – Ivan Ooze Awakens

💭 Final Thoughts

This movie is a camp spectacle. Ivan Ooze is the only element that feels alive — Paul Freeman clearly decided “if I’m going down, I’m going down big” and hammed every line into gold. But the rest? Ugly costumes, dated CGI, pointless side characters, and a plot that feels like a two-parter TV episode stretched into a movie.

And remember… before this, Paul Freeman was Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Final Score: 4.6/10 – A fascinating mess worth watching once just to see how wild it gets.

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🚨 Spoilers Ahead – The Full Madness

Skydiving & Rollerblading:
The film opens with the Rangers jumping out of a plane and then rollerblading through town to Free Ride. Yes, this is a real scene. No, it has nothing to do with the plot.

To this song!

Yep, this is the most 80s thing I’ve ever seen.

The Egg & The Baddies:
Rita Repulsa, Lord Zedd, and Goldar (plus a random pig henchman who never appeared in the show) arrive at the dig site at night to claim the mysterious egg. It hatches, unleashing the purple sludge that morphs into Ivan Ooze. Rita and Zedd command him to destroy the Rangers… and then immediately exit the film until Ivan later captures them in a snow globe, forcing Goldar and Pig Guy to serve him instead. It’s as abrupt and lazy as it sounds.

Ivan’s Plan:
Ooze produces mass amounts of purple slime from his own… nasal passages. This slime is sold as a “fun toy” for kids, but once it’s in their homes, it hypnotizes the parents and compels them to march off as his mind-controlled workforce.

Destroying the Command Center:
Ivan trashes Zordon’s base, leaving him weak and dying. The Rangers are told they must travel to a far-off planet to acquire new “Ninja Ranger” powers.

The Ninja Upgrade:
Guided by a tribal warrior woman, the Rangers unlock their ninja forms after a spirit-animal vision quest.

Meanwhile, Back on Earth:
Ivan is cranking out ooze jars in a factory, distributing them to kids. When the parents get brainwashed, they start marching off to build his war machines.

The Infamous Zord Battle:
The Rangers return and take on Ivan in their new Ninja Zords. The fight looks… bad. Really bad. Ivan morphs into a giant robot, they launch into space, and in what might be the most infamous moment in the film, they defeat him by literally kneeing him in the groin. In space. While he’s a robot. Sure.

Zordon Saved:
The Rangers restore Zordon and repair the Command Center. Day saved. Roll credits.

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🎥 Clip #2 – Final Battle with Ivan Ooze