Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: ARMICRON IN OUTLAW POWER

What do you get when you take a Korean sci-fi movie & try to make it into a Power Rangers knock-off? "Armicron In Outlaw Power", that's what!
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[@TheBrandonTenold]

I would've called this "Korean Power Rangers", but turns out that's actually a real thing!

[@horrorman-er4nk]

What really

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Why am I not surprised to hear that? 🤷‍♂️

[@juliagoodwin9510]

No surprise there...

[@horrorman-er4nk]

@@juliagoodwin9510 yeah me neither

[@firedragon7456]

Yes it's a thing it's called Power Rangers Dino Force Brave and it's a sequel to Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

[@user-mi2uo7zi7f]

"Bivouwacing" Military Tactical term for assembling in the field, camping without tents or anything, usually really temporary.

[@otherdarkbullet32]

Bivouac.

[@edwardburek1717]

Here in Britain, the initials MFI were associated with a store chain who specialised in selling really, really poor quality furniture. So that explains the wooden acting.

[@JonathanHollandHolland]

That Mega Man X 4 English dub reference was freaking hilarious, especially considering that I played that game all of the time as a kid.

[@IrishBrotato]

Was my fav part of the video lmao

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

Early Korean B movies were absolutely bonkers. They make Roger Corman and Troma movies look normal

[@KyleShiflet13666]

And that's saying a lot

[@chrisbaker8533]

Early? they're still bonkers.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@chrisbaker8533 do you mean 1990s Korean B movies? Bonkers!

[@richardfan7157]

Also it seems the Western version is almost 90% different from the Korean version, similar to the transition from Super Sentai to Power Rangers. If anyone wants to check out the differences, search for 파워킹

[@robertstuart480]

An Oscar winning movie!? Finally, Brandon is covering "The English Patient"!

[@Fulgrim2]

About time!

[@parkermacinnis3977]

Maybe he wasn't referring to the movie award, but someone winning their own Oscar the grouch.

[@BainesMkII]

@@parkermacinnis3977 it will probably be something like the Oscar for Best Makeup or Best Costume. The stuff that makes you technically an Oscar winning movie, but don't really say anything about your quality

[@WolfHreda]

Considering his affinity for Godzilla movies, it's worth mentioning that there is precisely one Godzilla movie that has won multiple academy awards, including best picture. They're the Japanese Academy Awards, but still.

[@nooneofimportance2110]

Bugs Bunny and Alfred Hitchcock have Oscars for lifetime achievements. Nuff said.

[@CD-Gaming]

"Mashing up Iron Eagle with an episode of Big Bad Beetleborgs..." Damnit, I want to see that now!!

[@dbel1980]

And make it cost less than a student film

[@Vicerion17]

If anyone was curious about what the General was saying, he was asking if the Asian troops were still bivouacing, which basically means they were camping as a bivouac is both a temporary camp and a type of tent that can be hung off the side of a cliff. If I remember right it's also the name for the mobile nest of the army ants.

[@wstine79]

QUICK.. TO THE LOCAL FLEA MARKET! Brandon Tenold needs a copy of a rare Korean movie!

[@cakedUraniumMuffin]

Cue 1960s Batman transition sequence!

[@lg3042]

All we have is Turkish Batman!!!!!

[@cakedUraniumMuffin]

@@lg3042 …we can use video of someone struggling to hand spin a Turkish flag!

[@GoGojiraGo]

I can always count on Brandon to expose me to absolute batshit insanity. Bivouac: a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.

[@scockery]

As any of us Gen X farts who collected GI JOE in the 80's know.

[@Three60Mafia]

i dont think thats quite right - WITHOUT tents? what the shit do they do there then.

[@WilChade]

That might be because a lot of times we bivouacked using poncho huoches.

[@AMortalDefiant]

@@Three60Mafia It's actually correct. A bivouac is usually meant as a quick rest stop. Sometimes lean-to's are used, but often people will just throw down their sleeping bags. The kinds of tents the military uses for command centers, etc., are extremely large, and take dozens of people to raise properly. There isn't always time to set up a proper camp.

[@WilChade]

​@@AMortalDefiantare you forgetting about the shelter halves? 2 soldiers can have a tent up in under 10 minutes, including the drainage perimeter trench.😮

[@vustvaleo8068]

remember if Americans make their own Tokusatsu footage it ends up becoming Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly-hills.

[@KageNoTora74]

That costume suspiciously resembles a bio booster armor. 🎵Go, go, Power Guyver🎵

[@failedgrace2891]

And those stormtroopers look less Imperial and more like a secret police with a wolf motif. Cue the Jin-Roh march.

[@robfellows4096]

So the title crawl mentions the 'Battle of Altair IV' So this is somehow a Forbidden Planet crossover? Also Morgoth (Silmarillion) gets name ripped in the crawler!

[@mmattson8947]

2:32 “Of course his name is Chad. Why wouldn’t it be?” I was anticipating “Kenny”.

[@dbel1980]

Kenny digivolve into... CHAD!

[@DchanZockt]

The acting in this movie is so ham-fisted that it could be a butcher's shop. I love it. Perfect for those "The 50 Best Science Ficiton Movies" DVD box sets. (Where you usually end up with the movies you can't get rid of individually)

[@TheHauntedMaskKid]

The legend of the Power Ranger nobody ever heard of

[@ProvidenceRex]

Wow, I thought this was a Guyver knock-off based on the thumbnail. Didn't expect a Power Rangers knock-off with a suit and Stormtroopers that look almost straight out of Guyver.

[@flashfoxful]

Armicron actually looks somewhat like the Cosmic Fury Power Rangers, with the helmet design, the chrome shoulder pads, and the musculata style chest piece. Given that was the only series to use 0 japanese footage for the rangers, it's definitely a funny coincidence

[@Dynaman21]

Which is why it looks cheap as all hell? “Oh yeah, we’ll look better than DonBrothers!”

[@TupocalypseShakur]

Did SPD use Japanese footage? I thought it was the other way around

[@Dynaman21]

@@TupocalypseShakur SPD used plenty of Dekaranger footage, but Dekaranger borrowed SPD’s Battlizer.

[@Another_Hibiki]

​@@TupocalypseShakur No, Dekaranger used no footage of SPD, Dekaranger's last episode aired one day after SPD's first episode.

[@justinsullivan1285]

With so many God Damn "Power Rangers" spinoffs who could keep track of any of that.

[@patrickgarvin2570]

Brandon, you killed me with Guyver dork hero bit!!!! This one was gold!!!

[@wstine79]

I'm sure that TV show "Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills" is more low rent.

[@DecadeTheKarateBugman]

You mean "Saved by the Mighty Morphin' Ultramen"?

[@och70]

@ 12:30 Bivouac is different from that other kind of whacking you were thinking of. Bivouac: a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.

[@BigSlimyBlob]

My favorite scene is when Superman fights Gargamel so that Ace Ventura can save Optimus Prime.

[@sfighter0085]

The first Brandon's Cult Movie Review of 2024! Gotta say, this movie completely flew under my radar when I was a kid. Definitely looks like what would happen if Saban Entertainment made a deal with Godfrey Ho to produce another "Power Rangers" clone. It does make me curious to look up the unedited Korean movie, but this movie looks so cheesy, it almost makes "Big Bad Beetle Borgs" look like "Guyver: Dark Hero".

[@AmariieMaerthos]

Oh, you sweet child. If you think Beetle Borgs is the basement for 90's Power Rangers ripoffs, look up "Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills". Yes, that is a real thing.

[@sfighter0085]

@@AmariieMaerthos Oh, I forgot about "TTAFBH". Kind of wish it stayed that way. lol

[@clagfest]

MFI was a seller of prefabricated flat pack furniture here in the UK in the 1980's

[@OrjanGrahn]

IKEA but worse and no moose pasta ? 😊

[@galloe8933]

I felt an emotion of some design swell up inside of me when the Grandfather was laying face down on the floor of the base thing, and told the girls to "Forget" about him. Been doing it most of the movie, Space Moses, but no... Grandpa, don't say that, never say that... Good bye forever Grandpa, just like old times. Goodbye you old skeezer!

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I just love these films. You could say a lot about them, but rarely are they ever totally unwatchable.

[@Pugiron]

The Outlaw part comes from copyright violation

[@davidthomas6679]

(12:35) Bivouac - to stay in a temporary camp without cover

[@LordOfClarkness]

I remember reading about this in the TV-Guide when I was a kid. It aired in the middle of the night and said something about a kid finding a „kung-fu superhero medallion“, so obviously I HAD to see this.

[@mmattson8947]

6:18 "And by the looks of it, he was an extra from the Korean 'Clash of the Titans'. " That would be awesome. MAKE IT HAPPEN! (I'm guessing rip-off Harryhausen Medusa would look a lot like the CGI they used for the actual "Clash" remake.)

[@KageNoTora74]

A bivouac is a military camp in the field, as in a platoon on patrol settling in for the night.

[@DavidRYates-tk2tq]

2:10 that's not a high school, that's somebody's house!

[@Campbellzilla]

And the worst part is: They don't even own it, they just tricked the realtor into letting them in and filmed a bunch of stuff while someone distracted them.

[@alwaysplotting2096]

And dime store George Costanza is really just Tony's sidekick, so Barry isn't even scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[@ajiteshchandra]

Pretty epic looking title card. The artist outdid themselves.

[@Darusamon]

That weird ship with the three domes is exactly the same prop as the ship from the movie "Star Games"

[@orinanime]

"Guyver: Dork Hero"! Ha! Perfect!

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

"I bivouac'd before we got here." Nah, "bivouac" just means "improvised campsite."

[@CasualGeek-je1mm]

oh god, i remember renting a VHS of this back then and i was enjoying the heck out of it as another "power ranger-like super hero" movie. the random japanese words and that JCVD split in the end are the things i remembered the most about it but they weren't helpful trying to find it again. I was really hoping you'd eventually make a video of it and here it is XD Thank you!

[@mrnobody2683]

The ANGEL trilogy requires your attention

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Brandon asked the Internet, and the Internet delivered 👏

[@a.jlewissonicski5278]

11:44 The Evil Army guy comes in like he’s Pierre Kirby from one of the Godfrey Ho movies.

[@WieldingEminator]

"Okay, looks like whatever bullshit you just did worked!" - Brandon Tenold This should be a T-Shirt. It sums up so much.

[@noneya3635]

American Paul McCartny soldier boy was almost as much fun as grandpa gun lessons.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

That next episode tease is just killing me

[@ls-420stoner6]

@5:35 it's funny you say that. Those are U.S. Army PASGT helmets (aka K-pots) or replicas of said helmet. They were fist issued in the 1980s and their design was influenced by the old German Stalhelms.

[@kylesissom5332]

Such great lines in this one! Great job Brandon! 👏🏻

[@apemanproductions9248]

Hey you should review Matalo! From 1970 It has guns, hippy cowboys, rock music and a boomerang slinging outlaw It is perfect material for your show

[@Gat720Dua]

The one thing I can praise the movie for is having some nice costumes. Armicron/Power King has a cool design and the two women kinda got this live-action anime look to them.

[@CommanderBohn]

I saw this once as a kid decades ago. I liked it.

[@JohnnyBurnes]

I learned about Zone Fighter yesterday, and this should hold me over until Brandon reviews that. ;)

[@Fulgrim2]

Definitely want to see you cover “Space Mutiny” at some point.

[@FingerBreakerWu]

Anyone remember when Shim’s “Dragon Wars” was supposed to be the movie that was going to take down the first “Transformers” movie in the 2007 Summer Box Office? In S. Korea, people went to see Dragon Wars multiple times in a sense of national pride to make it not only to outgross Transformers there, but to be the highest grossing movie in the country. It came close and only lost out to Transformers there by $3m and still being the 2nd highest grossing movie there that year. In America, it was a different story…

[@tuckerbowen4626]

Never seen Dragon Wars, but I'm just going to assume it was way better than Transformers 1

[@Awwscrewit]

IIRC it never recouped its budget(rumored to be over 100 million US), so it became a one and done.

[@FingerBreakerWu]

@@Awwscrewit Yep. They set up for a sequel and thank the heavens it never got one. Craig Robinson was the only bright spot in the movie and he was only in it for like 7 minutes. EDIT: My bad. There is actually a sequel that has been in development hell for nearly a decade.

[@FingerBreakerWu]

@@tuckerbowen4626 Check out the Rifftrax version of the movie as watching it unriffed will probably lead to seeking out a Death with Dignity state.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@FingerBreakerWu I think the sequel is in development hell, mainly because of its PRC pandering and fellow issues partly related to money. Regardless, Shim Hyoung Rae being a crappy casting couch chauvinist doesn’t help matters either way.

[@nobodyherepal3292]

12:44 "bibwacking" is a older military term for housing/barracks.

[@TheBattlesword]

This movie makes Inframan look like Shin Kamen Rider (the one by Hideaki Ano, not the gorefest that should be worthy of this show)

[@mreeping]

"forces of heaven and earth, come to us nooooooow" Best line delivery EVER!!

[@dbel1980]

Forces of darkness empower me, take me back to my virtual reality haha

[@Snake4985]

Bivouacking: stay in a temporary camp without cover

[@MrDurandal25]

Still no "Ice Pirates". Brandon......dude......it's 2024

[@blackcurtains4710]

Ironically the live action The Guyver Dark Hero VHS were popular in UK videoshop rentals as a Power Rangers substitute despite the 15/R rating. It appealed to that demographic despite being based on a manga rather than super sentai. Brandon reviewed both movies about 6 years back already.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

The Guyver Manga series sorely needs a complete ending, mainly because its author has frequent health issues due to being overworked big time.

[@louboo7192]

Did that ED-299 say "Hahahaha You dogs! I love you! biscuits for everyone!!" ??????

[@umbrellacorp.]

10:59 😂 So this is when you make a movie in your backyard. 😁

[@stevenblankenship9814]

Nice I'm early kinda... Brandon I love your content man I always get a good laugh can't wait for more snarky Canadian riffs on cult movies

[@whitewing2]

Thank you for the Review, I once mentioned this when you did a live stream like some years ago

[@SonicPAJ]

1:53 ... I mean to be fair, even "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie" knocked off the STAR WARS opening crawl.

[@mechaman7818]

11:27 Maybe he thinks if he has a gun he won't get kidnapped next time. Seems like a legit conversation to have to me.

[@DH-.]

MASKED SHIN RIDER.... It's on prime and you're gonna love it, like alot

[@conradojavier7547]

Review Hideaki Anno's Shin Trilogy next.

[@Dynaman21]

@@conradojavier7547Toei’s as bad as Toho. They flagged a stream from their licensor promoting the Blu Ray of Sharivan.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

Bivouac (biv·ou·ac) : stay in a temporary camp without cover. "Are the alien forces still bivouacking in the forest?"

[@RichardWatt]

MFI is also the name of a (now defunct) DIY furniture chain in the UK.

[@SHIVVI609]

There's a really good 80s horror film called SCARECROWS. It's about a bunch of thieves that stole a lot of money but one of them takes it and lands on a farm full of killer scarecrows and the thieves try to escape.

[@user-account-not-found]

Their street food should have warned us.

[@xkumanekox]

I wonder if this can be considered 'toku-sploitation'? lmao

[@misiopuchatek152]

Oscar winning one?! That's a riddle...

[@NoSuRReNDeR001]

@3:15 Dudes rocking a Subhumans shirt! I approve!

[@timberry4709]

Well, at least he didn't need the sun to power up, you know, like Ultraman. I guess they forgot to rip that off.

[@Belgand]

After seeing this I realized that Brandon has never done Zeiram. I feel like that would be perfect for the channel.

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

You should see the Power Rangers knockoff Bio Kids. It features actual kids that get power suits from some scientist. I rented it at a video store when I was a teenager out of curiosity. I think I might have a VHS copy somewhere though.

[@convolutedconcepts]

LOL omg the way the girls left the grandfather.

[@Maswartz226]

2:33 It really is funny how many names have been ruined by memes and jokes.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

I wonder what's going to be the "Oscar-winning movie" that Brandon reviews? 🤔

[@robotrix]

There's been movies that won Oscars for make up or sound that otherwise belong at the bottom of a cesspool. Don't get your hopes up.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@robotrix yeah, mainly due to money money money.

[@arloracc]

This channel is quite enjoyable. I'm surprised you don't have more subs.

[@trainerredcharizard7982]

Now someone needs to sent "la blue girl" live action movie to Brandon

[@blackcurtains4710]

I did not realise that was a thing.

[@trainerredcharizard7982]

@@blackcurtains4710 It Is..dunno where you can get that though

[@TheUluxian]

You've never heard the term "Bivouac"? Basically, it's a backyard slumber party for soldiers..

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

I have arrived 1st on this video. In all seriousness 5:26 I would absolutely *DIG* that concept

[@capnmo6718]

12:35 - He says 'bivouacking', meaning camping without cover, like a tent.

[@jamcalx]

Feel like Guyver: Dark hero meets Kaiketsu Zubatt with bits of Inframan and Star Kid mixed in. Maybe pepper a little Dark Hawk in for good measure.

[@chasegriffin5205]

That is EXACTLY what I was thinking this looked like!

[@stevebogie8175]

I love your content. Have you done the Evil Bong series? Your flair would make those movies entertaining. Keep up the great content. Peace be with you always.

[@HeirofAzaran]

You forgot something: With the element of a video game actually proving to be real, this could qualify as Korean THE LAST STARFIGHTER

[@tonbopro]

made our week nights more wholesome with amazing stuff

[@Katarn84]

God... the trademark free speederbike chase scene had speederbike sound effects, with a bit of Battle of Hoth ones too mixed in.

[@kylepetersen9521]

Excellent video!

[@walt_man]

The base film actually looks pretty fun!

[@mechaman7818]

5:20 It's the return of the Starship Triboobular from StarGames. Maybe Lord Blanketfort will make an appearance.

[@BRNDMYR]

The Stormtroopers are called in this movie.. *checks notes* oh Stormtroopers...

[@weirdkitty07]

Also Adam (or the man who) saves the world, or Turkish Star Wars, is also unintentionally funny.

[@freakyzed8467]

When the not ED-209 fell over I swear I heard the powered door sound effect from Aliens. Is that a common effect?

[@blackcurtains4710]

Yeah a lot of anime hikes soundbites from ALIENS for mechnical doors and powerloader for robot movements. Also James Horners orchestral strings jump scare gets plagerised a lot in movies, trailers and animes too.

[@KyleShiflet13666]

Hes name Armicron sound so much like their saying OMICRON as in OMICRON PERSI 8 from futurama also i believe the next film he's going to review is THEM!

[@Mankey619]

Now I'm very curious to see the Korean Ninja Turtles movie review.

[@cujoedaman]

Let's also not forget that the alien girl's armor looks like something from 'Captain Power'... yeah, I'm reaching way back into obscurity for that one.

[@wilcee238]

*POWER ON!*

[@keithquirk9823]

Bivouac is a military term for like camping or being in a tent in the wilderness.

[@mikerohlfs2836]

Dude how do you do it? I can barely make it through your review ,and you watched it at least twice right? Thank you sir for your sacrifice.

[@dfailsthemost]

The conversation starting at 11:22 was great.