While the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television show was pretty tame, the new “bootleg” fan film directed by commercial and music video director Joseph Kahn is anything but (he also directed the features Detention in 2011 and Torque in 2004). You may have already seen the film, but if you haven’t, and haven’t followed the saga, the Saban company, who owns the rights to Power Rangers, briefly took down the short with a DMCA copyright notice.
The film, produced by Adi Shankar — who’s produced some major Hollywood films along with a few fan films, or bootlegs as he calls them — is now back online with a new disclaimer. There are two versions of the film, a harder cut on Vimeo with more blood and brief nudity, and a softer cut on YouTube that doesn’t contain any nudity and should be more safe for work. We’ve also got some terrific BTS videos, including a VFX breakdown, and some info from Kahn about why he decided to make the film and what happened with Saban.
First, here are both versions of the short, simply titled Power/Rangers (first is the NSFW cut, followed by the softer cut):