Mimic

Movie

1997

1h 45m

English

Horror, Science Fiction

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5.8

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Mimic

Movie

1997

1h 45m

English

Horror, Science Fiction

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A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

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Cast

Susan Tyler

Peter Mann

Chuy

Manny

Leonard

Josh

Remy

Dr. Gates

Ricky

Davis

Jeremy

Preacher

Yang

Chinese Woman

Skeletal Bum

Workman

Subway Repairman

Long John

Long John

Reporter (uncredited)

Directed By: Guillermo del Toro

Written By: Guillermo del Toro (Screenplay), John Sayles, + 1 more

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Zampai 2002 says...

2 years ago

This is The End of Anime 2: The Prince Croc of Egypt 1997 (2026/1997) 3:05:00 (16:9) "French"

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moviemankev79 says...

2 years ago

A fairly atmospheric creature feature with acting ranging from good to adequate to "oh no, your papers" HBOMax has both the theatrical and director's Cut of the film

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simonynwa says...

3 years ago

A film where the concept and ideas are interesting, but the execution Is somewhat hampered by largely uninteresting characters and a rather generic plot, even with the Director’s Cut that now exists. There are flashes of a good film here and Del Toro manages to stage some fun moments once the action moves underground. But this feels like a film trying to unsuccessfully fuse an interesting new filmmaker’s sensibilities with a very generic US studio thriller. Thankfully, Del Toro went on to much better things.

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schmenky says...

4 years ago

1 / 2 directing & technical aspect .5 / 1 story 1 / 1 act I 1 / 1 act II 1 / 1 act III 0 / 1 acting 0 / 1 writing 1 / 1 originality 0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think 0 / 1 misc 5.5 / 10

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AndrewBloom

CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10 4 years ago

[5.8/10] When I think of director Guillermo del Toro, the last word that comes to mind is “generic.” He has such a distinctive style, one that reveals the humanity of his subjects and which brings a visual excellence to help convey it. Even as he trafficks so often in the fantastical, he also ne More

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Kamurai

3 years ago

Really good watch, will watch again, and do recommend.

This is "the movie with bugs that look like people", there aren't a lot of unique ideas out there, so I like celebrating the ones I can point too.

While the cast and acting was really good, what makes this is the concept, the atmospheric t More

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CinemaSerf

one year ago

This is quite an entertaining little sci-fi thriller about a worm that turned! "Tyler" (Mira Sorvino) is a distinguished scientist who created a bug that could kill cockroaches that were carriers for a deadly disease. Thing is, though, these super-bugs have started to get a bit out of control, and i More

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