646f9e108c America's 7th Best Superhero Team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. We get to see one day in their livesfan and new member Nightbird joins the group, just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.
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 nichethe Ringo Starr of superhero teams. There's the Weevil, 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.
From the people who brought us "Free Enterprise", "The Specials" is clearly made by the same caliber of geek, but this time it dives into the fantasy. The conceit of this film is pure genius: make a superhero movie in which there are no battles, and nobody uses their powers; just focus on their personal lives and interpersonal conflicts, and play it mostly for laughs. I've seen several reviews here for whom that itself is the complaint. Let them go back to watching "Spawn". Those of you who are able to see the potential in the concept are in for a treat.<br/><br/>Going in, I'd only heard of Rob Lowe and Thomas Haden Church, both of whom are excellent. The surprise is that the rest of the cast keeps step all the way. They all understand the joke here, which is that they are not in on the joke. They're funny by way of taking it utterly seriously. This is not the "Airplane" of superhero movies. These people are completely serious about their past exploits and their powers, which we glimpse only briefly, and hear of in conversation.<br/><br/>The movie's length is perfect. It clocks in at under 80 minutes, disappearing long before the idea becomes tired or overused. I actually wanted to see more, which is far preferable to wishing it were over sooner. I could actually see a TV series based on this concept.<br/><br/>7 out of 10.
I just watched The Specials (for at least the 17th time) and decided to get online and read reviews on it. I expected to find a bunch of reviewers raving about the fantasticality of this movie. (The reviews for 'The Cutting Edge' were outstanding, and, well…) Anyway, I was shocked to see so many negative reviews about this amazing film! The good reviews I thought were right on target. It amazes me that so many people equate a good movie with the amount of money in the action and special effects budget. (But then again…Men In Black made a lot of money, and that's all it had going for it.) I think it's a funny thing that the characters' makeup was poorly and inconsistently applied and that most of the movie takes place in an average house. I contend that the poor makeup application was deliberate, and that the lack of action sequences was a joke on all of those people who can't look past them. I had a really hard time sitting through Mystery Men. The plot was paper thin and I kept wishing they'd quit those horrible fight scenes and something would actually happen. The Specials isn't really about superheroes being superheroes, but superheroes being real people. (I mean, they even have Real World style confessional tapings. The whole idea of them is ridiculous, but the characters take them seriously.) The fact that the superheroes take everything so seriously is the source of a lot of the movie's humor.<br/><br/>I think the writing and the acting in this movie are both superb. Mystery Men was a silly children's movie, but The Specials is a silly movie for grownups. Thomas Haden Church, Jamie Kennedy, and James Gunn (the latter of which also wrote the movie) all played their roles perfectly. The humor is so subtle, yet so obvious. It is really hard to keep a straight face when Thomas Haden Church is acting seriously. You can tell the actors had a blast making this movie, and that is really contagious.<br/><br/>I'm glad they never fought anybody, although it would have been very interesting. Fight scenes get boring when you try to watch them more than once, but The Specials is interesting from start to finish.<br/><br/>I apologize if I offended any fans of The Cutting Edge, Men In Black, and Mystery Men. They are just not my cup of tea.<br/><br/>Good movies are getting rarer and rarer, and The Specials is a fantastic movie.<br/><br/>Thank you for reading this.
A very funny superhero spoof.

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