Directed by Dean Israelite, the film tells the backstories of the five teenage characters - a misfit, a loner, a school bully, an intellectual and a drop-out - and their transformation into action heroes.
"It's like an instruction manual of how to become a Power Ranger because you go through the kids' journey...these inadequate insecure little kids, and how they become superheroes," said actor Ludi Lin, who plays the Black Ranger.
The TV series that debuted as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" in 1993 is now in its 24th season, making it one of the longest running children's action series in television history.
The latest reboot of the 1990s "Power Rangers" children's television series held its world premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
Directed by Dean Israelite, the film tells the backstories of the five teenage characters - a misfit, a loner, a school bully, an intellectual and a drop-out - and their transformation into action heroes.
"It's like an instruction manual of how to become a Power Ranger because you go through the kids' journey...these inadequate insecure little kids, and how they become superheroes," said actor Ludi Lin, who plays the Black Ranger.
"It's hard work. I will say that but it was really fun to yell at everyone," Banks said. "It's fun to feel like I was invincible."
The TV series that debuted as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" in 1993 is now in its 24th season, making it one of the longest running children's action series in television history.
It also spawned three theatrical films, with the latest, "Saban's Power Rangers", set to open in US theatres on Friday.