GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

mitchlb452 I really liked the dialog. It was a pretty funny movie. I originally watched it because I'm a fan of Melissa Joan Hart - but her brief appearance in the movie as sunlight grrrl was in the preview listed on the default special's page on IMDb, so if that's your only reason for watching it, don't bother. I really ended up liking it despite her short screen-time, because of the witty lines and sometimes riddikulous costumes. The whole movie is about what superheros do during their off time - so there aren't really any fights that aren't flashbacks... Like when lazer boy pulled a giant worm out a guy's @$$... But I digress... The point is, if your into superhero movies and are wanting to get a good hearty laugh about them - don't watch that horrible, crappy, pathetically written "Superhero Movie"... Instead, spend the time watching the specials. It will surprise you.

melloyellobiafra This seems to be one of those movies that people either love or hate. I fall into the first category. This movie was way ahead of it's time, even though it was released around the same time as the similar Mystery Men. Why was it was ahead of it's time is that everything that Mystery Men did wrong The Specials did right.My only complaint is that the DVD doesn't come with the TV cut on it. See, when watching The Specials you tend to not realize just how much profanity is coming out of the mouths of The Specials (with the exception of Amok). This is due to the natural sounding dialogue. Imagine that, people using profanity they way they would in real life what a novel concept. Anyway, the TV cut bleeps Amok, but runs everyone else's swearing in reverse. It is hilarious.Yeah, so this is a good movie. Whee!

J. Spurlin The Specials, the sixth or seventh greatest superhero group in the world, count the geeks and the oddballs among their fans. They don't have the prestige or the money that a group like the Crusaders has. But they've found their niche as the Ringo Starr of superhero teams. There's the Weevil (Rob Lowe), the most popular member and the one pursued by other teams; the blue-skinned, foul-mouthed Amok; Minute (My-noot) Man, who is sensitive about his oft-mispronounced name; the ever-sneering Deadly Girl; the naive and boyish U.S. Bill; the Strobe, the leader of the team; the Strobe's wife, Ms. Indestructible, who is having an affair with the Weevil; the irritatingly perky Power Chick; the green-skinned weirdo, Alien Orphan; the fat and pompous Mr. Smart; and Eight, who has eight different bodies. The new member is a longtime fan who calls herself Nightbird. Unfortunately, she joins just when Cosgrove Toys creates a new line of action figures based on the Specials. The company's disastrous press conference could mean the end to this cut-rate super-group."The Specials" is a comedy about superheroes that, thanks to a tiny budget, has no special effects and no scenes where the heroes demonstrate their powers (until the very end). For the filmmakers to have gotten away with this deficiency, they would have needed smart writing and fascinating characters. They had neither. The plot involves a possible dissolution of the super-team, but because everyone is contemptuous of one another, and because no one is especially likable anyway, we're not exactly heartbroken at the idea. The writer, James Gunn (who also plays Minute Man), made no attempt to create believable human beings, even though 82 minutes is too long to spend with shallow parodies of comic book drawings. The gags are paramount, and the gags aren't even funny.The movie earns a certain perverse admiration from us for studiously avoiding the inevitable; and then it ruins even that with a brief, godawful special effects scene at the end that isn't even enjoyably cheesy; it's just bad. Kudos to the makeup department for their striking work on the blue-skinned, purple-lipped, red-eyed Amok (Jamie Kennedy). Otherwise, the film is worthless.

hothatch1 This film has to be one of the worst comedies ever. Made on a budget of $1 this film lacks any good points. The special effects are rubbish the humour is dreadful at best and the actors look really fed up. I was wondering when I would ever get to see these special powers the characters kept going on about, well you do see them for about 2 seconds at the very end of the film. At 82 minutes the film is too short to ever be a classic and compared to such films as Mystery Men and Orgasamo this film falls short very short. Rob Lowe whos he?? Oh thats right he was in Austin Powers for about 10 minutes. Melissa Joan Heart also makes a brief appearance much to her regret. AVOID THIS FILM LIKE THE PLAGUE