With Kick-Ass and Iron Man 2 about to be released, it seemed like a good time to review an unknown movie concerning superheroes. The Specials is the movie I chose for this occasion. I have to admit that I find many superhero movies overblown. What attracted me to this particular one was that it concerned superheroes in a more realistic world, and that these superheroes had problems many of us could identify with. Another promising thing about the movie was that it was written by James Gunn, who has written entertaining movies like Tromeo & Juliet, Slither, and the remake of Dawn Of The Dead. Though he also wrote the Scooby-Doo movie, so I prepared myself for the possiblity that this one would be equally not so special.