POWER RANGERS (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dacre Montgomery (A Few Best Men), Naomi Scott (The Martian), RJ Cyler (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), Becky G (House of Sin), Ludi Lin (Monster Hunt), Bill Hader (Sausage Party), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect), David Denman (Fanboys), Sarah Grey (Cinemanovels), Anjali Jay (The Age of Adaline), Patrick Sabongui (Timeline), Emily Maddison (Big Eyes), Kayden Magnuson (Monkey Up), Jaime Callica (Date and Switch)

WHO’ S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Dean Israelite (Project Almanac), director; John Gatins (Flight), writer; Marty Bowen (The Maze Runner), Brian Casentini (film debut), Wyck Godfrey (The Fault in Our Stars) and Haim Saban (Rusty: A Dog’s Tale), producers; Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron), composer; Matthew J. Lloyd (Robot & Frank), cinematographer; Martin Bernfeld (Piranha 3DD) and Dody Dorn (Memento), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Five ordinary teenagers – Jason (Montgomery), Kimberly (Scott), Billy (Cyler), Trini (Becky G) and Zack (Lin) – are chosen to be embedded with extraordinary powers and become the newest generation of intergalactic warriors known as the Power Rangers. With the help of their mentor Zordon (Cranston) and his robot assistant Alpha 5 (Hader), they must learn to harness their new abilities if they are to defeat an attack by the evil Rita Repulsa (Banks)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The popular 90s family show gets a slick upgrade for modern times, while still remaining true to its goofy but entertaining nature.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH MARCH 2017

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