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By Joshua Yehl
Updated: Apr 18, 2023 4:35 pm
Posted: Apr 18, 2023 1:00 pm
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always releases on Netflix April 19, 2023.
Less of a movie and more of a one-hour special episode, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always commemorates the 30th anniversary of MMPR. With that framing in mind, it delivers just about everything you’d expect, for better and for worse. A few members of the original cast team up with other familiar faces from the more recent spin-offs to stop a classic villain, and it captures the franchise’s signature schlocky look and feel as though it were made back in 1993, when the series first debuted in the US. It’s just as cheesy as ever, and the plot won’t exactly thrill those of us who have grown up since the Rangers’ heyday. But what elevates this special above just a trip down memory lane is its intimate focus on the tragic real-world loss of Yellow Ranger actor Thuy Trang, and its surprisingly emotional story about grief.
Trang passed away in a car accident in 2001, but Once and Always is the first time her death is acknowledged in canon. Her final appearance on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was in the Season 2 episode “Power Transfer” where Yellow Ranger Trini Kwan, along with Jason and Zack, left the team to join a peace conference. This special offers fans some closure as we learn how the Yellow Ranger met her fate, meet the daughter she left behind, and see how the team grapples with her tragic loss. It’s a heavy subject to tackle in a series that usually keeps things light and fun, so it’s a credit to script writers Becca Barnes and Alwyn Dale that they handle it with such genuine heart and sincerity.
Red Ranger / Jason
Pink Ranger / Kimberly
Yellow Ranger / Trini
Black Ranger / Zach
Blue Ranger / Billy
Green Ranger / Tommy
This did allow for Steve Cardenas to reprise his role as Red Ranger Rocky DeSantos and Catherine Sutherland as Pink Ranger Kat Hillard, and while it’s nice to see them in action again, unfortunately they don’t factor into the story much so they mostly serve to pad out the roster. It’s also worth noting that Once and Always was filmed before the passing of Green Ranger Tommy Oliver actor Jason David Frank last November, so as the special pays tribute to Trang’s Yellow Ranger it’s hard not to think of him, too.
This all boils down to a special that feels incomplete due to the missing cast members and also a bit unwieldy as the story contorts to deal with these various issues. Thankfully, its heart is in the right place, and it’s nice to see Billy and Zach elevated to leading roles.
While Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always has a deeply emotional story at its center and plenty of fun nostalgic moments to enjoy during its one-hour runtime, it’s hard to shake the feeling that this special needed better effects and dialogue to make it truly Morphenomenal. It’s totally on-brand for MMPR to embrace its cheesiness, but if ...
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Despite its genuinely emotional story about grief that honors the Yellow Ranger, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always is weighed down by disappointing effects and dialogue, even for Power Rangers.
Joshua Yehl
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always is a 2023 American superhero television film serving to commemorate the 30th anniversary of both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1995) and the Power Rangers franchise.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always: Directed by Charlie Haskell. With Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Catherine Sutherland, Charlie Kersh. The Rangers come face-to-face with a familiar threat from the past.
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