Power Rangers RPM: Race for Corinth – DVD Review

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Seventeen. See that number right there? That is how many seasons that the Power Rangers have made it through. Kind of hard to believe isn’t it? Perhaps it’s hard to believe because the Power Rangers weren’t the show many of us watched unless we grew up in the nineties and started on them at a young age. The multi-colored heroes also kind of blended into the background after a while and so many people thought they were gone for good. Up until a friend of mine told me her son loved them, I surely thought they had been buried with the Go-Bots and My Little Ponies but alas that is not the case. They are alive and maybe not so well if Race For Corinth is what they’re showcasing now because it seems they are just on the decline but have long since passed the finish line.

I’m catching this season right in the middle so you’ll have to forgive me if my knowledge of the most recent exploits of the Power Rangers isn’t up to speed. What you’re getting from me in this review is exactly what I know and learn from the few episodes included here. That begs me to question why the season is split up into so many damn parts? Anyway, that’s a whole other discussion and we simply need to move onto the review of the actual DVD now.

The last remaining human survivors of Earth are now living in a domed city named Corinth but they aren’t alone. Together they must work against the evil and dangerous Attack Bots/Grinders that are controlled by the sinister Venjix Computer Network. Venjix is a virus that is able to virtually control all machines and hopefully get rid of all humans so that the world can be totally computerized. The Power Rangers must band their strengths together in order to keep humanity as the dominant force on Earth and not let Venjix put machines in charge of everything.

Each Power Ranger (varying in color from red to blue to green to gold and so on) have their own strengths and weaknesses, but that is to be expected for a hero that is still a human. Each episode pits them up against whatever Venjix may conjure up in order to eliminate them. Most of the episodes are pretty much identical and get old quickly. The fighting is lame, the villains look like they ran out of costumes and threw random pieces together, and the poor attempts of humor are out of place and ridiculous. I could have sworn the Power Rangers were much more enjoyable even when I’d flip through the channels as an older teenager and catch a few episodes on the air. Race for Corinth made my mind (which often works on the level of toddlers) just completely shut down making me think that this series is not fit for adult nor child.

Episodes

~ Ranger Green
~ Ranger Red
~ Yellow Ranger, Part 1
~ Yellow Ranger, Part 2
~ Ranger Blue

The film is shown in 1.33:1 Full Screen format has bright colors and a sharp picture making for an enjoyable viewing experience.

The film is heard in Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Sound making for a nice sounding extravaganza, but Disney missed out here by not letting the Power Rangers have intergalactic battles in surround sound.

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Let me be the first to tell you that I was never a huge viewer of the original Power Rangers, but there had been a few episodes that crossed the airwaves of my television before. They were nothing like this because Race for Corinth was absolutely nothing. Every fight scene seemed as if they were phoning the punches in making me almost yawn at times while the whole thing just seem overly childish. Don’t start yelling at me and telling me it is a children’s show. I know that, but that doesn’t mean it needs to act like it now when none of its predecessors before did. With only trailers that play when you start the disc, the special features are null making this an absolute must-miss, and I doubt many kids would get much out of this one. Where’s Voltron when we need him?


Walt Disney Home Video presents Power Rangers RPM: Race For Corinth. Starring: Eka Darville, Ari Boyland, Rose McIver, Milo Cawthorne, Daniel Ewing, and more. Running time: 115 minutes. Rating: PG. Released on DVD: September 8, 2009. Available at Amazon.com