Mimic (1997)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

In Manhattan, children are dying from a new lung ailment, Stickler's Disease, spread by cockroaches. Dr Peter Mann (Jeremy Northam) pleads with an entomology expert, Dr Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) to help him find a solution to destroy or disable the roaches. After viewing kids struggling to breathe, she does so. Using genetic engineering, the lethal insects are modified to stop reproducing. All is well. Or, it is it? Now, three years later, Peter and Susan are married and hoping to start a family. But, we see a mysterious dark being stalk a man and pull him into a sewer. Then, Susan receives a strange, rather large insect from a child, as a swap for money. This "baby" bug only resembles the modified cockroach in DNA. So, somehow the buggers are still reproducing and may be in the sewer system. As Peter, Susan, a shoeshine man named Manny (Giancarlo Giannini) and others (Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton) search for the secrets, what they discover chills the blood. The insects are HUMAN SIZE and mimic their creator, Susan, by appearing as a part insect, part human with powerful wings and claws. Unless they can stop the population, humankind is most likely doomed. Who will win? This stylish "mimic" of Alien is quite compelling but gruesome. Especially troublesome is the death of children at the hands of the bugs, something that usually doesn't happen in horror films and the overall bloody demises of various characters. Yet, even so, don't be scared off if you like science/horror movies. The cast is wonderful, while the artistic images and effects are fabulous. Also worthy are the script and make-you-jump direction. Mimic may resemble Alien, but it can stand on its own as solid entertainment.

Mimic is one of the terrifying movie that me & my husband like, specially the creature. Scary. The thing is, this is not actually a review, more like a question to everyone. I've been looking for the 2nd movie of mimic I remember watching long time ago. It was mimic 2, if I'm not mistaken with the title. I remember the movie takes place in a museum & the actors in it that I remember is Mira Sorvino & Michael Madsen. I also remember that they got out using an underground tunnel of the museum. I've been searching for it in Google, YouTube & here, IMDb. I also searched for the list of the actors movies but it was not included in the movies they've done. Does it have a different title? My husband also remember watching it before. Help anyone?

"Mimic" is one of those types of horror Sci-Fi movies that can be watched again and again, with a few years in between each viewing. And that is because of director Guillermo del Toro managing to put together a riveting story that crawls in under the skin and sticks with you.The story in "Mimic" is about a man-made mutated cockroach variant that were intended to destroy a mysterious disease that were plaguing mankind. But cockroaches are resilient bugs and nature has a way of evolving, leaving the insects out to destroy the only predator that threaten them, mankind.In itself a rather simple storyline, but there are layers to "Mimic" that add to the enjoyment of the movie, such the individual stories and backgrounds of the characters, and the fact that mankind brought about the abomination that they are now facing.This first "Mimic" movie does have some good talents on the cast list, including Mira Sorvino, Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton and even Norman Reedus. The actors and actresses did help make "Mimic" stand out as a good horror Sci-Fi and as a watchable movie.For a movie of this type then the special effects are crucial. And the effects team in "Mimic" did come together quite nicely and came up with some very interesting effects and creature designs. I have always been fascinated with the mimic ability of these insects since the first time I watched "Mimic" back in the late 1990's."Mimic" is an entertaining movie that does hold some good thrills. For a horror movie, then there is actually nothing scary about it. But that is not a bad thing, because the movie is entertaining as a thriller. And director Guillermo del Toro masterfully built up the suspense in the movie quite nicely, a suspense that permeated the entire movie from start to end.

Working in New York, married doctors attempting a cure of a devastating disease find their work has caused a mutated species of cockroach that is hunting in the city and forcing them into action to stop the creatures.This was quite enjoyable if still somewhat flawed overall. When this one does work, it's usually due to the creatures themselves here, which is quite fun as the film gives them some rather enjoyable elements starting with their origin and back-story. The idea of being bred to contain a viral disease through genetic mutations is certainly fine enough, yet there's more here with the mutation offering the chance to really change their behavior around for the better here as it comes from a realistic adaptation in the real creature. This feature helps this one along nicely by playing into the setting here with this one being in the underground sewers and tunnels when the adaptation is put to good use blending in and launching their attacks which are quite fun as it leads into a lot of action here. From the opening rooftop chase to the encounter with the boys in the tunnel as well as the church stalking and the encounter in the abandoned subway station, there's a lot of great action here that all sets up the fun of the finale. The attack on the subway car is quite chilling, the race to get to the surface is even more impactful and there's even more fun here with the chain reaction explosions and stalking done here that really makes this fun while giving it a couple gory kills amongst the action. Along with the fantastic look of the giant, humanoid cockroaches, there's enough here to help this out against the film flaws here. One of the biggest is that the film suffers from the overly-complicated scientific explanations for what's happening, as despite making sure it's stood but also hammers down the explanations to the point of overkill. Due to going into detail with every person they come into contact with, at times this makes the film feel like it's going on an extended loop for no real reason. Another factor to this is that it appears too long for its own good, especially in the early parts trying to examine everything which makes the film feel incredibly long and not all that interesting focusing on the scientific angle. Even some of the CGI shots here are quite weak and seem obvious, especially at the end where the exaggerated movements give away the technique and stands out during the fine action scenes. These here are what hold this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and children-in-danger.