director : scott silver cast : claire danes , giovanni ribisi , omar epps , dennis farina , josh brolin , steve harris , michael lerner screenplay : stephen t . kay , scott silver , kate lanier producers : david ladd , tony ludwig , ben myron , alan riche runtime : 93 min . us distribution : mgm rated r : language , violence , sexuality copyright 1998 nathaniel r . atchesonclaire danes , giovanni ribisi , and omar epps make a likable trio of protagonists , but they're just about the only palatable element of the mod squad , a lame-brained big-screen version of the 70s tv show . the story has all the originality of a block of wood ( well , it would if you could decipher it ) , the characters are all blank slates , and scott silver's perfunctory action sequences are as cliched as they come . by sheer force of talent , the three actors wring marginal enjoyment from the proceedings whenever they're on screen , but the mod squad is just a second-rate action picture with a first-rate cast . 
