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MMPR the Last Ranger Parody VII (2017)
I just couldn't get myself to enjoy it honestly.
I found this by accident and was excited, not knowing much about how this movie would go, but the quality looks like it was a barely-made-it's-minimum-mark quality crowdfunded film.
CGI and effects are not much of a problem for me as long as the story is entertaining, but the story feels written like a fanfiction, fighting sequence at the start was slow and unconvincing that Steven Seagal movie is more believable. (And that says something when Seagal's slap attacks look more like they hurt)
Emily knowing about the Power Rangers already despite just being taken to what I think is supposed to be this movie's command center, there's a generic resistance movement, Jason wearing a weird trench coat all around this place, like why wear the trench coat? It doesn't makes sense to wear one in a hot area. Alpha 6 is just a girl wearing a obvious cardboard costume. Zordon's explanation of the Power Rangers feels out of sync. I feel weird that the old guy in glasses is taking orders from Jason. Plus a cliche betrayal part by Emily and the bald guy. Emily just walks off camera and we see nothing of what she does next.
Then finally halfway into the movie, and probably the only good thing I saw so far as of this review, Jason finally morphs, like any Kickstarter-brand Power Rangers fan film the red ranger suit is redesigned as only the helmet looks normal. Goldar and Rita look like they stopped at either a Spirit Halloween for their costumes or bought some used props and repainted them.
The morphed fight scene wasn't much better as I watched Jason fight the soldiers one at a time, plus his grunts when punching and kicking are obviously sound like acting. And if I look at Jason's sword, it looks like one of those cosplay anime swords one buys in those bongs, hippy items and miscellaneous stores, but painted all red which makes it look more plastic than metal while swinging even less convincing than Samurai Cop.
Story moves on and feels like more cliches, Tommy appears, now working for Rita again on the promise of Rita bringing Kimberly back to life. It then ends with a "To be Continued".
I came in not expecting much really, got what I expected I guess. If you're a real hardcore fan of MMPR and watch it religiously this would be for you, regular Sentai and Power Rangers fans may not enjoy this as much and would expect with something with more effort like Power Rangers Unworthy. Hopefully if the sequel comes out the story becomes a little more riveting.
The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
Barely even Steampunk or the feeling of Oz.
I got this movie at a Going out of Business sale at a Video Rental place, hoping that it would be a fun steampunk movie with a slew of gadgets used in the setting of Oz, but of course the only things that were even really steam powered in this movie and most were just things with gears slapped on were the Tin Man himself and some 1880's steam donkey engine models copied and pasted on a outer city background, the whole aesthetic didn't even feel steampunk at all. The story was rather boring, a girl named Victoria living in some dungeon repairing a mass of gears and pipes claimed to be a steam engine that pumps water for the city somehow, some ghost lady tells her progress is bad, she and two prisoners escape and get attacked by tailless lions and wonder into a munchkin village. Something, Something, Something, Blah, Blah, Blah, there's armymen covered in gear decals and wielding taser swords as the munchkins fly around in rockets, the bad guys send insect robots then gentlemanly-looking robots to fight, Tin Man comes out and wields his axe, the heroes go deep in the city to find Tinman's wife which I never remember hearing about before, they save Scarecrow and get the Tinman's heart, show it to him, war's over, the end.
Animation was rather cheap looking to me, one of the voice actors didn't sound like he was really in it, I feel ripped off and just gave the movie to somebody else.
Robin Hood (2018)
Ignore any Reviews over a score of "1", they are paid off.
The film barley bothers to even try to stick with the actual story, having Robin in a Desert Storm-like crusades in the beginning with a Arabian village that looks right out of a news article with an attempt for emotional appeal to the audience (Plus the fact I even heard machine gun shots in the beginning fight), clothing that looks too modern for said setting, modern swearing, Social Justice elements and to top if off in the Climax, we see the knights defending the Sherriff's wagon holding riot shields, the villagers are all wearing hoods with face masks that Antifa has trademarked, Molotov cocktails flung in the air along with fighting choreography that resembles Asian-style fighting. This film appeals only to domestic terrorist organizations.