“Power Rangers” is baloney through and through, but as baloney goes, it’s better than you might expect. It packs enough zing to make you forgive the origin-story clichรฉs. And the predictable save-the-world stuff. And the insanely ubiquitous product placement.
(Seriously, whatever Krispy Kreme paid to be an actual plot point in this movie, they got their money’s worth.)
The latest American version of the Japanese show “Super Sentai” — there have been two previous movies, as well as something like 20 TV series — reboots the by-now familiar tale of five teenagers who discover colored coins that imbue them with special powers.