Release Date
August 22, 1997
Director
Cast
Alan Argue, Charles Hayter, Julian Richings, James Kidnie, Eve English, Bill Lasovich, Doug Jones, Roger Clown, Warna Fisher, Margaret Ma, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles Dutton, Josh Brolin, Alix Koromzay, F. Murray Abraham, James Costa, Javon Barnwell, Norman Reedus, Pak-Kwong Ho, Glenn Bang, Mira Sorvino
Studio
Running Time
105 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for terror/violence and language
3 years ago, Dr. Susan Tyler created a new species of cockroach to battle the disease-carrying ones that were killing off the children of New York. Now, in present day, the "cure" is back, but not like anything anyone has seen before. They have evolved.
Since the beginning of time, predators have mimicked their prey; butterflies look like owl eyes, caterpillars like snakes. And now, this new form of insect has taken on it's... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Mimic featured stunning cinematography and a suspenseful story. The chill factor is definitely there and all was good in the way of acting. Mimic was not supposed to be funny but it was. Stuck watching giant, computerized bugs for two hours was not very exciting and listening to some dumb kid tell people their shoe size was another downer. The latter half reminded me of a book called Reliquary (sequel to The Relic), which, by all means, was much better than this. Full movie review »
