Power Rangers (2017)

It's divisive. Only 58% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 48%.

Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers. Wikipedia ↗

Power Rangers is a 2017 American superhero film directed by Dean Israelite, a gritty reboot of the 1990s franchise. Five high school misfits in the fictional town of Angel Grove — Jason, Kimberly, Billy, Trini, and Zack, played by Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, and Ludi Lin — discover alien coins that grant them superhuman abilities and an ancient spacecraft where they learn they are the latest Power Rangers, chosen to protect Earth from Rita Repulsa, played by Elizabeth Banks, an ancient Green Ranger turned destroyer. The reboot took the Rangers seriously as characters, exploring their personal struggles — autism, sexuality, family dysfunction, grief — with more depth than the franchise had ever attempted.

Elizabeth Banks's scenery-chewing Rita was entertainingly menacing. The film earned $142 million worldwide on a $100 million budget, insufficient for planned sequels.