These Movie Product Placements SUCK!

Whereas most other films on this "who's who of corporate shills" could be marked as "so in bed with their sponsors that we expect them to be with child before the night is done", the 2017 Power Rangers film may be the only case of a film being literally owned by their product sponsoring overlords.

The absolute assault of Krispy Kreme product placement in this film is so rampant that it is quite feasible that if you looked close enough at the title of the feature it would read "Power Rangers: A Krispy Kreme film". The franchise is mentioned so often and so many scenes are shot within the donut emporium that it's actually mind-blowing how blatant it is. Hell, the main character even tells Rita to go to a Krispy Kreme shop as that's where the source of power she's been seeking is, and when she gets there she stops to enjoy one of the donuts!

Watching this film in the cinema made me look around and see if anyone was as perplexed as I was, and sure enough, there were people checking their watches and staring in complete befuddlement, trying to figure out if this was indeed the adverts before the film started! I think the moment when Goldar smashes through the Krispy Kreme is possibly the funniest and most horrible example of product placement because not even the threat of rebar crushing our villain will stop her from enjoying a glazed donut.

It's that good guys. You might literally die because you're enjoying donuts too much. Is that glazed with sugar or corporate greed? it's hard to tell.