Neo-Shifters: The Beginning

Neo-Shifters: The Beginning (also known as Neo-Shifters: Episode Zero) is a 1985 Vlokuzuian-American-New Zealander science-fiction action tokusatsu superhero film. The film would later spawn a television series Neo-Shifters, which ran from 1985 to 1988.

Cast

 * Ben Ivanson as Quinn Foster/Simia Rix
 * Andrew Kayos as Takehiro Nakahara/Blaze Axx
 * Lise Hershey as Ashlee Collins
 * Lou Albano as Donnie Ford
 * Cher as Gail Foster
 * Jerrold Peyton as Sam Ford

Production and release
Neo-Shifters was RGN's attempt to succeed financially by exploiting the success of Bionicle.

Neo-Shifters: The Beginning was filmed from March 23 to July 21, 1984.

Neo-Shifters: The Beginning was released in theaters less than a month after the similar tokusatsu film Bionicle V: Web of Shadows.

Reception
The film is received with mixed to positive reviews from critics.