The Specials

The Specials

Theatrical - Wide 2000-09-22

Cast Rob Lowe Jamie Kennedy Thomas Haden Church Jordan Ladd Paget Brewster
Directed by Craig Mazin
Written by James Gunn

Box Office Gross: $13,276

Running Time: 82 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Mindfire Entertainment, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy

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7/10

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America’s seventh best superhero team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. Lifelong fan 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... See more issues threaten to rip the group apart.

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