A human mimicking giant bug survived Mimic (1997) and is killing humans and stalking a woman, who's bug/biology school teacher in NYC.A human mimicking giant bug survived Mimic (1997) and is killing humans and stalking a woman, who's bug/biology school teacher in NYC.A human mimicking giant bug survived Mimic (1997) and is killing humans and stalking a woman, who's bug/biology school teacher in NYC.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
- Sal
- (as Gaven Eugene Lucas)
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As a lowly straight-to-video B-horror, it has its moments. There is a creature. There are some gross out moments. There is a functional creature feature at the core. However, there isn't enough good stuff. It's silly to make this a bad-dates theme. Also the special operations team in the last act is unnecessary. It turns a weak small horror into something unwieldy. There are a couple of good moments in an otherwise poor sequel.
This heart-pounding and short-budget picture is full of suspense , thrills , mystery , lots of gore and criticism to genetic engineering . This is a run-of-the-mill monster-feast , professionally paced and full of frightening scenes , though mediocre . It's packed with overwhelming body-count , loathing scenes , grotesque killing , and rivers of red blood . Ordinary screenplay by Joel Soisson based on the short story "Mimic" by Donald A. Wollheim , adding ideas from former writers as Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro , screenwriters Matt Greenberg and John Sayles are uncredited in the original first movie , but were credited in some of the trailers . The movie delivers the goods with hair-rising chills and noisy scares when the giant cockroaches appear savagely stalking and attacking its preys , including children . This is an OK amusing juvenile , though average , including acceptable characters and scientific plot , but quite entertaining , and really inferior to Mimic by Del Toro . It's remarkable for FX recreation the ferocious and carnivorous beasts developing a bloodthirsty hunger for human eating . The actors give vigorous physical performances dodging the giant bugs recreated by means of a decent make-up , enhancing the prolific computer generator , as usual . The mutant cockroaches , themselves , of course, are the real stars, and they're suspensefully terrific as well as astounding , and quite convincing . If you lke squishy giant bug movies , this sequel is for you . Resulting to be a stylish but still rubbishy and quite strange horror movie , derivative of first part and every giant bug picture from ¨Them¡¨, ¨The Fly¨, and ¨Alien¨ saga .
The picture displays a dark and sinister cinematography , full of shades , being smartly designed and stylishly photographed by Nathan Hope . Thrilling and intriguing musical score by Walter Werzow . The motion picture was professional but middlingly made by Jean De Segonzac . Jean has directed lots of episodes of notorious series such as : ¨The Americans¨, ¨Chicago Fire¨, ¨Chicago Med¨ , ¨Bloodline¨, ¨Chicago PD¨ , ¨Law and Order criminal intent¨ , ¨Law and Order : Unit of Special Victims¨ , ¨Life on Mars¨ , ¨Chicago Code¨ , ¨Gossip girl¨ , ¨Unforgettable¨ , ¨Blindspot¨, ¨The Blacklist¨ , ¨Brotherhood¨ , ¨Surface¨ , among others . Segonzac delivers the terror movie goods with sense of style , though it contains some flaws and gaps . Director disowned the film after constant clashes with Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein from Dimension Films , who would frequently visit the set and make unreasonable demands about what should be shot , deviating away from the script . The picture will appeal to horror buffs and it also makes a passable addition to the terror genre in spite of its failures .
¨Mimic¨ trilogy is formed by the following ones : the original ¨Mimic¨ by Guillermo del Toro with Mira Sorvino , F. Murray Abraham , Charles S. Dutton , Jeremy Northam . It is a smart , worthy , hip adrenaline rush movie , it is a triumph of style , well realized by Guillermo Del Toro . ¨Mimic 2¨ with Alix Koromzay , John Polito , Bruno Campos , Will Estes , Edward Albert , Paul Schulze , Michael Tucci ; and ¨Mimic 3 The sentinel¨ with Lance Henriksen , Amanda Plummer , Rebecca Mader , Karl Geary and John Kapelos .
Did you know
- TriviaAlice in Chains vocalist William DuVall was an extra in the film.
- GoofsWhen Remy crawls through the barricade she falls down the other side and is wearing a G-string. A short time later when she strips off her clothes she is wearing totally different underwear.
- Quotes
Klaski: Hi, fellas. How are you doin'?
Darksuit: I'm gonna have to ask you to clear the premises, sir.
Klaski: Really?
Darksuit: [show department of defense badge] Security matter.
Klaski: [chuckling] Department of defense. Wow. Well, I tell you what. Why don't we call it career day, okay? And you and I compare notes. How about that?
Darksuit: You're more than welcome to continue your investigation when we're done with ours, Detective Klotski.
Klaski: Klaski. Done with what? Since when are three local homicides a military deal?
Operative #1: I got somethin' here.
Darksuit: Excuse me.
Klaski: What the hell? Is that semen? Hey. Yo, I'm talkin' here.
[Darksuit grabs him but he pulls him off him]
Klaski: All right, pal. Just lay off, okay?
Darksuit: Obviously, you know I'm not at liberty to discuss procedural matters with you. But I would like to leave you with this one thought... The days of cleaning up New York with a gun and a toothpick... are over.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003)
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- Mimic 2: Hardshell
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- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $81,531
- Runtime
- 1h 22m(82 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1