SPECIAL (RX) (2006)
HAL HABERMANJEREMY PASSMORE
Plot
Les Franken defines non-descript', everything about him is without note, but when he takes part in a clinical trial for a new drug called Special' Les starts to notice super human gifts developing and as an avid reader of comic books decides to re-model himself as a fearless indestructible defender of justice. At times bleakly witty 'Special' is at heart a tale driven by delusion, the emotional collapse of a man who like many of us wishes to be something more than he is. A flawed tale that loses faith in the sad but powerful emotional heart of its theme, Special' is still an intriguing and watchable slice of indie American cinema.