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 issues threaten to rip the group apart.
Writing
Mazin's razor-sharp dialogue before Hangover fame
Acting
Church and Brewster's bitter ex-couple chemistry
Production
Zero budget, maximum commitment to the bit

Director
Craig Mazin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 18 days for under $1 million. The 'action' budget was literally zero—every fight happens off-screen.
Predated The Incredibles by four years with its 'superhero midlife crisis' premise, but tanked so hard it became a VHS rental store legend.