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Mimic (1997)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
10/21
10/21:
Dimension Films produced a lot of crappy horror pictures during the 90's, and Mimic was one of them.
It's an Aliens rip-off, hence the title Mimic. This time, it's about cockroaches, and
they look cheap. There are no scary moments throughout, just a lot of fake tension that has amounted to nothing.
I took the subway in various cities, and I had never seen an instance of flashing lights in the waiting area. Yet this always
happens in horror films. Also, the people carry weak flashlights when something like klieg light will do. Funnily enough, all of
the knowledge in the world for the three entomologists doesn't mean a damn thing when it comes to survival except for one moment.
Nearly every character is annoying, and I don't care about any of them. The worst is Charles S. Dutton who screams like
a whiny bitch with too much profanity. Dude...it's not helping the situation. The Lukas Haas look-alike takes second
place in the Most Unbearable contest. Many kids are killed, but Chuy is okay. What's the difference here...autism?
I can't believe that Peter is married to somebody beautiful as Susan; what a boring, bland guy. It turns out that Mira Sorvino
and Jeremy Northam hated working together. She isn't good in the film, either, and her character manages to survive
the biggest snatch of them all. F. Murray Abraham is given homework before going away for a long time. Worse is
Alix Koromzay who stopped showing up anymore despite being granted a lot of screen time early on.
All in all, Mimic begins with a good idea, but the execution has been piss-poor throughout.