SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

ferluci-60903 So the movie plot is pretty good. It's about an epidemic from cockroaches which was contained by the release of a new genetic bug, Judas, which should have only 6 months left to live once released. But they survived for 3 years and even developed lungs. They started mimicking the humans.Okay now that's good and all, but most of the exciting bits happened in an abandoned subway tunnel, where (obviously) is dark. So even though it was well played, well carried out etc, the fact that it was half dark made it hard to see anything. You can see glimpses of the action, but that's it. If you're a horror fan and you have night vision eyes, this is the perfect movie for you.

Predrag This is an atmospheric thriller from Guillermo del Toro, director of "The Devil's Backbone" and "Cronos", who manages to mix great direction with good old fashioned monster horror to great effect. The concept itself is clever, even if the idea of bugs evolving to look very like humans is a little fa-fetched; however, once the action moves to the subway the fact that the bugs are clearly lethal no matter what they look like, makes this less important. The film is quite short and makes the action come quicker and seem more urgent. Several people get killed by the bug that wouldn't usually get killed in this sort of horror (children for example), this is very effective as it is quite scary to see the unexpected happen. The mood is dark throughout and Del Toro uses the sewers and subway to great effect, creating a real sense of claustrophobia, like the humans have entered the bug's world and not the other way round. The bugs are shown early on in the film - usually not a good idea (keep it hidden in the "Jaws" way), but here the special effects are good enough to make the bug really believable, yet the horror is not in seeing the bugs but in they way they hunt and kill, but the fear is in what could happen. The cast are great, Sorvino especially is very good in the lead. Jeremy Northam and Charles S. Dutton are good in support and Abraham Murray adds a bit of cameo class (though his role is quite unnecessary). The director is the real star, adding some genuine scares and real mood to a film that could have easily been just another creature-feature that goes straight to video and straight to the back of your mind.A few things I didn't like about this film was some of its more subtle things. Mira Sorvino was playing an entomologist, yet when she studies or investigate specimens, she takes no logical safety precautions. The same recklessness occurs repeatedly for her and every other cast throughout movie. Things like touching bugs that likely carry unknown diseases with your bare hands, or when they go underground to hunt for the roaches without any type of scientific or safety equipment is just very illogical to me. To think that in the beginning of the movie, the city undergone a catastrophic epidemic that were spread by roaches and for them to go on the rest of the movie every time without any planning or taking precaution is just unthinkable. The plot was nicely written and the story flowed well, but the reckless actions from supposedly "experts" just kills it. It doesn't just happen once or twice, but every single time. A number of scenes also seemed very forced and felt like they were put there just so the story can continue the way the director wanted, yet they made no logical sense.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

GL84 Working in New York, married doctors attempting a cure of a devastating disease find their work has caused a mutated species of cockroach that is hunting in the city and forcing them into action to stop the creatures.This was quite enjoyable if still somewhat flawed overall. When this one does work, it's usually due to the creatures themselves here, which is quite fun as the film gives them some rather enjoyable elements starting with their origin and back-story. The idea of being bred to contain a viral disease through genetic mutations is certainly fine enough, yet there's more here with the mutation offering the chance to really change their behavior around for the better here as it comes from a realistic adaptation in the real creature. This feature helps this one along nicely by playing into the setting here with this one being in the underground sewers and tunnels when the adaptation is put to good use blending in and launching their attacks which are quite fun as it leads into a lot of action here. From the opening rooftop chase to the encounter with the boys in the tunnel as well as the church stalking and the encounter in the abandoned subway station, there's a lot of great action here that all sets up the fun of the finale. The attack on the subway car is quite chilling, the race to get to the surface is even more impactful and there's even more fun here with the chain reaction explosions and stalking done here that really makes this fun while giving it a couple gory kills amongst the action. Along with the fantastic look of the giant, humanoid cockroaches, there's enough here to help this out against the film flaws here. One of the biggest is that the film suffers from the overly-complicated scientific explanations for what's happening, as despite making sure it's stood but also hammers down the explanations to the point of overkill. Due to going into detail with every person they come into contact with, at times this makes the film feel like it's going on an extended loop for no real reason. Another factor to this is that it appears too long for its own good, especially in the early parts trying to examine everything which makes the film feel incredibly long and not all that interesting focusing on the scientific angle. Even some of the CGI shots here are quite weak and seem obvious, especially at the end where the exaggerated movements give away the technique and stands out during the fine action scenes. These here are what hold this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and children-in-danger.

poe426 When sitting through one of the MANY giant bug movies of decades past, one often finds oneself wondering what a good, contemporary version of one of those movies might be like. Well, wonder no more: Del Toro did it, and MIMIC is what he did. It's creepy and beautiful at the same time (like everything else he's done) and boasts an outstanding performance by yet another child actor. In fact, my favorite parts of the movie are the scenes with the kid, "Chuy." While I would've liked to have seen him play a much bigger part in the eventual outcome, it's hard to argue with what Del Toro chose to do: it all fits neatly together, like the pieces of a great big, beautiful puzzle. Anyone who likes old-fashioned Fright Films or even Art House movies will like MIMIC.