enemyzero First of all any one who wants to see this because they liked Mystery Men, it is not even close to the same kind of film.Second of all anyone, who didn't like this movie because it wasn't like Mystery Men, you're an idiot and no one wants to hear what you say.The key differences are. Mystery Men was based on actual characters from a comic called "The Flaming Carrot" which is in its own right an amazing piece of work. On the other hand "The Specials" was completely fabricated.Also if you want to see this because you liked "Spiderman" or "X- Men", yet have never read any comics, you probably won't get it.The entire premise of the movie is to show what the members of a team of superheroes do on their day off. It shows all the petty bickering, and the flaws and downfalls of the characters. It tries to say "Superheroes are people too", and it does this beautifully.I loved both Mystery Men and The Specials, but would never try to compare the two. That would be like trying to compare "Sin City" with a movie based on "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" just because they are both graphic novels.If you watch this movie, it definitely helps to be a comic book fan-boy or fan-girl, the jokes are very tongue in cheek, and very well written. Yes there are the standard poop, fart and penis jokes, but keep in mind, it is a comedy and these things make people laugh as well.This is one of very few movies I give a 10 out of 10 too, and while in other cases with other movies I would listen to any intelligent argument put up by anyone with a different few, in this case, if you didn't like this movie you were just to dumb to get it and don't deserve debating with me

S.R. Dipaling I got this one mostly because I am quite the fan of Judy Greer's and have appreciated Thomas Haden Church and Paget Brewster for quite a while now. I also appreciated "Mystery Men",which this film has been compared to. While I'm not familiar with the X-statix comics,I have a feeling I'd probably derive more satisfaction out of those than this movie,which had some very neat things going for it,but was so laid-back and low-energy that it was difficult to keep an active interest in the movie.It's tempting to really beat up this flick because of its lack kineticism,but the characters are fairly engaging.In fact,I think this might be,in earnest,the REAL problem with this film. Namely,there are a panoply of characters in this movie,plenty of back story here, a lot of potential for story and yet ONLY 89 MINUTES to tell it,thus characters and their stories are shorted and plot lines are left to dangle. Too many characters,not enough plot or action to fit them all in. More of a documentary feel to it then a comedy and/or action-adventure.In short,a curious film that is most certainly NOT for all tastes.

orangatangman This Film is a great example of the fact that you don't need a budget to be a great movie. solid cast performance and a brilliantly funny script show just how easy it is to be successful. while the film leans more towards the fans of the comic book genre with humor more in tune with that vein, which is why it was so good, it wasn't trying to be a movie for everyone... people who don't read comics wont enjoy this half as much as people who do, unless they like their humor dark. mystery men is the closest comparison i can think of, but mystery men tried to hard and lacked the small charm and witty profanity ridden dialogue of the specials, and while mystery men had its moments, it just seemed to rely on visual humor which i found works more for kids like it says in the Specials... "the specials don't exist for the pretty people...they exist for the geek, the outcast" yadda yadda pick this up and laugh...if you don't, well...what are you? dead?

MurrayTodd The premise had some good possibilities. With a good script I think it would have been possible to make a really low-budget movie that could entertain. Instead it was a low- energy collection of dialogues between unmotivated characters with no story arc and little wit. In other words, it failed to even be a good "B movie".