Special Unit 2

2001

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  • 2
  • 1
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7.5| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Detectives Nick O'Malley and Kate Benson work in Special Unit 2, a secret precinct of the Chicago Police Department whose sole charge is to protect the city's citizens from Links, a malicious paranormal species that is the missing link between man and beast.

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LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
Jeanskynebu the audience applauded
Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Robert B Pomicter Jr Smart writing! Great casting! Original take on Freaky Things! Yep! ALL of this is Special Unit 2. Too bad X_files fans and gamers see a resemblance to the shows they covet. I liked X Files and I like video games too, but c'mon folks! I don't compare every drama or comedy to the works of Shakespeare! Special Unit 2 was FRESH, INVITING, COMIC, DARING and, hell, yes! DAMN GREAT! It is a variation of themes that we all love and to COMPARE it to others is not doing it justice.It sits just fine in my top list of Sci-Fi shows and I really can't care about why it was canceled. Maybe because it was a clone of something or whatever. In my book, the network made a bad decision because of whatever statistical reasons or legal reasons, or even perhaps, God forbid, a stupid network executive decision. Let's admit it folks!!!!!! Network executives are not Gods and do make mistakes when it comes to MONEY and ART. The crap on TV proves it! Special Unit 2 was a great show that got canned because the executives at UPN decided that. When was the last time UPN called you asking what shows you wanted to see. I bet it is NEVER.While the UPN folks were talking to their lawyers and reading ratings the public got left out. It is the way it is.MAYBE... some SMART and brilliant writer will revive the show, buck the X-File yahoos an the "comparison" people and go a-new, but, that is not the way the industry seems to work! Just my 2-cents worth.
Tonci Pivac I realy enjoyed watching this programme late at night while I was in bed, and then they went and canceled it.this tv show was one of the best programmes I have seen in a long time, It always kept me entertained.9/10
LUEXANA This was one of the best shows on the air. It had a talented and likable cast. Snappy and hilarious humor abounded on this show. I even adored the camera work. I loved the shots going from the street, thru the back of the dry cleaners and down the stairs to the units secret headquarters. You saw those shots more often during the shows original short term run when Sean Whalen played resident historian on the show. I have been a fan of that hottie Michael Landes since his days as "Jimmie the photographer" on Lois and Clark the New Adventures of Superman. I was so happy to see him on this show. He can act, he's got great comic timing and he's got the wise-cracking, smart-aleck persona down-pat. Although he had great chemistry with the curvy, tough yet vulnerable "Kate", he seemed to have even more so with Carl the gnome. I loved watching them share screen time. In my opinion there was no better episode than the premiere. You have to see it to truly appreciate what they were trying to do with this series. Of course UPN being UPN canceled this show. What were they thinking? Probably the same thing they were thinking when they canceled NOWHERE MAN, one of the best and most mysterious shows EVER. They replaced that show with "Homeboys in Outerspace". I can't even put my outrage into words. UPN makes some really crap--- choices. Anyway I hope to one day be able to either tape these shows off of cable or buy their collections. GREAT STUFF!!! Feel free to write to me.
runar-4 Special Unit 2 is interesting and all that, even if it is derivative of Men In Black. I would like to point out three things, however. One is that the writers are too quick to go for the cheap joke. The second is that the establishing shots occupy too much camera time - they're visual candy that take up the slack in what would otherwise be weak scripts. The final point also involves the establishing shots: they're the only thing Chicago about the show. Action shots could be in Anytown, USA. As a former resident of Chicago, I enjoy seeing films and shows set there, but only when they're REALLY there. "Early Edition" and "Reasonable Doubts" filled the bill on location; "SU2" doesn't. If the producers want to give us Chicago, they should give us all of it, not half there and half in L.A. I'll watch it, but I won't necessarily wait for a commercial to make a trip to the can.