Watch a gritty, hyper-violent Power Rangers reboot

POWER/RANGERS has been rebooted for a short film — (Image credit: YouTube.com/Adi Shankar)

If you remember Power Rangers at all, you probably remember a bunch of people in cheesy, colorful costumes punching people in even cheesier rubber monster costumes. It's not exactly the most fertile ground for a grim re-imagining — but in this reboot-happy movie culture, director Joseph Kahn has taken a crack at it anyway with POWER/RANGERS:

All the ingredients for a gritty, hard-R reboot are here: loads of cursing, gallons of blood, and a dubstep remix of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme. The story is carried out by an impressive (and surprisingly committed) cast that includes James Van Der Beek and Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff.

For now, POWER/RANGERS is just a short film, but come on — can't you see Hollywood taking a crack at this on the big screen?

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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.