Mimic (DVD)

I was persuaded to watch a film at the cinema one night in mid-98, not even knowing which until I got there, and it had been a while since my last visit. For me, Mimic was a shiver-inspiring thriller. Thinking back to how I cannot help but shiver watching the delightful 'Arachnophobia', this adds a style and vigorous horror to it that distinguishes it from similar films attempting to use insects to shock. Led from the outset by the marvellous Mira Sorvino as a top scientist Susan Tyler, she initially sets out with a creation as a pest controller to rid the underground of organisms which are causing disease, panic and confusion in the city. However, that ...

Once Scream had hit the screen and was uch a big hit millions of script writers must of dusted down those old horror films they had written hoping to get it made on the bandwagon - horror was in. Some were good, most were bad but Mimic is quite indifferent. Mimic is a 90's horror movie, a pace paced, stylish and witty take on the genre and that sometimes lets it down, but be warned if you havent seen the movie and dont want even the little plot spoilers then stop reading now. A killer disease is sweeping America, staring in Manhattan it is killing children by the thousands, the disease is carried by the cockroach. Dr. Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) has developed a ...

Mimic is an excellent title for this movie. In fact, it mimics numerous horror/sci-fi movies of recent years in producing a relatively entertaining but hardly original waste of around 2 hours of your viewing time. Take the premise of Aliens or The Thing amongst others, give it a tweak in location, killer beastie(s) and cast members and you have Mimic all packaged up and ready for consumption. If I said it was a B-movie horror movie then you will probably already know whether you want to watch it or not... ...or maybe that isn’t enough information because there is actually an enormous amount of talent on show here both on screen and behind the screens. Fans ...