Underplayed Gems

Super Ranger Kids (1997)

Super Ranger Kids poster
Directed by
Rogelio Salvador
Genre
martial arts film
Country
Philippines
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This Filipino film is about a team of children aged 10 to 12 who become superheroes. They fight villains in a style inspired by popular TV shows like Power Rangers.

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What happens

Super Ranger Kids is a 1997 Filipino superhero film directed by Rogelio Salvador. Released in 1997, the film is a pastiche of the American television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the first Power Rangers series, and, by extension, the Japanese Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, which formed the basis for Mighty Morphin. Programmes from the two franchises had been broadcast, dubbed into Filipino or Tagalog, along with various other tokusatsu programmes, in the Philippines since the late 70s. The various series were popular enough to spawn imitators and pastiches, including Super Ranger Kids. The key difference between Kids and its inspiration is that the primary hero characters are ten to twelve years old as opposed to teenagers or young adults. However, the influence from Power Rangers is obvious even in the logo, with the use of a similar font and the distinctive "lightning bolt" design. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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