A short film starring Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff and Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek shows the Power Rangers as adults—seriously disturbed after being made to fight at a young age.
The originally no-holds-barred NSFW version of the video was posted on Vimeo, though it could no longer be automatically accessed from there as of Wednesday. However, a partially censored—but still unsettlingly violent—version is still up on YouTube:
With Sackhoff as Kimberly/Pink Ranger and Van Der Beek as Rocky/Red Ranger, the short film also includes Russ Bain as Tommy/Green Ranger, Will Yun Lee as General Klank, and Gichi Gamba as Zack/Black Ranger.
Darkly violent
So just how dark is the movie? Consequence of Sound said this is one film with "the word 'violent' extremely emphasized."
"This hard R-rated take on the kid’s action show is full of bloody deaths and adult language that makes the clip extremely NSFW and NSFSMT (not safe for Saturday morning TV)," it said.
Producer Joseph Kahn, in an interview with HitFix, said the trick he wanted to do "was to make that dark and gritty version that everybody keeps talking about, but really do it. Really see if I could totally accomplish it with essentially a really incredible incredibly silly property."
"When I was a child I had two favorite TV shows the X-Men animated series and Power Rangers. I eventually came to the realization that high school kids weaponized to fight an intergalactic threat would turn those kids into some seriously disturbed adults," said producer Adi Shankar.
Saban takedown
In the hours since POWER/RANGERS was released, Khan said the original NSFW video was taken down due to pressure from Saban Entertainment—the owners of the original Power Rangers franchise.
Saban Entertainment has not yet released an official response as of posting time.
Source: GMA News
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