Mimic
United States
1997
105 Min
Color
1.85:1
Italian, English
Synopsis
A virulent new disease is killing the children of Manhattan and has reached epidemic proportions. Peter Mann in desperation asks the entomologist, Dr. Susan Tyler, if she can help by killing the disease carrier, the common cockroach. Susan genetically engineers a new species of predatory insect to exterminate the cockroach and then die off. This novel solution works and the children recover but nature isn’t the laboratory and things don’t exactly go according to plan. Three years later people start to disappear, mutilated bodies are found and wild rumors of giant insects mimicking man start to emerge from the bag people living in the subway under Manhattan. Peter and Susan are called in to investigate. –IMDb
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Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo Del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, Del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist, 1973) and worked on making his own short films. At the age of 21, Del Toro executive produced his first feature, Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1986). Del Toro got his first big break when Cronos (1993) won nine academy awards in Mexico, then went on to win the International Critics Week prize at Cannes. Following this success, Del Toro made his first Hollywood film, Mimic (1997), starring Mira Sorvino. Next for Del Toro, was El Espinazo del diablo (2001), a Spanish Civil War ghost story. The film was hailed by critics and audiences alike, and Del Toro decided to give Hollywood another try. In 2002, he directed the Wesley Snipes vampire sequel, Blade II (2002). —World Cinema Foundation
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Igor Leoni
13Apr12
Interesting concept, but filled with the usual cliches and the "jump in your seat" scares. I was expecting more of the guy behind "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Devil's Backbone".
MarcH
8Nov11
Totally impressed. I felt like I should have been laughing at it, or finding it absurd...but I was too frightened. I'm ok with the compromised, studio-imposed ending...there's plenty of dark, Del Toro touches that made it through (including his recurring traumatic theme of children vs. monsters).
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On a list of things you need to be considered cool this Halloween this ranks high. Mimic (1997) hit theaters right about the same time as The Relic 1997). I always preferred The Relic- until now. While
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A good Beginning
By MR. Universe on March 20, 2012
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… read review
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