Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Titanium Ranger: Curse of the Cobra [VHS]

Titanium Ranger, Curse of the Cobra, a feature-length item from the Power Rangers franchise, is from the Lightspeed Rescue series--just keeping up with the ever-changing nature of the group and its membership is a full-time job these days--and sees the super-powered teens and their whizzy technology operating from an offshore underwater base. In this story, the Titanium Ranger is cursed with a mystical cobra tattoo that grows every time he uses his powers. Unfortunately, the tattoo also weakens him each time, meaning that the group can no longer rely on their most powerful member. Typical Power Rangers stuff, in other words, which fans are sure to enjoy. Adults, meanwhile, can at least chuckle at the male Rangers' dodgy civvies dress sense, making them resemble a group of Village People-teenage sidekicks. While there are still the obligatory men in rubber suits, the special effects used here are pretty impressive, and the show opens with a strong and quite scary Halloween-esque storyline. --Roger Thomas