Rating:

I want to be a Power Ranger! No, really I do. I want to become one after watching this DVD.  The cool thing is the rangers in the second part of the Jungle Fury 2008 series get weapons that kick butt.  They get to play with really cool objects that would make anyone a master warrior in no time.

The movie is 6 episodes long and the depth of story was really amazing. After all, this is the Power Rangers we’re talking about here.  The quality of this DVD is quite good and I find myself wanting to go back and take another look at some of the past seasons of this show.

I know when my brother was about 9, he was Power Ranger crazy. That was all he could talk about for at least 3 years. I always gave him funny looks about his love of the show.  I guess that now I need to give him a call and say that I was wrong or at least admit that he was right. (Wait:admit to a younger sibling that they were right….no).

The series starts off with Camille, the majordomo for Dai Shi learning that some of her master’s warriors feel as if he is unworthy of being served and seek to overthrow him in a coup. Camille and Viper begin a fight that has them both fighting for their lives most of the 1st episode. 

Viper tells Camille that she should side with him due to the fact that Dai Shi has never said thank you to her for all of her years of service to him and that he does not care for her at all.  As she battles for Dai Shi, Camille realizes that Viper is right, but she stands by Dai Shi as she plots to bring him closer to her.  Meanwhile, the Rangers each get a new master to train them in their new weapons and they learn about real teamwork.

The weapons are the shi blades for Casey, knife fan for Theo and jungle ball for Lily.  They are each given time to shine as solo warriors.  I enjoyed this part of the DVD and would have loved even more time getting to know each Ranger better. 

The group  they have for this season is good at fighting and they seem to enjoy concept of playing a Ranger.  The best part of the training sequences are they are not forced into the script.

One thing I don’t like are the villains bad costumes.  The colors are to garish and are a little out of place. The one that I dislike most is Camille’s armor.  Talk about a badly done costume.

One other thing that I did not care for was the use of Dai Shi’s warriors. They kept hopping up and down like there were jumping rope all the time. This gets old really fast. 

The special effects are good and any line-work used was invisible. I did not see any bad camera angles.  The production values for this series are very high quality. It could easily compete with any prime-time network program.

This set is 135 minutes and it is a blast to watch for any age and can be enjoyed by all.  The only extras are a few trailers. I can only hope they will one day do a behind-the-scenes feature to show all of the geeks how the show is made. We like to watch all of the extra stuff.  I would recommend this movie to anyone between 8 and 35. It’s is a kids show, but still a lot of fun.