Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007) User Reviews (8)

The Fans are Right, this season was the worst of the Franchise

[kiti22 · 5/10 · 27 August 2013]

who in the world thought This was passable for a kid's show??! Well considering the usual viewing audience for Power Rangers is between the ages of 5-10 I guess it doesn't matter but if you've been a long time fan since the franchise's inception, then well....this season is like the unfortunate abortion of the franchise!

Yes, this series was bad,not funny and not good as the other power rangers seasons

bad cast, weak acting, terrible villains, a good plot ruined by Poor writing, horrible characterizations and Awful Zords.

The best and only good episodes of operation overdrive are once a ranger parts 1&2 Features the return of Adam&Tori&Kira&Bridge&Xander And it also features Zedd and Rita's son named Thrax

The Theme song of this Season was a Bit catchy at first but it gets a bit annoying after a while

Operation Overdrive is one of the worst seasons of the franchise (way worse than Samurai), seriously...what did I just watch this back in 2007 and in 2008???

4 Words: Don't, Watch, This, Season

Not the Greatest, but Certainly Not the Worst

[BulldozerBegins · 6/10 · 5 February 2008]

Overdrive was, to say the least, a modest effort at an adaptation of Boukenger. The Zords are not as impressive as in earlier seasons, and the pyrotechnics lack the variety and logic that made previous seasons (almost) more believable. Plenty of plot twists abound in this storyline. Also unique are the variety of locations and variety of villains. Such diverse variety of either has not been seen in the series since Time Force (locations) and In Space (locations and villains).

The actors voicing the Rangers, as usual, lack the ability to pull off a convincing job of acting in a way that impresses anyone older than the intended audience of boys ages 7-12.

Without giving away too much, there is countless recycling of material in this series; as pieces of equipment, costumes, zord parts, and locations are recycled from everything from MMPR Season 2 to Turbo to In Space to Mystic Force.

It is obvious that the writer for this season was trying very hard to both appeal to nostalgic tastes to win back adult viewers who fondly remember the old show and keep it new and fresh for the children of these early era viewers. It would almost appear he was trying too hard and the show was pulling itself in too many directions. But overall, a modest effort given the intended audience.

It's okay but the hate on this season seems too harsh

[FinisherDude · 6/10 · 19 May 2020]

I remember I used to think this is the best power ranger season ever until I started binging Power Rangers for nostalgia sake. This is a huge step down compared to Mystic Force, there's a lot of bad ideas, characters can be bland at times, story is sometimes difficult to follow but it isn't bad and the villains are terrible. In my opinion, Mack and Rose are great character, Mack has develope a lot in the season and Rose is actually pretty smart (which helps the team a lot). The season is okay overall but I think it's underrated and not as bad as people make it out to be

Remedial at best

[erichedlund1 · 3/10 · 6 March 2015]

I'm being generous when I give this review a 3/10. There's a lot of issues with this season but some are forgivable. The budget was a factor that dragged it down because they couldn't work with certain areas. The budget is not an excuse for lazy writing, poor direction, inconsistent pacing, weak characters, and abysmal action. Watching this show and only having Mack develop was a huge let down. The characters have flat personalities especially the villains. Tyzonne is a character that had some work done in his introduction but nothing later. His backstory and origins were interesting along with is introduction. I did not appreciate Dax. His actor is pure crap. He's too spastic and makes pauses in his clumsy delivery. It's odd for someone who graduated the Australian school of arts. He has no excuse. He could barely hide his accent. His character's input was his references to movies. He's obnoxious. Ronny is annoying because she's too happy-go-lucky to be tolerated. She has zero development and is a boring character as a whole. She was more focused on the vehicles which sort of ties in with her occupation. Rose was okay as in she wasn't stupid or annoying. She's smart and has a different backstory which is newly good. She was decently acted. Will was obnoxious and snobby. I did like his slight turnover to miratrix but that failed as she was able to release Kamdor. He wasn't stupid or annoying but he needed development. Tyzonne was poorly acted and the emotional backstory felt forced. He's a mercurion but he should have been more useful knowing the fearcats and other villain factions. Mack is pretty good. His personality is adventurous and determined to know what's right for him. His character occurred at the end and it was well handled. I like him as a character but doesn't seem like a great leader. His dad didn't approve of him being a ranger so why did everyone listen to him at first? Spencer and Hartford were not much to work with. Spencer is witty and funny, while Hartford was just kind of annoying and secretive. The villains were bad for their simple cliché personalities. They were all evil for just being evil. Miratrix and Kamdor wanted to rule while the fearcats wanted to destroy it as a whole. Moltor and Flurious were the main villains but have boring personalities. Done with characters. The action scenes are boring with the lack of martial arts and just replaced them with explosions. The special effects were also weak too. The plot was fairly interesting as they had to travel to find the jewels. I did not like that they all didn't distinguish themselves. Finding the artifacts and having them be useful to find other artifacts made it look interesting. I liked it a lot. The pacing is bad as things go too quickly so that we don't have time to invest in the single episode stories. The team up was pretty bad. The other rangers that showed up was cool but the overdrive team was stupid. They did nothing to earn their powers back and they were not justified into giving up on operation overdrive. The acting is overall terrible say for few moments scattered throughout. Overall the season is bad except for a few good moments like Mack's character arch and the treasure hunting plot. I think Megaforce is the worst season but this didn't do much better.

Needs improvement

[magnaguard · 4/10 · 10 August 2019]

Overdrive is flawed. It needs improvement. For one the theme song is awful. The characters are laughably bad. Especially Dax ohhhh dax needs to be quite. Ronnie is impulsive and way to cocky. Mack is just boring. Rose is the only ranger I like.

To be honest the best characters are the villains especially flurios( sorry if I spelled that wrong) is my favourite character.

On a positive note. I think the treasure hunting concept is interesting. But it isn't handled well.

pretty good

[JadenYugi1701 · 7/10 · 5 March 2007]

"Power Rangers Operation Overdrive" is the thirteenth installment of Power Rangers here in the US since it's debut back in 1993. While the storyline is sometimes goofy the idea remains with us that the rangers will always be around. PROO is basically a combination of Turbo, Lightspeed Rescue and Space Patrol Delta but for a kid or adult who loves or loved power rangers from the beginning it's pretty kewl. however the morphing call should have stayed as the title for the first episode instead of what it became. Hopefully the writers will remember the funniness of the story as well as the seriousness of it. oh yeah one more thing "Good Luck Rangers and May The Power Protect You."

I loved this show

[uqailmahari · 6/10 · 3 November 2018]

Even though this was considered one of the worst season, it's better than megaforce. I mean the actors were less cringeworthy. Like ninja steel I also hated the blue ranger. I mean he's annoying as heck. I mean the once a ranger crossover was awesome. But it made operation overdrive look bad. Which was okay. Considering it was one of the worst seasons. Still recommend watching.

Rubbish

[hazasewell · 19 May 2021]

If you thought Megaforce was bad enough, just wait 'til you see this Dumpster fire of a series. I hate every millisecond of it; please do not watch!